OAR 340-244-0232: Gasoline Dispensing Facilities: Definitions

The following definitions apply to OAR 340-244-0232 through -0252. If the same term is defined in this rule and OAR 340-200-0020, 340-244-0030, or 340-218-0030, the definition in this rule applies to OAR 340-244-0231 through -0252. (1) "Annual throughput" means the total volume of gasoline that is loaded into, or dispensed from, all gasoline storage tanks at each GDF during a year. Annual throughput is calculated by summing the volume of gasoline loaded into, or dispensed from, all gasoline storage tanks at each GDF during the current day, plus the total volume of gasoline loaded into, or dispensed from, all gasoline storage tanks at each GDF during the previous 364 days. (2) “Aviation gasoline” means a complex mixture of volatile hydrocarbons, with or without additives, suitably blended to be used in aviation reciprocating engines. Specifications are found in ASTM Specification D910–07a. (3) “CARB” means the California Air Resources Board. (4) “Dual-point” means a storage tank is equipped with an entry port for a gasoline fill pipe and a separate exit port for a vapor connection. (5) “Dual-point vapor balance system” means a type of Stage I vapor balance system in which the storage tank is equipped with an entry port for a gasoline fill pipe and a separate exit port for a vapor connection. (6) "Enhanced Conventional nozzle (ECO nozzle)” means a gasoline dispensing nozzle which does not exceed a spillage rate of 0.12 lbs/1000 gallons, liquid retention which does not exceed 100 mL/1000 gallons, spitting which does not exceed 1.0 mL per nozzle per test and post-fueling drips which do not exceed three Drops/Refueling. A nozzle certified by CARB through an executive order as an ECO nozzle will be considered compliant with this definition. (7) “Enhanced Vapor Recovery (EVR; Stage I EVR)” means a complete vapor balance system which includes all components outlined in California Air Resources Board executive order VR-101, VR-102, VR-104, or VR-105 as of December 1, 2023. The specific equipment and requirements for an EVR system are found in Table 2 of OAR 340-244-0246. (8) “Existing” means a GDF that is not new or reconstructed. (9) "Facility" means all or part of any public or private building, structure, installation, equipment, or vehicle or vessel, including but not limited to ships. (10) "Gasoline cargo tank" means a delivery tank truck or railcar which is loading or unloading gasoline, or which has loaded or unloaded gasoline on the immediately previous load. (11) "Gasoline dispensing facility (GDF) " means any stationary facility which dispenses gasoline into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, nonroad vehicle, or nonroad engine, including a nonroad vehicle or nonroad engine used solely for competition. These facilities include, but are not limited to, facilities that dispense gasoline into on- and off-road, street, or highway motor vehicles, lawn equipment, boats, test engines, landscaping equipment, generators, pumps, and other gasoline-fueled engines and equipment. In Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties, the Medford-Ashland AQMA, and the Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study, “gasoline dispensing facility” includes any stationary facility which dispenses gasoline into the fuel tank of an airplane. (12) “Medford-Ashland AQMA” is as defined in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 340 division 204. (13) “New” means a GDF for which an owner or operator had commenced construction after November 9, 2006. (14) “ORVR” means Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery system. This is the system in a motor vehicle, part of the fuel vapor emission control system, and is used to capture volatile organic compounds during the refueling process. (15) “Portland AQMA” is as defined in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 340 division 204. (16) “Reconstructed” means meeting the criteria for reconstruction as defined in 40 C.F.R. 63.2. (17) "Salem-Keizer (SKATS)” is as defined in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 340 division 204. (18) "Stage I vapor balance system (Stage I)” means a combination of pipes and hoses that create a closed system between the vapor spaces of an unloading gasoline cargo tank and a receiving storage tank such that vapors displaced from the storage tank are transferred to the gasoline cargo tank being unloaded. (19) “Stage II vapor recovery system (Stage II)” means a system where at least 90 percent, by weight, of the gasoline vapors that are displaced or drawn from a vehicle fuel tank during refueling are transferred to a vapor-tight holding system or vapor control system. (20) "Submerged filling" means the filling of a gasoline storage tank through a submerged fill pipe whose discharge is no more than the applicable distance specified in OAR 340-244-0245(2) from the bottom of the tank. Bottom filling of gasoline storage tanks is also submerged filling. . (21) “Throughput” means the volume of gasoline loaded into, or dispensed from, gasoline storage tanks at a GDF. (22) "Topping off" means, in the absence of equipment malfunction, continuing to fill a gasoline tank after the nozzle has clicked off. (23) "Vapor balance system" means Stage I vapor balance system. (24) "Vapor-tight" means equipment that allows no loss of vapors. Compliance with vapor-tight requirements can be determined by checking to ensure that the concentration at a potential leak source is not equal to or greater than 100 percent of the Lower Explosive Limit when measured with a combustible gas detector, calibrated with propane, at a distance of 1 inch from the source. (25) "Vapor-tight gasoline cargo tank" means a gasoline cargo tank which has demonstrated within the 12 preceding months that it meets the annual certification test requirements in 40 C.F.R. 63.11092(f). [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040 only for affected sources in the Portland-Vancouver, Medford-Ashland, and Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study air quality management areas and all of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.]