3.G: Minnesota

Minnesota has one gasoline formulation; fuel quality regulation is the responsibility of the state’s Department of Commerce and Industry.

Due to the state’s E10 blend mandate, all gasoline in the state is oxygenated, save for a handful of special-purpose carve-outs (i.e. aviation, watercraft, racing use, classic and off-road vehicles). In its current form, state law allows the mandate to be increased beyond E10 if doing so is allowed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via its section 211(f)(4) waiver authority—provided that the EPA waiver is applicable to vehicles of all model years. Given that the EPA’s current E15 waiver is limited to model years 2001 and later, it does not qualify under state law, at least as currently construed.

That said, there are bills