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      Sec. 22a-174e. Gasoline vapor recovery systems. Regulations. On or before July 1, 1992, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and in consultation with the State Fire Marshal's Office, to require the installation of a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system for all gasoline pumps at any gasoline dispensing facility newly constructed on or after said date which will dispense more than ten thousand gallons of gasoline per month, and at any such existing facility for all gasoline tanks which are replaced on or after said date. Such regulations shall provide for specifications deemed by the commissioner to be necessary to implement such a vapor recovery system at each such facility, and may require, in order to comply with the federal Clean Air Act, that any other gasoline dispensing facility which dispenses more than ten thousand gallons of gasoline per month shall implement such a vapor recovery system. On or after July 1, 1993, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may amend such regulations to require a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system at any newly constructed fuel dispensing facility which dispenses one thousand gallons or more of gasoline per month or at any existing gasoline dispensing facility for any gasoline tank which is replaced on or after July 1, 1993, where such tank has a capacity of one thousand gallons or more. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may require, by regulation, that any vapor recovery equipment tested and approved by the California Air Resources Board, either before or after the effective date of such regulation, be required to be installed at any such fuel dispensing facility. Such regulations may require that any installed vapor recovery equipment be annually tested in accordance with functional test methods approved by the state of California Air Resources Board provided such regulations specifically set forth such methods and further provided nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner from requiring additional testing upon the failure of any source to demonstrate compliance. Notwithstanding any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, a person may install a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system which has been tested and approved by the state of California Air Resources Board after November 1, 1992, provided such system utilizes only coaxial hoses.

      (P.A. 91-332; P.A. 93-312, S. 4, 7; P.A. 99-225, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 93-312 extended coverage, after July 1, 1993, to facilities which dispense 1,000 gallons of gasoline per month and existing facilities which replace tanks with capacity of 1,000 gallons or more and broadened authority of commissioner re required equipment in vapor recovery systems, effective June 9, 1993; P.A. 99-225 added a provision authorizing regulations regarding annual testing of vapor recovery equipment in accordance with methods approved by the California Air Resources Board.