[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: 40CFR80.33]



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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 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]