Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 120 - Commerce Department
Chapter 7615 - PETROLEUM SET-ASIDE PROGRAM
APPLICATIONS, CRITERIA, APPEALS, AND HEARINGS
Part 7615.0300 - APPLICATIONS

A. a wholesale purchaser consumer or an end user seeking an assignment because of hardship or emergency; or

B. wholesale purchaser resellers seeking assignments to supply their traditional wholesale purchaser and end user accounts because of hardship or emergency.

A. Except as provided in item B, applications shall be submitted in writing on forms approved by the office and signed by the applicant. Each application shall be verified and signed by a fuel coordinator attesting to the applicant's need for state set-aside products. The office may request reasonable additional information from an applicant as needed to support the claim of hardship or emergency.

B. An application may be made orally when extraordinary circumstances make it impossible for the applicant to submit a written application. When an oral application is made, the fuel coordinator shall orally certify to the office that the applicant has an emergency or hardship situation. It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure both that the fuel coordinator contacts the office and that the written application is submitted within five days following the oral application. If the written application is not submitted within five days following the oral application, the office may refuse to accept future oral requests from that applicant.