[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 16]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR80.22]

[Page 640-641]
 
                   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

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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 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]