2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze
NRS 590.090 - Specifications for petroleum heating products: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; designation of brand and grade of heating fuel contained in storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank trucks; designations of numerical grade; penalties. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Specifications for petroleum heating products: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; designation of brand and grade of heating fuel contained in storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank trucks; designations of numerical grade; penalties. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for petroleum heating products, not including liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. Such regulations must conform to the specification standards set forth by ASTM International.

2. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to sell, offer for sale, or assist in the sale of or permit to be sold or offered for sale any petroleum heating product, not including liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas, unless the petroleum heating product conforms to the specification standards prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to subsection 1.

3. All bulk storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank truck compartment outlets containing or dispensing heating fuel must be labeled with the brand name and the grade designation of the heating fuel.

4. A person shall not use the numerical grade designation for heating fuels adopted by ASTM International unless the designation conforms to that designation. Persons using a designation other than the numerical grade designation adopted by ASTM International must file with the Division of Consumer Equitability of the State Department of Agriculture the designation to be used together with its corresponding grade designation of ASTM International.

5. In addition to any criminal penalty that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 590.150, any person who violates any provision of this section may be further punished as provided in NRS 590.071.

[9:157:1955]—(NRS A 1960, 485; 1961, 651; 1963, 110; 1993, 1797; 1999, 3739; 2003, 2328; 2013, 2486; 2021, 140)

1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for petroleum heating products, not including liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. Such regulations must conform to the specification standards set forth by ASTM International.

2. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to sell, offer for sale, or assist in the sale of or permit to be sold or offered for sale any petroleum heating product, not including liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas, unless the petroleum heating product conforms to the specification standards prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to subsection 1.

3. All bulk storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank truck compartment outlets containing or dispensing heating fuel must be labeled with the brand name and the grade designation of the heating fuel.

4. A person shall not use the numerical grade designation for heating fuels adopted by ASTM International unless the designation conforms to that designation. Persons using a designation other than the numerical grade designation adopted by ASTM International must file with the Division of Measurement Standards of the State Department of Agriculture the designation to be used together with its corresponding grade designation of ASTM International.

5. In addition to any criminal penalty that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 590.150, any person who violates any provision of this section may be further punished as provided in NRS 590.071.

[9:157:1955]—(NRS A 1960, 485; 1961, 651; 1963, 110; 1993, 1797; 1999, 3739; 2003, 2328; 2013, 2486; 2021, 104, 140, effective January 1, 2022)