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Committee backs bill to remove routine avgas testing at municipal airports
Summary
The Senate Agriculture committee voted to pass House Bill 1654, which would eliminate routine volatility (avgas) testing by the State Plant Board at municipal airports; Department of Aeronautics director Jerry Chisholm testified the change is not a flight‑safety issue and preserves targeted testing after incidents.
The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee voted to report House Bill 1654 favorably after testimony from the Department of Aeronautics.
Jerry Chisholm, director of the Department of Aeronautics, told the committee the bill would remove routine avgas volatility testing at municipal airports from the Petroleum Products Division’s testing requirements. "This bill that you have before you this morning, is simply a bill to remove avgas testing at municipal airports across the state from the petroleum products…
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