Alabama Administrative Code › Title 530 - ALABAMA LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS BOARD › Chapter 530-X-2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE ALABAMA LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS BOARD › Section 530-X-2-.03 - Metering Device Calibration Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Before any person, firm or corporation
			 shall engage or continue in the business of selling or dispensing liquefied
			 petroleum gas by tank truck through liquid measurement, they shall be required
			 to furnish a suitable type meter equipped with an automatic temperature
			 compensator to adjust the indication and registration of the measured volume of
			 product to the volume at 15 degree C (60 degree F) for the dispensing of
			 liquefied petroleum gas. Entities calibrating these meters must also furnish
			 the Board written certification of the substantial accuracy of said meters.
			 Meters shall be calibrated in compliance with National Institute of Standards
			 and Technology NIST Handbook 44 2016 Section 3.32. This certification is to be
			 provided annually. The Board will notify any person, firm or corporation sixty
			 (60) days in advance of the due date of the next certifying report. The person,
			 firm or corporation will be given the name or names of agencies approved by
			 this Board to certify substantial accuracy of said meters and its
			 system.
(2) LP-gas meters installed
			 at stationary filling stations that are used for the purpose of metering LP-gas
			 sales shall be calibrated in compliance with National Institute of Standards
			 and Technology NIST Handbook 44 2016 Section 3.32. Calibration shall be
			 required at intervals of each two hundred thousand (200,000) gallons or every
			 five (5) years, whichever comes first.
(3) The certifying agent shall seal the meter
			 and automatic temperature compensator, where installed, with a tamper-evident
			 seal.
(4) If for any reason a meter
			 seal is broken, the dealer-owner shall notify his meter certifying agent and
			 then notify the LP-Gas Board as to when the meter certifying agent will be able
			 to reseal the meter. The dealer-owner shall make these notifications as soon as
			 possible but not to exceed five (5) work days after the broken meter seal has
			 been found. The certifying agent shall recalibrate and reseal the meter if
			 recalibration is required or reseal the meter if a calibration is not required.
			 When corrective action is completed, the meter prover shall notify the LP-Gas
			 Board in writing of the action taken to bring the meter into compliance with
			 state regulations. The affected meter equipment should be brought into
			 compliance within 30 days after the Board has been notified of the broken seal.
			 If the meter has not been resealed within thirty (30) days after the Board
			 received its first notification of the broken meter seal, the Board
			 administrator shall determine if proper action has been taken to reseal the
			 meter. If proper action has been taken, the Board administrator may then
			 authorize a limited extension of time to reseal the meter.
(5) The expense or expenses of said services
			 shall be borne by persons, firms or corporations affected by this
			 rule.
Authors:
Leonard Pakruda, Robert E. Reed
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										9-17-105.