2014 Iowa Code
TITLE III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
SUBTITLE 5 - FIRE CONTROL
CHAPTER 101 - COMBUSTIBLE AND FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND LIQUEFIED GASES
SECTION 101.1 - Rules by fire marshal — definitions.

101.1  Rules by fire marshal — definitions.

1.  The state fire marshal is hereby empowered and directed to formulate and adopt and from time to time amend or revise and to promulgate, in conformity with and subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, reasonable rules for the safe transportation, storage, handling, and use of combustible liquids, flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum gases, and liquefied natural gases.

2.  For purposes of this chapter:

a.  “Combustible liquid” means any liquid that has a closed-cup flash point greater than or equal to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

b.  “Flammable liquid” means a liquid with a closed-cup flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit and a Reid vapor pressure not exceeding forty p.s.i. absolute, 2026.6 mm Hg, at 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

c.  “Liquefied petroleum gas” means material composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of the same:  Propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane) and butylenes.

d.  “Liquefied natural gas” means a fuel in the liquid state composed predominantly of methane and which may contain minor quantities of ethane, propane, nitrogen, or other components normally found in natural gas.

e.  “Petroleum” means petroleum as defined in section 455B.471.

[C35, §1655-g1, -g2, -g4; C39, §1655.1, 1655.2, 1655.4; C46, 50, 54, §101.1, 101.2; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §101.1]

2010 Acts, ch 1014, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §28