Tennessee Code 47-25-2003 – Availability to wholesalers of gasoline, gasoline blending stock or diesel that has not been blended, but is suitable for blending
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-25-2003
- Blending Stock: means any liquid compound used for blending with other liquid compounds, including catalytically reformed products and additives, to produce gasoline and gasoline-oxygenate blends that are consistent with the requirements of chapter 18, part 13 of this title. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Wholesaler: means an entity that acquires petroleum products from a supplier, importer or from another wholesaler for subsequent sale and distribution at wholesale by tank cars, transport trucks or vessels, and subsequently resells to retailers, other wholesalers or to consumers from its own or its wholly owned affiliated retail locations. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
All refiners, suppliers and permissive suppliers in this state shall make available to wholesalers gasoline or gasoline blending stock that has not been blended with, but is suitable for blending with, ethanol. All refiners, suppliers and permissive suppliers in this state shall make available to a wholesaler diesel that is suitable for blending with biodiesel. Diesel sold by refiners, suppliers and permissive suppliers to wholesalers may contain up to five percent (5%) biodiesel. Gasoline and gasoline blending stock, as applicable, must be made available with detergent additives in sufficient concentrations such that after the addition of ethanol at the maximum volume percent permitted by state and federal law, the final product meets or exceeds the lowest additive concentrations as required by the federal environmental protection agency (EPA).