Sec. 22a-174e. Gasoline vapor recovery systems. Regulations.
Sec. 22a-174e. Gasoline vapor recovery systems. Regulations. On or before July
1, 1992, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and in consultation with the State Fire Marshal's Office, to require the installation of a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system for
all gasoline pumps at any gasoline dispensing facility newly constructed on or after said
date which will dispense more than ten thousand gallons of gasoline per month, and at
any such existing facility for all gasoline tanks which are replaced on or after said date.
Such regulations shall provide for specifications deemed by the commissioner to be
necessary to implement such a vapor recovery system at each such facility, and may
require, in order to comply with the federal Clean Air Act, that any other gasoline
dispensing facility which dispenses more than ten thousand gallons of gasoline per
month shall implement such a vapor recovery system. On or after July 1, 1993, the
Commissioner of Environmental Protection may amend such regulations to require a
stage II gasoline vapor recovery system at any newly constructed fuel dispensing facility
which dispenses one thousand gallons or more of gasoline per month or at any existing
gasoline dispensing facility for any gasoline tank which is replaced on or after July 1,
1993, where such tank has a capacity of one thousand gallons or more. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may require, by regulation, that any vapor recovery
equipment tested and approved by the California Air Resources Board, either before or
after the effective date of such regulation, be required to be installed at any such fuel
dispensing facility. Such regulations may require that any installed vapor recovery
equipment be annually tested in accordance with functional test methods approved by
the state of California Air Resources Board provided such regulations specifically set
forth such methods and further provided nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner from requiring additional testing upon the failure of any source to demonstrate
compliance. Notwithstanding any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, a person
may install a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system which has been tested and approved
by the state of California Air Resources Board after November 1, 1992, provided such
system utilizes only coaxial hoses.
(P.A. 91-332; P.A. 93-312, S. 4, 7; P.A. 99-225, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 93-312 extended coverage, after July 1, 1993, to facilities which dispense 1,000 gallons of gasoline per
month and existing facilities which replace tanks with capacity of 1,000 gallons or more and broadened authority of
commissioner re required equipment in vapor recovery systems, effective June 9, 1993; P.A. 99-225 added a provision
authorizing regulations regarding annual testing of vapor recovery equipment in accordance with methods approved by
the California Air Resources Board.