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Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Controls Applicable to Gasoline Retailers and Wholesale Purchaser-Consumers; 10 Gallon Per Minute Fuel Dispensing Limit Requirement Implementation
[Federal Register: June 26, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 124)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 33053-33054] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 80 [FRL-5522-2] RIN 2060-AG43 Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Controls Applicable to Gasoline Retailers and Wholesale Purchaser-Consumers; 10 Gallon Per Minute Fuel Dispensing Limit Requirement Implementation AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
SUMMARY: On January 20, 1993 EPA finalized a requirement limiting vehicle service station fuel dispensing rates to 10 gallons per minute (gpm) maximum, beginning January 1, 1996 for retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers handling over 10,000 gallons of fuel per month (55 FR 16002, March 24, 1993). In 1995, various groups in the petroleum industry requested that EPA delay the January 1, 1996 deadline, due mainly to the lack of available retrofit parts needed for compliance with the 10gpm requirement. EPA is proposing to delay the implementation date of the 10gpm requirement from January 1, 1996 until July 1, 1996. In addition, EPA is proposing regulation changes to clarify that the hardware/software for controlling the fuel dispensing rate may be located anywhere in the pump/dispenser system and that refueling facilities are exempt from the 10gpm requirement if used exclusively to refuel heavy-duty vehicles, boats or airplanes. Because the rule revision is not expected to receive any adverse comments, the revision is also being issued as a direct final rule in the Final Rules section of this Federal Register. DATES: Comments on the regulations proposed by this action must be received on or before July 26, 1996. ADDRESSES: Materials relevant to the initial final rule, and today's action are available for inspection in Public Dockets A-89-18 and A-95- 53 at Air Docket Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Air Docket Section (6102), First Floor, Waterside Mall, Room M-1500, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460 (telephone 202-260-7549, fax 202- 260-4400) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. A reasonable fee may be charged by EPA for copying docket material. All written comments must be identified with the appropriate docket number (Docket No. A-95-53) and must be submitted in duplicate to the address listed above, with a complimentary [[Page 33054]] copy to Karl Simon or Dave Good at the address listed below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl Simon at the U.S. EPA, 401 M Street S.W. (mail code 6405J), Washington D.C., 20460, telephone (202) 233-9299; or Dave Good at the U.S. EPA, 2565 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, telephone (313) 668-4450. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulated Entities Entities potentially regulated by this action are retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers of gasoline and methanol which handle over 10,000 gallons of fuel per month, for the purpose of refueling passenger cars and light-duty trucks. Regulated entities would include the following:
Category Examples of regulated entities
Industry..................... Service station owners, service station managers, fleet managers who operate a refueling facility to refuel motor vehicles. bases, who operate a refueling facility to refuel motor vehicles. motor vehicles.