Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1)

I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.

Dated 22 September 2001

ROBERT HILL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

 

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on 1 January 2002.

3 Amendment of Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001

  Schedule 1 amends the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001.

 

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Subsection 3 (1), table, item 6

omit

at least 10%

[2] After section 3

insert

4 Testing methods

  To determine the amount of a substance mentioned in the following table that is contained in petrol, or a parameter mentioned in the table for petrol, an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) or Institute of Petroleum (IP) testing method mentioned in the table for the substance or parameter must be used.

Item

Substance or parameter

Testing method

1

Aromatics

ASTM D1319

ASTM D5059

ASTM D5580

ASTM D5845

ASTM D6293

2

Lead

ASTM D3237

ASTM D5059

3

Olefins

ASTM D1319

ASTM D5845

ASTM D6293

ASTM D6296

ASTM D6550

4

Oxygen

ASTM D5622

5

MTBE (Methyl tertiary-butyl ether)

ASTM D1319

ASTM D4815

ASTM D5599

ASTM D5845

ASTM D5986

ASTM D6293

6

DIPE (Diisopropropyl ether)

ASTM D1319

ASTM D4815

ASTM D5599

ASTM D5845

ASTM D5986

7

TBA (Tertiary butyl alcohol)

ASTM D1319

ASTM D4815

ASTM D5599

ASTM D5845

ASTM D5986

8

Sulfur

ASTM D1266

ASTM D2622

ASTM D4294

ASTM D5453

ASTM D6334

IP107

IP336

9

Phosphorus

ASTM D3231

10

Research octane number

ASTM D2699

IP237