Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2008 (No. 1)
Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000
I, PETER ROBERT GARRETT, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.
Dated 6 June 2008
PETER ROBERT GARRETT
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2008 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Amendment of Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001
Schedule 1 amends the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Section 2A, definition of CAS no.
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[2] Subsection 3 (1)
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[3] Subsection 3 (1), table, heading, column 2
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[4] Subsection 3 (1), table, item 8, column 2
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Di‑isopropropyl
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3A Fuel standard for ethanol
(1) For item 6A of the table in subsection 3 (1) this section sets out the parameters for ethanol contained in petrol.
(2) The ethanol content must not be less than 95.6% volume by volume.
(3) The ethanol must contain denaturant.
(4) The denaturant contained in ethanol must be ULP or PULP.
(5) The denaturant content of the ethanol must be no less than 1% volume by volume and no more than 1.5% volume by volume.
(6) The ethanol must be clear and bright in appearance, that is, it must be visibly free of suspended or precipitated contaminants.
(7) The pHe value of the ethanol must be no less than 6.5 and no more than 9.0.
(8) The ethanol must not contain more of a parameter set out in the following table, than the specification for that parameter.
Item | Parameter | Specification |
1 | Acidity (as acetic acid CH3COOH) | 0.007% mass by mass |
2 | Copper | 0.1 mg/kg |
3 | Inorganic chloride | 32 mg/L |
4 | Methanol | 0.5% volume by volume |
5 | Solvent washed gum | 5.0 mg/100 ml |
6 | Sulfate | 4 mg/kg |
7 | Sulfur | 30 mg/kg |
8 | Water | 1.0% volume by volume |
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4 Testing methods — petrol
[8] Subsection 4 (1)
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4A Testing methods — ethanol
(1) Compliance with the standard for a parameter set out in section 3A is determined by the testing method for the parameter mentioned in the following table:
Item | Parameter | Testing method |
1 | Acidity (as acetic acid CH3COOH) | ASTM D1613 |
2 | Appearance | ASTM D4806 |
3 | Copper | ASTM D1688A (as modified in ASTM D4806) |
4 | Denaturant | ASTM D5501 |
5 | Ethanol | ASTM D5501 |
6 | Inorganic chloride | ASTM D512C (as modified in ASTM D4806) |
7 | Methanol | ASTM D5501 |
8 | pHe | ASTM D6423 |
9 | Solvent washed gum | ASTM D381 |
10 | Sulfate | ASTM D4806 Annex 1 |
11 | Sulfur | ASTM D5453 |
12 | Water | ASTM E203 |
(2) For subsection (1), ASTM, followed by an alphanumeric code, means the testing method, as in force on 1 January 2007, developed by ASTM International under that alphanumeric code.