Wisconsin Code § 168.14

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(1) It is unlawful for any person to
represent, advertise, promote for sale, offer for sale or sell any lubricating oil which is in part or wholly derived from previously
used lubricating oil unless such representation, advertisement,
sales promotion and the container or item of equipment through
which such previously used lubricating oil is shipped, stored, offered for sale or sold, clearly and conspicuously identifies to the
public that such lubricating oil has been previously used. The
identification shall contain appropriate and descriptive words
such as “Reclaimed used lubricating oil,” “Rerefined used lubricating oil,” “Recleaned used lubricating oil” or “Reconditioned
used lubricating oil”.
(2) No person may receive, unload, use, sell or offer for sale
in this state, any gasoline, gasoline-alcohol fuel blends, kerosene,
fuel oils, diesel fuels or other petroleum distillates which the person knows, or reasonably should know, is misidentified as to
name or grade. Gasoline-ethanol blends that are identified in
compliance with s. 168.11 when sold at retail are correctly identified as to name. Biodiesel blends that are identified in compliance with sub. (2m) (c) 4. when sold at retail are correctly identified as to name.
(2m) (a) “Biodiesel fuel” means a fuel that is comprised of
monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable
oils or animal fats.
(b) No person may represent, advertise, label, or otherwise
promote for sale a fuel as being biodiesel fuel unless the fuel
meets all of the following requirements:
1. The fuel is registered as biodiesel fuel by a manufacturer
under 40 CFR Part 79.
2. The fuel is pure biodiesel fuel, is identified as such with
the alphanumeric B100, and does not contain any petroleum
product, any additive, or other foreign material.
3. The fuel meets all of the applicable requirements of
ASTM International.
(c) No person may represent, advertise, label, or otherwise
promote for sale a fuel as being a blend of biodiesel and petroleum-based fuel unless the fuel meets all of the following
requirements:
1. The volume percentage of the biodiesel fuel to the petroleum-based fuel is at least 2 percent.
2. The fuel is blended with petroleum-based diesel fuel.
3. The fuel meets all of the applicable requirements of
ASTM International.
4. The volume percentage under subd. 1. is disclosed to the
purchaser and is identified by use of the alphanumeric Bxx, with
a number replacing the xx in the alphanumeric and with that
number representing the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel in
the biodiesel fuel blend.
(3) A person who sells a gasoline-ethanol fuel blend to a person selling or offering to sell it at wholesale or retail shall provide
information before the sale on the ethanol content of the fuel
blend to the person selling or offering to sell it and shall provide
written verification of the ethanol content at delivery of the fuel
blend.

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