(a) The director, or a delegated employee of the department, may enter the premises of a person who processes, holds, stores, imports, transfers, offers for sale or use, or sells petroleum products in Minnesota to:

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 239.753

  • biofuel: includes both advanced and conventional biofuels. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
  • Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
  • Director: means the director of the Division of Weights and Measures of the Department of Commerce. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
  • Oxygenate: means agriculturally derived, denatured ethanol, ETBE, MTBE, or other alcohol or ether, approved as an oxygenate by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051
  • Person: means person or persons, corporation, partnership, stock company, society, association, or the agent or employee thereof. See Minnesota Statutes 239.051

(1) inspect the product in storage tanks and take samples from the storage tanks and dispensing equipment connected to the storage tanks;

(2) inspect petroleum product dispensers and related signs and equipment, advertising signs, price displays, oxygenate labels, and octane labels; and

(3) audit and make copies of petroleum product shipping, receiving, and invoice documents and records to determine compliance with sections 239.75 to 239.792.

(b) The director shall limit inspection to information and data relating to product quantity, quality, biofuel content, and octane. The director shall maintain the confidentiality of certain records as required by section 239.791.