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Weights & Measures reports 94-octane samples testing at 93; stations told to relabel pumps
Summary
Wayne County Weights & Measures Director Ted Dyment told the Public Works Committee that several samples labeled 94 octane consistently tested at 93, tracing the issue to a Rochester terminal. Stations were instructed to relabel affected pumps and further testing and state guidance are pending.
Ted Dyment, Wayne County Weights & Measures Director, told the Public Works Committee on June 3 that multiple petroleum fuel samples labeled as 94 octane have repeatedly tested at 93 octane and that the affected product appears to originate from a single terminal in Rochester. He said the product first narrowly met specifications in January but subsequent samples continued to fail.
Dyment said stations that received the affected fuel have been instructed to relabel affected pumps as "93 octane" while he awaits guidance from the state and schedules additional testing later in June. "Stations have been instructed to relabel affected pumps as '93 octane,'" he said. Dyment characterized the problem as regional because the samples all traced back to the same terminal.
The committee did not take formal action at the June 3 meeting; Dyment said he would follow up with the state and report results of further testing when available. The discrepancy could affect consumers paying for higher-octane fuel and may prompt enforcement or corrective steps depending on the state's guidance.
