Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 4 - Bureau of Regulatory Services › Chapter 08 - Petroleum Products Inspection Law › Specifications Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements For Liquid Measuring Devices › Section 2-1-4-08-100.02

Current through June 25, 2024
The tolerances for devices used for retail sales of
						petroleum products regulated hereunder shall be as follows:
1. The maintenance tolerance shall be one
					 cubic inch plus one cubic inch per indicated gallon.
2. The acceptance tolerance shall be one half
					 (1/2) of the maintenance tolerance.
3. The maintenance tolerance for test drafts
					 over 10 gallons shall be 0.3%.
4.
					 The acceptance tolerance for test drafts over 10 gallons shall be
					 0.2%
5. Applicable testing and
					 technical requirements shall be in accordance with the latest edition of the
					 National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, except when in
					 conflict with existing or modified rules and regulations or when rejected by
					 the same.
6. Retail devices, or
					 pumps, for motor fuels that when inspected are found to be inaccurate by a
					 deficiency exceeding twenty-five (25) cubic inches on a measure of five (5)
					 gallons shall immediately be locked and sealed and made the subject of a stop
					 sale order. Such devices shall remain locked and sealed until adjustments have
					 been made and the devices returned to operations within acceptance tolerance
					 levels. Corrections or repairs must be made and the Commissioner notified of
					 such actions pursuant to Section 77-55-37 prior to the resumption of
					 sales.
7. If a retail device or
					 pump is found to be inaccurate by a deficiency in excess of the maintenance
					 tolerance but not more than twenty-five (25) cubic inches on a measure of five
					 (5) gallons, the owner or operator shall be given notice of the deficiency and
					 forty-eight (48) hours in which to make adjustments to return such device to
					 operations within acceptance tolerance levels. The Commissioner must be
					 notified of corrections. If after such corrections, the device or pump is found
					 to be inaccurate by a deficiency in excess of the acceptance tolerance, the
					 device shall be locked and sealed and made the subject of a stop sale order as
					 set forth in paragraph 6 above. Any requirement for corrections, adjustments or
					 stop sale orders under this paragraph or paragraph 6 above may be waived by the
					 Commissioner under such terms as the Commissioner deems necessary to serve the
					 public interest.
8. All such pumps
					 found to be giving accurate measure within the tolerances established by
					 statute and these regulations shall have the adjusting device sealed with an
					 official wire seal applied by an inspector duly authorized by the Commissioner
					 in such a manner that the adjustment cannot be altered without breaking the
					 seal.
9. It shall be unlawful to
					 install or operate any self-measuring pump which can be secretly manipulated in
					 such manner as to give short measure.
Miss. Code
						Ann. §
												75-55-3.