All gasoline, gasohol and alcohol-gasoline mixtures for gasoline type engines that are sold, offered or exposed for sale or distribution in South Carolina shall be registered by each identifying brand name or grade designation and the corresponding minimum guaranteed Octane Index. Prescribed registration forms will be provided by the Department of Agriculture. The Octane Index, the average of the Research Octane Number and the Motor Octane Number, (R+M)/2, shall be the designated number for registration, delivery invoices, bills of lading, delivery tickets, posting on dispensing pumps and for advertising purposes, when so stated. The minimum Octane Index guarantee for premium grade gasoline, gasohol and alcohol-gasoline mixtures shall be ninety-one. The minimum Octane Index guarantee for regular grade gasoline, gasohol and alcohol-gasoline mixtures shall be eighty-seven. Gasoline, gasohol and alcohol-gasoline mixtures having Octane Indices below eighty-seven must be registered and labeled as sub-standard or sub-regular.
HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 130, Section 13.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 41 - Gasoline, Lubricating Oils And Other Petroleum Products
Section 39-41-5. Short title; purpose.
Section 39-41-10. "Petroleum" and "petroleum product" defined.
Section 39-41-70. Inspection of petroleum products.
Section 39-41-80. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
Section 39-41-90. Complaints, tests of safety and value of products; certain sales prohibited.
Section 39-41-150. Rules and regulations.
Section 39-41-160. Penalties for fraudulent violations.
Section 39-41-170. Penalties for selling petroleum product without a label.
Section 39-41-180. Penalties for altering or erasing labels.
Section 39-41-185. Labeling of petroleum product dispensers.
Section 39-41-195. Penalties for conveyance of motor fuel in violation of this chapter.
Section 39-41-200. Applicability of article to retailers.
Section 39-41-230. Regulations for alcohol used in motor fuels; alcohol to be anhydrous.
Section 39-41-240. Standards for testing petroleum products.
Section 39-41-255. Retail outlets shall post self-service pump gasoline prices.
Section 39-41-260. Aboveground storage of flammable and combustible liquids.
Section 39-41-270. Application of aboveground storage provisions.
Section 39-41-280. Enforcement of aboveground storage provisions.
Section 39-41-290. Dispensing gasoline to disabled persons at self service gas stations.
Section 39-41-310. Lubricating oil, unauthorized provision.
Section 39-41-320. Display of false trademark or trade name of lubricating oil.
Section 39-41-350. Display of name of oil unless oil is for sale.
Section 39-41-510. Deception in storage or sale.
Section 39-41-520. Use of distributing devices of one manufacturer for products of another.
Section 39-41-530. Imitation of recognized buildings or equipment of another.
Section 39-41-540. Sale under false trademark or trade name.
Section 39-41-550. Mixing, blending, or compounding products.
Section 39-41-560. Aiding or assisting in violations of article.