Department: means the department of labor and business provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 82-15-one hundred and one
State: when applied to the totally different components of the United States, contains the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

The standards and specifications for petroleum products, together with but not restricted to gasoline, ethanol-blended gasoline, gas oils, diesel gas, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gases, should be decided by the department and, subject to the provisions of 82-15-121(1), must be based upon nationally recognized requirements and specs such because the requirements and specs which are published by the American society for testing and supplies. The standards and specifications adopted by rule by the division are the standards and specs for products offered on this state, and official tests of the products have to be based upon the adopted standards and specs.