[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 16]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR80.22]



[Page 617-618]

 

                   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.  80.22  Controls and prohibitions.



    (a) After December 31, 1995, no person shall sell, offer for sale, 

supply, offer for supply, dispense, transport, or introduce into 

commerce gasoline represented to be unleaded gasoline unless such 

gasoline meets the defined requirements for unleaded gasoline in Sec.  

80.2(g); nor shall he dispense, or cause or allow the gasoline other 

than unleaded gasoline to be dispensed into any motor vehicle which is 

equipped with a gasoline tank filler inlet which is designed for the 

introduction of unleaded gasoline.

    (b) After December 31, 1995, no person shall sell, offer for sale, 

supply, offer for supply, dispense, transport, or introduce into 

commerce for use as fuel in any motor vehicle (as defined in Section 

216(2) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7550(2)), any gasoline which is 

produced with the use of lead additives or which contains more than 0.05 

gram of lead per gallon.

    (c)-(e) [Reserved]

    (f) Beginning January 1, 1996, every retailer and wholesale 

purchaser-consumer shall equip all gasoline pumps as follows:

    (1) [Reserved]

    (2) Each pump from which unleaded gasoline is dispensed into motor 

vehicles shall be equipped with a nozzle spout which meets the following 

specifications:

    (i) The outside diameter of the terminal end shall not be greater 

than 0.840 inch (2.134 centimeters);

    (ii) The terminal end shall have a straight section of at least 2.5 

inches (6.34 centimeters) in length; and

    (iii) The retaining spring shall terminate 3.0 inches (7.6 

centimeters) from the terminal end.

    (g)-(i) [Reserved]

    (j) After July 1, 1996 every retailer and wholesale purchaser-

consumer handling over 10,000 gallons (37,854 liters) of fuel per month 

shall limit each nozzle from which gasoline or methanol is introduced 

into motor vehicles to a maximum fuel flow rate not to exceed 10 gallons 

per minute (37.9 liters per minute). The flow rate may be controlled 

through any means in the pump/dispenser system, provided the nozzle flow 

rate does not exceed 10 gallons per minute (37.9 liters per minute). 

After January 1, 1998 this requirement applies to every retailer and 

wholesale purchaser-consumer. Any dispensing pump that is dedicated 

exclusively to



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heavy-duty vehicles, boats, or airplanes is exempt from this 

requirement.



[38 FR 1255, Jan. 10, 1973, as amended at 39 FR 16125, May 17, 1974; 39 

FR 43283, Dec. 12, 1974; 48 FR 4287, Jan. 31, 1983; 56 FR 13768, Apr. 4, 

1991; 58 FR 16019, Mar. 24, 1993; 61 FR 3837, Feb. 2, 1996; 61 FR 33039, 

June 26, 1996]