3745-72-06 Defenses.

 

 

 

3745-72-06                  Defenses.

 

 

 

(A)   In the event that a shipment of gasoline does not meet the requirements of paragraph

(A)   of rule 3745-72-03 of the Administrative Code, except as provided for in rule 3745-72-07 of the Administrative Code, a gasoline refiner, importer, distributor, reseller, ethanol blender or carrier shall not be deemed in violation if he it can demonstrate be demonstrated that:

 

(1)   For refiners and importers:

 

(a)    That the violation was not caused by him the refiner/importer, his the refiner/importer's employee, or his the refiner/importer's agent; and

 

(b)     Test results, performed in accordance with the sampling and testing methodologies in rule 3745-72-08 of the Administrative Code, demonstrate that the gasoline was in compliance with the rules of this chapter when it was delivered to the next party in the distribution system.

 

(2)   For distributors:

 

(a)      That the violation was not caused by him the distributor, his the distributor's employee, or his the distributor's agent;

 

(b)      Bills of lading, invoices, delivery tickets, loading tickets, or other documents from the refiner at whose refinery the gasoline was produced, the importer at whose facility the gasoline was imported, or the carrier, reseller, or distributor from whom the gasoline was received, represent to the distributor that the gasoline was in compliance with the rules of this chapter when delivered to the distributor; and

 

(c)    The distributor provides evidence of an oversight program conducted by the distributor such as periodic sampling and testing of gasoline for monitoring the R.V.P. of gasoline that the distributor sells, supplies, offers for sale or supply, or transports to the next party in the distribution system.

 

(3)   For ethanol blenders:

 

(a)    That the violation was not caused by him the ethanol blender, his the ethanol blender's employee, or his the ethanol blender's agent:

 

 

 

 

(b)      Bills of lading, invoices, delivery tickets, loading tickets, or other documents from the refiner at whose refinery the gasoline was produced, the importer at whose facility the gasoline was imported, or the carrier, reseller, or distributor from whom the gasoline was received, represent to the ethanol blender that the gasoline to which ethanol was added was in compliance with the rules of this chapter when delivered to the ethanol blender;

(c)   The ethanol blender provides evidence of an oversight program conducted by the ethanol blender such as periodic sampling and testing of gasoline for monitoring the R.V.P. of gasoline that the ethanol blender sells, supplies, offers for sale or supply, or transports; and

(d)   The ethanol blender provides evidence that the gasoline determined to be in violation contained no more than ten per cent ethanol, by volume, when it was delivered to the next party in the distribution system.

(4)   For carriers:

(a)    That the violation was not caused by him the carrier, his the carrier's employee, or his the carrier's agent;

(b)      Bills of lading, invoices, delivery tickets, loading tickets, or other documents from the refiner at whose refinery the gasoline was produced, the importer at whose facility the gasoline was imported, or the carrier, reseller, or distributor from whom the gasoline was received, represent to the carrier that the gasoline was in compliance with the rules of this chapter when delivered to the carrier; orand

(c)    The carrier provides evidence of an oversight program conducted by the carrier such as periodic sampling and testing of incoming gasoline for monitoring the R.V.P. of gasoline stored or transported by that carrier to the next party in the distribution system.

(5)   For retailers or wholesale purchaser-consumers:

(a)      That the violation was not caused by him the retailer/wholesale purchaser-consumer, his the retailer/wholesale purchaser-consumer's employee, or his the retailer/wholesale purchaser-consumer's agent; and

(b)      Bills  of  lading,  invoices,  delivery  tickets,  loading  tickets,  or  other

documents from the refiner at whose refinery the gasoline was produced, the importer at whose facility the gasoline was imported, or the carrier, reseller, or distributor from whom the gasoline was received, represent to the retailer or wholesale purchaser-consumer that the gasoline was in compliance with the rules of this chapter when delivered to the retailer or wholesale purchaser-consumer.

Effective:                                                     05/12/2011

R.C. 119.032 review dates:                         01/03/2011 and 08/04/2015

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

05/02/2011

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           3704.03(E)

Rule Amplifies:                                  3704.03(A), 3704.03(E)

Prior Effective Dates:                         11/08/94, 1/16/06