(a) A person
may not cause or permit the loading of gasoline into a vehicular receiving tank
from a bulk gasoline plant unless the loading is:
(1) Bottom filled with the inlet flush with
the receiving vehicular tank bottom.
(2) Top-submerged filled with the fill pipe
extended to within 6 inches of the bottom of the receiving vehicular tank
during top-submerged filling operations.
(b) A person may not cause or permit the
loading of gasoline into the stationary tanks of a bulk gasoline plant from a
tank truck delivering gasoline to the bulk gasoline plant unless a vapor
balancing technique is employed. The displaced vapors from the storage tank
shall be transferred to the dispensing delivery tank during loading operations,
and these vapors shall be processed for disposal in accordance with §
129.59 (relating to bulk gasoline
terminals). This subsection is not applicable to storage tanks which conform to
§
129.56(a)(1) or
(2) (relating to storage tanks greater than
40,000 gallons capacity containing VOCs).
(c) A person may not cause or permit the
loading of gasoline from a bulk gasoline plant with a daily throughput since
January 1, 1987 of greater than 4,000 gallons (15,200 liters) into a tank truck
with a capacity greater than 250 gallons (950 liters) unless a vapor balance
system is employed. The displaced vapors from the tank truck shall be
transferred to the stationary tanks of the bulk gasoline plant during loading
operations. A storage tank at a bulk gasoline plant which is controlled under
§
129.56(a)(1) or
(2) shall have a vapor recovery unit and
process vapors from gasoline loading in accordance with §
129.59.
(d) An owner or operator of a bulk gasoline
plant shall maintain records of daily throughput. These records shall be
retained for at least 2 years and shall be made available to the Department on
request.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 129.60 adopted April 27, 1979, effective
8/1/1979, 9 Pa.B. 1447; corrected
May 11, 1979, effective 8/1/1979,
9 Pa.B. 1534; amended September 26, 1980, effective
9/27/1980, 10 Pa.B. 3788;
amended June 19, 1981, effective 6/20/1981, 11 Pa.B. 2118; amended August 2,
1991, effective 8/3/1991, 21
Pa.B. 3406.
The provisions of this § 129.60 issued under
section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
510-20); and section 5 of the Air Pollution
Control Act (35 P.S. §
4005).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
129.51 (relating to general); 25
Pa. Code §
129.54 (relating to seasonal
operation of auxiliary incineration equipment); 25 Pa. Code §
129.61 (relating to small gasoline
storage tank control (Stage I control)); 25 Pa. Code §
129.62 (relating to general
standards for bulk gasoline terminals, bulk gasoline plants and small gasoline
storage tanks); 25 Pa. Code §
129.66 (relating to compliance
schedules and final compliance dates); 25 Pa. Code §
129.91 (relating to control of
major sources of NOx and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code §
129.96 (relating to
applicability); and 25 Pa. Code §
129.111 (relating to
applicability).
