Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-15-2-.06 - Liquefied Petroleum Gas Liquid Measuring Devices
(1) Application. These regulations, including
NBS HANDBOOK 44, entitled "Specifications, Tolerances and Other Technical
Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices" and more particularly LPG
Liquid Measuring Devices Code, shall apply to devices used for the measurement
of liquid petroleum gas in the liquid state, whether such devices are installed
in a permanent location or mounted on a vehicle. Insofar as they are clearly
appropriate, the requirements and provisions of the Regulations including the
NBS Code on Cryogenic Liquid Measuring Devices shall apply to the measurement
of other liquids that do not remain in a liquid state at atmospheric pressures
and temperatures. Other requirements follow which also apply in commercial
operations of this equipment.
(2)
Automatic Temperature Compensated Equipment Operations. All wholesale
commercial LP gas metering equipment in use in the State of Georgia shall be
temperature compensated to 60° Fahrenheit (15° Celsius).
(a) On a device equipped with an automatic
temperature compensating mechanism that will indicate or record only in terms
of gallons compensated to 60° F, provision shall be made to facilitate the
deactivation of the automatic-temperature compensating mechanism for testing
purposes so that the meter may indicate, and record, if it is equipped to
record, in terms of uncompensated volume.
(b) Provision shall be made for applying
security seals in such a manner that an automatic temperature-compensating
system cannot be disconnected and that no adjustment may be made externally to
the system.
(c) Automatic
temperature-compensated equipment shall not be deactivated, nor rendered
inoperable except for test purposes.
(d) All written invoices shall be based on
temperature-compensated measurements.
(e) The sale and/or delivery of liquefied
petroleum gas in tanks with capacities of up to and including 100 pound units,
when accompanied with a sales ticket giving the net weight of the LP gas in the
tank shall be considered as complying with Rule 40-1 5-3-.07 as to labeling of
the container.
(3)
Repair of In-plant Scales. The owner of an LP gas business, or a full-time
employee of that business, shall be permitted to install and/or adjust the
portable beam scale or the counter-beam scale which is used to establish the
fill weight of any LP gas tank having a capacity of up to 100 pounds net
weight. Such individual shall not be required to register under provisions of
Rule 40-15-2-.05,
Registration of Servicemen and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and
Measuring Devices. Such devices installed or adjusted under the conditions must
fully comply with all performance requirements of NBS HANDBOOK 44, as
supplemented, and all Georgia Department of Agriculture Rules and Regulations
as are applicable.
(4) Special
Piping Requirements. When a commercial LP gas metering device is mounted on a
vehicle, all new or replacement piping shall have as a part of its LP gas
circulating system a separate and workable by-pass designed to return to the
unit's supply tank any and all LP gas circulated within the system's pipes when
its pump is operating and the system's outlet valve is closed. This bypass
shall be in addition to the pump's safety by-pass. The system by-pass must be
located on the up-steam side of the metering device.
(5) Definitions. The terms defined herein
have a special and technical meaning when used in the Rules and Regulations for
Liquid Petroleum Gas Liquid Measuring Devices:
(a) "Liquefied Petroleum Gas" means a product
composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures
thereof: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane), and
butylenes.
(b) "Liquefied Petroleum
Gas Liquid-Measuring Device" means a mechanical-measuring system of the
meter-type designed to measure and deliver liquefied petroleum gas in the
liquid state by a definite volume, whether installed in a permanent location or
mounted on a vehicle.
(c) "Motor
Fuel Device" means a stationary metering device primarily used for retail
deliveries of liquefied petroleum gas as a motor fuel to the fuel tanks of
individual highway vehicle.
(d)
"Retail Device" means a metering device used for single deliveries of liquefied
petroleum gas for domestic or non-resale.
(e) "Wholesale Device" means LP gas metering
devices other than those used for retail sales.
Notes
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