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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - AIR POLLUTION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Walaska, and Felag | |
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Date Introduced: March 08, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 23-23 of the General Laws entitled "Air Pollution" is hereby |
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amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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23-23-30. Stage II vapor recovery systems. – (a) For the purposes of this section, "stage |
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II vapor collection and control system" means a system which collects gasoline vapors displaced |
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from motor vehicle gasoline tanks during refueling and which routes the vapors to a stationary |
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storage tank. |
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 23-23-5: |
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(1) A motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility shall be exempt from the department's stage |
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II system requirements if it begins operation after the effective date of this section; and |
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(2) Upon department verification and approval, a motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility |
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shall be exempt from the department's stage II system requirements if, upon department |
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verification and approval, excavation of one or more underground gasoline storage tanks is |
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required in order to install or repair a below-ground component of the stage II vapor collection |
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and control system or the facility replaces fifty percent (50%) or more of its gasoline dispensers |
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after the effective date of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would exempt gas stations with new gasoline dispensing equipment from the |
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department of health's "stage II system" requirements. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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