2019 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 290 - Weights, Measures, and Standards
Act 44 of 1984 Motor Fuels Quality Act (290.641 - 290.650d)
Section 290.649j Delivery of Gasoline; Stage I Vapor-Recovery System; Applicability of Subsection (7).
Sec. 9j.
(1) A person shall not deliver gasoline or permit the delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility that lacks a stage I vapor-recovery system.
(2) Prior to delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility, a delivery vessel shall be certified by the department of environmental quality as vapor tight by meeting the requirements of R 336.1627 of the Michigan administrative code.
(3) A person shall not deliver gasoline or permit the delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility unless the stage I vapor-recovery system is employed during delivery and the dispensing facility storage tank is equipped with a permanent submerged fill pipe.
(4) A stage I vapor-recovery system shall include a properly functioning interlocking system or procedure that ensures that the vapor-tight collection line is connected before any gasoline is loaded, or shall include an equivalent system approved by the department.
(5) A stage I vapor-recovery system shall have a poppetted drybreak on the vapor return or an equivalent system approved by the department.
(6) All open vent pipes for a stage I vapor-recovery system that are on stationary tanks at dispensing facilities shall be equipped with pressure-vacuum relief valves in a system approved by the department.
(7) A dispensing facility regulated under this act is not subject to R 336.1606 or R 336.1703, or both, of the Michigan administrative code. This subsection does not apply to a delivery vessel which shall continue to be subject to the rules listed in this subsection.
History: Add. 1993, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1993 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 104, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 2006
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties relating to purity and quality standards for biofuels from department of energy, labor, and economic growth to department of agriculture, see E.R.O. No. 2009-4, compiled at MCL 445.2026.
