[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: 40CFR80.32]



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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.  80.32  Controls applicable to liquefied petroleum gas retailers and 

wholesale purchaser-consumers.



    After January 1, 1998 every retailer and wholesale purchaser- 

consumer handling over 13,660 gallons of liquefied petroleum gas per 

month shall equip each pump from which liquefied petroleum gas is 

introduced into motor vehicles with a nozzle that has no greater than 

2.0 cm\3\ dead space from which liquefied petroleum gas will be released 

upon nozzle disconnect from the vehicle, as measured from the nozzle 

face which seals against the vehicle receptacle ``O'' ring, and as 

determined by calculation of the geometric shape of the nozzle. After 

January 1, 2000 this requirement applies to every liquefied petroleum 

gas retailer and wholesale purchaser- consumer. Any dispensing pump 

shown to be dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles is exempt from this 

requirement.



[59 FR 48490, Sept. 21, 1994]