CHAPTER 455G
FUEL STORAGE TANKS AND DISPENSING INFRASTRUCTURE

Legislative findings; legislative intent; conditions upon finding of invalidity;

89 Acts, ch 131, §1, 2, 59

Regulation of aboveground flammable or combustible liquid storage tanks, chapter 101, subchapter II

SUBCHAPTER I
COMPREHENSIVE PETROLEUM

UNDERGROUND STORAGE

TANK FUND

  
     
455G.1  Title — scope.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.2  Definitions.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

     
455G.2A  Standards and classifications of motor fuel.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.3  Establishment of Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund — appropriation.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

     
455G.3A  Special appropriation — renewable fuel infrastructure fund.  Repealed by its own terms; 
2006 Acts, ch 1175, §19, 23
. 

  
     
455G.4  Governing board.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.
For proposed amendment to this section by 
2024 Acts, ch 1170, §332
, see Code editor’s note on simple harmonization at the beginning of this Code volume

  
     
455G.5  Independent contractors to be retained by board.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.6  Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund — general and specific powers.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.7  Security for bonds — capital reserve fund — irrevocable contracts.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.8  Revenue sources for fund.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.9  Remedial program.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

455G.10 and 455G.11Reserved.

     
455G.12  Board authority for prioritization.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.12A  Cost containment authority.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.13  Cost recovery enforcement.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

     
455G.14  Fund not subject to regulation.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

     
455G.15  Fund not part of the Iowa insurance guaranty association.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.16  Financial institution participation in fund.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.17  Inspectors — education — registration.  Repealed by 
2007 Acts, ch 171, §11, 13
.  See §455B.474. 

455G.18  Groundwater professionals — certification.  Repealed by 
2007 Acts, ch 171, §12
.  See §455B.474. 

455G.19  Environmental damage offset.  Repealed by 95 Acts, ch 215, §29. 

455G.20  Final approval.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.21  Marketability fund.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1054, §13.

  
     
455G.22  No further action fund.  Repealed by 
2000 Acts, ch 1226, §21, 30
.  See §455G.9(1)(k). 
SUBCHAPTER II
ABOVEGROUND PETROLEUM

STORAGE TANK FUND

  
     
455G.23  Aboveground petroleum storage tank fund.  Repealed by its own terms; 
2004 Acts, ch 1094, §4, 6
.
455G.24 through 455G.29Reserved.
SUBCHAPTER III
RENEWABLE FUEL STORAGE AND

DISPENSING INFRASTRUCTURE

  
     
455G.30  Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
  1.  “Biodiesel blended fuel” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
  2.  “Department” means the department of natural resources.
  3.  “Diesel fuel” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
  4.  “Diesel fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure” or “diesel infrastructure” means motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure as defined in section 214.1 used to store and dispense diesel fuel, including biodiesel blended diesel fuel, at a retail motor fuel site as defined in section 214A.1.
  5.  “Dispenser breakaway” means the part of gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure that acts to immediately stop the flow of motor fuel from its storage system to its dispenser in the event that its dispensing hose or associated hanging infrastructure becomes detached, including when a vehicle pulls away from the dispenser while its nozzle is attached to the vehicle.
  6.  “E-85 gasoline” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
  7.  “Ethanol blended gasoline” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
  8.  “Gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure”  or “gasoline infrastructure” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
  9.  “Retail dealer” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
  10.  “Shear valve” means the part of gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure that acts to immediately stop the flow of motor fuel from its storage system to its dispenser in the event of an emergency hazard, including but not limited to a vehicle impacting the dispenser or a fire.
2022 Acts, ch 1067, §25, 31; 2024 Acts, ch 1183, §2, 7
NEW subsections 5 and 6 and former subsections 5 – 7 renumbered as 7 – 9
NEW subsection 10

  
     
455G.31  E-85 gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure.
  1.  Ethanol blended gasoline shall be classified in the same manner as provided in section 214A.2.
  2.  Subject to section 455G.32, a retail dealer may use gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure to store and dispense ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-9 or higher if the department, or the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing under chapter 101, determines that the gasoline infrastructure is compatible with the classification of ethanol blended gasoline being used.
2006 Acts, ch 1142, §25; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §122; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §80; 2007 Acts, ch 211, §47 – 49; 2008 Acts, ch 1169, §22 – 25, 30; 2009 Acts, ch 105, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §104; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §136; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §142; 2022 Acts, ch 1067, §26 – 28, 31; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1662; 2024 Acts, ch 1183, §3, 7
Referred to in §323.1, 323.4A
Subsection 2 amended

     
455G.32  Ethanol blended gasoline — compatible infrastructure — compliance requirement.
  1.  A retail dealer shall not install, replace, or convert gasoline storage and dispensing infrastructure used to store and dispense ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-15 or higher, unless the installed, replaced, or converted gasoline infrastructure, that includes all parts prior to the point where the dispenser breakaway ends, is capable of storing and dispensing E-85 gasoline.
  2.  a.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, a retail dealer may install, replace, or convert any part of the gasoline infrastructure beginning at a point where the shear valve ends and continuing until the point where the dispenser breakaway ends that is incompatible with E-85 gasoline. However, that part of the gasoline infrastructure must be compatible with the following:
  (1)  (a)  Ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-15 or higher.
  (b)  This subparagraph is repealed January 1, 2026.
  (2)  (a)  Ethanol blended gasoline classified as E-40 or higher.
  (b)  This subparagraph shall be implemented beginning January 1, 2026.
  b.  This subsection is repealed July 1, 2030.
  3.  The gasoline infrastructure must be all of the following:
  a.  Listed as compatible for use with ethanol blended gasoline classified for that part of the gasoline infrastructure as provided in subsection 1 by an independent testing laboratory or as approved by the manufacturer.
  b.  Approved by the department or the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing subject to conditions determined necessary by the department or the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The department or the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may waive the requirement in paragraph “a” upon satisfaction that a substitute requirement serves the same purpose.
2022 Acts, ch 1067, §29, 31; 2024 Acts, ch 1183, §4, 7
Referred to in §455G.31
Motor fuel infrastructure programs and requirements for ethanol blended gasoline dispensed at retail motor fuel sites, see chapter 159A, subchapter III, and 2024 Acts, ch 214Achapter 214A, subchapter III
Section amended

     
455G.33  B-20 diesel fuel compatible infrastructure — compliance requirement.
  1.  A retail dealer shall not install, replace, or convert diesel fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure unless the installed, replaced, or converted diesel fuel infrastructure is capable of storing and dispensing biodiesel blended fuel classified as B-20 or higher.
  2.  The infrastructure must be all of the following:
  a.  Listed as compatible for use with biodiesel blended fuel classified as B-20 or higher by an independent testing laboratory or as approved by the manufacturer.
  b.  Approved by the department, or director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing under chapter 101, subject to conditions determined necessary by the department or director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The department or director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may waive the requirement in paragraph “a” upon satisfaction that a substitute requirement serves the same purpose.
2022 Acts, ch 1067, §30, 31; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1663; 2024 Acts, ch 1183, §5, 7
Motor fuel infrastructure programs and requirements for biodiesel blended fuel dispensed at retail motor fuel sites, see 2024 Acts, ch 159Achapter 159A, subchapter III
Subsection 2, paragraph b amended