2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 480 - Explosives; Flammable Materials; Pressure Vessels › Section 480.341 - Customer operation of gasoline dispensing device in low-population county of eastern Oregon.

(1) As used in this section, "rural Oregon" means Baker, Clatsop, Crook, Curry, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler Counties.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, if a filling station, service station, garage or other dispensary where Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed at retail is located in rural Oregon, the owner or operator may permit a customer to use or manipulate a device for dispensing liquids into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or other retail container, regardless of whether an owner, operator or employee of the dispensary is present at the dispensary.
(3) If the site of a dispensary described in subsection (2) of this section includes retail space providing goods or services, other than goods or services for maintaining, repairing or cleaning a motor vehicle, the dispensary shall make an owner, operator or employee available for dispensing Class 1 flammable liquids after 6 a.m. and before 6 p.m.
(4) If a nonretail facility is located in rural Oregon, the owner or operator may, subject to ORS 480.340:
(a) Permit the dispensing of Class 1 flammable liquids at retail;
(b) Permit a person other than an owner, operator, employee or nonretail customer to use or manipulate a device for dispensing liquids into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or other retail container; and
(c) Permit the use of an installed automated payment or self-service dispensing fuel device for the liquids.
(5)(a) Sales under subsection (2) of this section do not make a filling station, service station, garage or other dispensary where Class 1 flammable liquids are dispensed at retail subject to any provisions of ORS 480.310 to 480.385 regulating nonretail facilities.
(b) Sales under subsection (4) of this section do not require that a nonretail facility possess a license to dispense Class 1 flammable liquids at retail.
(c) Sales under subsection (4) of this section do not require that a nonretail facility possess a conditional use license issued under ORS 480.355. However, sales under subsection (4) of this section do not prevent a nonretail facility that qualifies under ORS 480.355 from also possessing a conditional use license.
(d) Purchasing Class 1 flammable liquids under subsection (4) of this section does not make a retail customer subject to any gallonage requirement set forth in ORS 480.345.
(e) Purchasing Class 1 flammable liquids under subsection (4) of this section does not make a retail customer subject to rules of the State Fire Marshal establishing safety training requirements.
(6) This section does not prohibit, limit or condition any dispensing of Class 1 flammable liquids or diesel fuel otherwise authorized under ORS 480.310 to 480.385.
(7) No later than 90 days prior to commencing sales under subsection (4) of this section, a nonretail facility shall notify the State Fire Marshal that the facility plans to dispense Class 1 flammable liquids at retail under this section. [2015 c.525 §2; 2017 c.207 §1; 2023 c.607 §4]