General Requirements for Registered Suppliers

R3-7-752. General Requirements for Registered Suppliers A. A registered supplier shall certify that each batch of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB transported for sale or use in the CBG-covered area meets the standards in this Article. B. A registered supplier shall make the certification on a form or in a format prescribed by the associate director. The registered ship- supplier shall include in the certification information on ment volumes, fuel properties as determined under R3-7-759, and performance standards for each batch of Arizona CBG or certifica- AZRBOB. The registered supplier shall submit the tion to the associate director on or before the 15th day of each month for each batch of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB transported during the previous month. C. Recordkeeping and records retention. 1. A registered supplier that samples and analyzes a final blend or shipment of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB under this Section shall maintain, for five years from the date of each sampling, records of the following: a. Sample date; b. Identity of blend or product sampled; c. Container or other vessel sampled; d. The final blend or shipment volume; and e. The test results for sulfur, aromatic hydrocarbon, olefin, oxygen, vapor pressure, and as applicable, T50, T90, E200, and E300 as determined under R3- 7-759. 2. If Arizona CBG or AZRBOB produced or imported by a registered supplier is not tested and documented as March 31, 2023 Supp. Administrative Code 3 A.A.C. 7 AGRICULTURE - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SERVICES DIVISION required by this Section, the associate director shall deem the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB to have a vapor pressure, sulfur, aromatic hydrocarbon, olefin, oxygen, T50, and T90 that exceeds the standards specified in R3-7-751 or the comparable PM limits, unless the registered supplier demonstrates to the associate director that the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB meets all applicable fuel property limits and performance standards. direc- 3. A registered supplier shall provide to the associate tor any records maintained by the registered supplier under this Section within 15 days of a written request from the associate director. If a registered supplier fails to provide records for a blend or shipment of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB, the associate director shall deem the final viola- blend or shipment of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB in tion of R3-7-751, unless the registered supplier demonstrates to the associate director that the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB meets all applicable fuel property limits and performance standards. D. Notification requirement. A registered supplier shall notify the associate director by email before transporting Arizona CBG or AZRBOB into the CBG-covered area by a means other than a pipeline. E. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (“QA/QC”) Program. A registered supplier shall develop a QA/QC program to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the registered supplier’s laboratory testing of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB. The registered supplier shall submit the QA/QC program to the associate director for approval at least three months before the registered supplier transports Arizona CBG or AZRBOB. The associate director shall approve a QA/QC program only if the associate director determines that the QA/QC program proce- ensures that the registered supplier’s laboratory testing dures comply with R3-7-759 and the data generated by the registered supplier’s laboratory are complete, accurate, and reproducible. If the registered supplier makes significant changes to the QA/QC program, the registered supplier shall resubmit the QA/QC program to the associate director for review and approval. Within 30 days of receiving the changed QA/QC program, the associate director shall determine whether the changed QA/QC program meets the original quality objectives. The associate director shall approve the changed QA/QC program if it meets the quality objectives. Instead of developing a QA/QC program, a registered supplier sub- may comply with the independent testing requirements of section (F). F. Independent testing. 1. A registered supplier of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB that does not develop a QA/QC program shall conduct a program of independent sample collection and analysis for the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB produced or imported, that complies with one of the following: a. Option 1. A registered supplier shall, for each batch of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB produced or imported, have an independent laboratory collect and analyze a representative sample from the batch using the methodology specified in R3-7-759 for compliance with each fuel property and performance standard for which the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB is certified. b. Option 2. A registered supplier shall have an independent testing program for all Arizona CBG or AZRBOB that the registered supplier produces or imports that consists of the following: 23-1 Page 29 3 A.A.C. 7 Arizona CHAPTER 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE i. An independent laboratory shall collect a representative sample from each batch; ii. The associate director or designee shall identify up to 10% of the samples collected under subsection (F)(1)(b)(i) for analysis; and sam- iii. The independent laboratory shall, for each ple identified by the associate director or designee, analyze the sample using the methodology specified in R3-7-759 for compliance with each fuel property and performance standard for which the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB is certified. 2. The associate director or designee may request in writing a duplicate of the batch sample collected under subsection (F)(1)(a) or (b) for analysis by a laboratory selected by the associate director or designee. The registered supplier shall submit a duplicate of the sample to the associate director within 24 hours of the written request. 