North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .0900 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS › Section 02D .0928 - GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS STAGE I

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this
				  Rule, the following definitions apply:
(1)
				  "Coaxial vapor recovery system" means the delivery of the gasoline and recovery
				  of vapors occurring through a single coaxial fill tube, which is a tube within
				  a tube. Gasoline is delivered through the inner tube, and vapor is recovered
				  through the annular space between the walls of the inner tube and outer
				  tube.
(2) "Delivery vessel" means
				  cargo tanks used for the transport of gasoline from sources of supply to
				  stationary storage tanks of gasoline dispensing facilities.
(3) "Dual point vapor recovery system" means
				  the delivery of the product to the stationary storage tank and the recovery of
				  vapors from the stationary storage tank occurring through two separate openings
				  in the storage tank and two separate hoses between the cargo tank and the
				  stationary storage tank.
(4)
				  "Gasoline" means a petroleum distillate having a Reid vapor pressure of four
				  psi or greater.
(5) "Gasoline
				  dispensing facility" means any site where gasoline is dispensed to motor
				  vehicle gasoline tanks from stationary storage tanks.
(6) "Gasoline service station" means any
				  gasoline dispensing facility where gasoline is sold to the motoring public from
				  stationary storage tanks.
(7)
				  "Line" means any pipe suitable for transferring gasoline.
(8) "Motor Vehicle" means every vehicle which
				  is self-propelled and every vehicle designed to run upon the highways which is
				  pulled by a self-propelled vehicle. This term shall not include mopeds or
				  electric assisted bicycles in accordance with G.S. 20-4.01.
(9) "Operator" means any person who leases,
				  operates, controls, or supervises a facility at which gasoline is
				  dispensed.
(10) "Owner" means any
				  person who has legal or equitable title to the gasoline storage tank at a
				  facility.
(11) "Poppeted vapor
				  recovery adaptor" means a vapor recovery adaptor that automatically and
				  immediately closes itself when the vapor return line is disconnected and
				  maintains a tight seal when the vapor return line is not connected.
(12) "Stationary storage tank" means a
				  gasoline storage container that is a permanent fixture.
(13) "Submerged fill pipe" means any fill
				  pipe with a discharge opening that is entirely submerged when the pipe normally
				  used to withdraw liquid from the tank can no longer withdraw any liquid, or
				  that is entirely submerged when the level of the liquid is:
(A) six inches above the bottom of the tank
				  if the tank does not have a vapor recovery adaptor; or
(B) 12 inches above the bottom of the tank if
				  the tank has a vapor recovery adaptor. If the opening of the submerged fill
				  pipe is cut at a slant, the distance is measured from the top of the slanted
				  cut to the bottom of the tank.
(14) "Throughput" means the amount of
				  gasoline dispensed at a facility during a calendar month after November 15,
				  1990.