Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1) (Cth)

Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1)

I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, make this Determination under section 21 of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000.

Dated 22 September 2001

ROBERT HILL

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 January 2002.

1. Amendment of Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001

Schedule 1 amends the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]         Subsection 3 (1), table, item 6

omit

at least 10%

[2]         After section 3

insert

4              Testing methods

To determine the amount of a substance mentioned in the following table that is contained in petrol, or a parameter mentioned in the table for petrol, an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) or Institute of Petroleum (IP) testing method mentioned in the table for the substance or parameter must be used.

Item	Substance or parameter	Testing method
1	Aromatics	ASTM D1319 ASTM D5059 ASTM D5580 ASTM D5845 ASTM D6293
2	Lead	ASTM D3237 ASTM D5059
3	Olefins	ASTM D1319 ASTM D5845 ASTM D6293 ASTM D6296 ASTM D6550
4	Oxygen	ASTM D5622
5	MTBE (Methyl tertiary-butyl ether)	ASTM D1319 ASTM D4815 ASTM D5599 ASTM D5845 ASTM D5986 ASTM D6293
6	DIPE (Di-isopropropyl ether)	ASTM D1319 ASTM D4815 ASTM D5599 ASTM D5845 ASTM D5986
7	TBA (Tertiary butyl alcohol)	ASTM D1319 ASTM D4815 ASTM D5599 ASTM D5845 ASTM D5986
8	Sulfur	ASTM D1266 ASTM D2622 ASTM D4294 ASTM D5453 ASTM D6334 IP107 IP336
9	Phosphorus	ASTM D3231
10	Research octane number	ASTM D2699 IP237