3. Designation of independent laboratory. a. A registered supplier that does not develop a QA/QC program shall designate one independent laboratory for each production or import facility at which the registered supplier produces or imports Arizona CBG or AZRBOB. The independent laboratory shall collect samples and perform analyses according to subsection (F). b. A registered supplier shall identify the designated independent laboratory to the associate director under the registration requirements of R3-7-750. c. A laboratory is considered independent if: i. The laboratory is not operated by a registered supplier or the registered supplier’s subsidiary or employee, ii. The laboratory does not have any interest in any registered supplier, and inter- iii. The registered supplier does not have any est in the designated laboratory. d. Notwithstanding the restrictions in subsection pipe- (F)(3)(c), a laboratory owned or operated by a line shall be considered independent if the pipeline is owned or operated by four or more registered suppliers. e. A registered supplier shall not use a laboratory that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment according to the Government-wide Debarment and Suspension regulations, 40 CFR 32, or the Debarment, Suspension and Ineligibility provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, 48 CFR 9.4. 4. A registered supplier shall ensure that its designated independent laboratory: a. Records the following at the time the designated independent laboratory collects a representative sample from a batch of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB: i. The producer’s or importer’s assigned batch number for the batch sampled; ii. The volume of the batch; stor- iii. The identification number of the gasoline age tank in which the batch is stored at the time the sample is collected; iv. The date and time the batch became Arizona CBG or AZRBOB; v. The date and time the sample is collected; Supp. Administrative Code AGRICULTURE - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SERVICES DIVISION vi. The grade of the batch (for example, unleaded premium, unleaded mid-grade, or unleaded); and vii. For Arizona CBG or AZRBOB produced by computer-controlled in-line blending, the date and time the blending process began and the date and time the blending process ended, unless exempt under subsection (G); b. Retains each sample collected under this subsection for at least 45 days, unless this time is extended by the associate director for up to 180 days; c. Submits to the associate director a quarterly report on or before the 15th day of January, April, July, and October of each year that includes, for each sample sub- of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB analyzed under section (F): i. The results of the independent laboratory’s analyses for each fuel property, and ii. The information specified in subsection (F)(4)(a) for each sample; and d. Supplies to the associate director, upon request, a duplicate of the sample. G. Exemptions to QA/QC and independent laboratory testing requirements. A registered supplier that produces or imports Arizona CBG or AZRBOB using computer-controlled in-line blending equipment and operates under an exemption from require- EPA under 40 CFR § 1090.1315, is exempt from the ments of subsections (E) and (F), if reports of the results of the independent audit program of the registered supplier’s comsubmit- puter-controlled in-line blending operation, which are ted to EPA under 40 CFR § 1090.1315, are submitted to the associate director by March 1 of each year. H. Use of laboratory analysis for certification of Arizona CBG and AZRBOB. 1. If both a registered supplier and an independent laboratory collect a sample from the same batch of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB and perform a laboratory analysis under subsection (F) to determine compliance of the saminde- ple with a fuel property, the registered supplier and pendent laboratory shall use the same test methodology. The results of the analysis conducted by the registered supplier shall be used for certification of the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB under subsection (B), unless the absolute value of the difference between the two results is larger than one of the following: a. Sulfur content: 25 ppm by weight, b. Aromatics: 2.7% by volume, c. Olefins: 2.5% by volume, d. Ethanol: 0.4% by volume, e. Isobutanol: 0.6% by volume, f. Vapor pressure: 0.3 psi, g. 50% distillation temperature: ASTM reproducibility for that sample using the slope from the registered supplier’s results, h. 90% distillation temperature: ASTM reproducibility for that sample using the slope from the registered supplier’s results, i. E200: 2.5% by volume, j. E300: 3.5% by volume, or k. API gravity: 0.3° API. 2. If the absolute value of the difference between the results of the analyses conducted by the registered supplier and independent laboratory is larger than one of the values specified in subsection (H)(1), the registered supplier 23-1 March 31, 2023 Arizona CHAPTER 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE shall use one of the following for certification of the batch of Arizona CBG or AZRBOB under subsection (B): a. The larger of the two values for each fuel property, except the smaller of the two values shall be used for measures of oxygenates; or b. Have a second independent laboratory analyze the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB for each fuel property; and if the difference between the results obtained by the second independent laboratory and those obtained by the registered supplier are within the sup- range listed in subsection (H)(1), the registered plier’s results shall be used for certifying the Arizona CBG or AZRBOB under subsection (B). Historical Note New Section R3-7-752 recodified from Section R20-2- 752 at 22 A.A.R. 2786, effective August 15, 2016 (Supp. 16-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2280, effective October 2, 2017 (Supp. 17-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2666, effective November 10, 2018 (Supp. 18-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 441 (February 3, 2023), effective March 5, 2023 (Supp. 23-1).