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HRS §486-56

Adopting fuel and petroleum product standards

Hawaii adopts the technical standards from ASTM and SAE, except where the board changes them by rule. The board can also make rules about advertising, labeling, handling, storing, dispensing, and selling petroleum products. Any rule about gasoline must use the 2013 version of the standard, as modified by the federal handbook.

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The statute, as written — Adoption of standards and rules

The standards as published by ASTM International and SAE International are adopted except as amended or modified by rule of the board pursuant to chapter 91. The board may also adopt rules on the advertising, labeling, standards for, handling, storing, dispensing, and selling of petroleum products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, rules adopted by the board referring to ASTM D4814, relating to standard specification for automotive spark-ignition engine fuel, shall be deemed to refer to version ASTM D4814-13b adopted in 2013, as modified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, part IV, subpart G, section 2.1 adopted in 2013.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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