[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 14]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR80.33]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 80--REGULATION OF FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Controls and Prohibitions
 
Sec. 80.33  Controls applicable to natural gas retailers and wholesale 
purchaser-consumers.

    (a) After January 1, 1998 every retailer and wholesale purchaser-
consumer handling over 1,215,000 standard cubic feet of natural gas per 
month shall equip each pump from which natural gas is introduced into 
natural gas motor vehicles with a nozzle and hose configuration which 
vents no more than 1.2 grams of natural gas to the atmosphere per 
refueling of a vehicle

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complying with Sec. 86.098-8(d)(1)(iv) of this chapter, as determined by 
calculation of the geometric shape of the nozzle and hose. After January 
1, 2000 this requirement applies to every natural gas retailer and 
wholesale purchaser-consumer. Any dispensing pump shown to be dedicated 
to heavy-duty vehicles is exempt from this requirement.
    (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section can be waived 
for refueling stations which were in operation on or before January 1, 
1998 provided the station operator can demonstrate, to the satisfaction 
of the Administrator, that compliance with paragraph (a) of this section 
would require additional compression equipment or other modifications 
with costs similar to or greater than the cost of additional compression 
equipment.

[59 FR 48490, Sept. 21, 1994]