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Committee refers bill aligning Minnesota gasoline specifications with ASTM updates
Summary
House File 1330 would update Minnesota law to adopt modernized gasoline specifications consistent with ASTM revisions, a change supported by the American Petroleum Institute and industry witnesses. The committee referred the bill to the General Register.
Representative Scott Van Vinsbergen introduced House File 1330, a technical update to Minnesota's gasoline specifications to align state statute with recent ASTM revisions to D4814, the standard specification for gasoline. "These updated standards are based off of recent data," said Mike Carbo, Midwest regional director for the American Petroleum Institute (API), who testified in support and explained the revisions are intended to reflect updated temperature and volatility data and to improve refinery efficiency.
Carbo told the committee ASTM's December 2023 revision incorporated nationwide temperature data (1996–2015) and updated evaporative-distillation temperature requirements for winter fuels. He said many states automatically adopt the latest standards through rulemaking or by referencing the current specification, but Minnesota requires a legislative update. "API and its members work closely with ASTM International...to develop standards that are consistent, uniform and of high quality," Carbo said.
Representative Van Vinsbergen said the changes are technical and would modernize Minnesota's approach to gasoline specifications to match other states. There was no public opposition during the hearing. The committee adopted the motion to refer House File 1330 to the General Register by voice vote.
The committee indicated the measure is intended to prevent future misalignment with commonly accepted national standards and to reduce compliance risk for refiners and fuel suppliers.
