The EPA approved the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) to decommission Stage II Vapor Recovery. The final rule is available at http://www.regulations.gov Docket # EPA-R06-OAR-2013-0439. The effective date for this rule is 4/16/14. Should you have any questions, reach out to our Regulatory Affairs Manager, Brian Harmon. TAIT’s long history with fuel systems makes us …
The TCEQ – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality‘s publication The Advocate – writing for and about small businesses and local governments affected by environmental regulations published this update regarding the removal of Stage II Vapor Recovery equipment. The rules are written, but are awaiting approval by the EPA. Removal will not begin until a minimum …
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2013 PEI/NACS show Dennis Tweedy, Billy Watroba and Melanie Nelson attended the NACS show this year, and were joined by a close subcontractor of ours, Katie Seaborn from American Containment Services, Inc. The 2013 PEI/NACS show, the biggest exposition of fuel handling equipment in the world, lasted from October 12-15 in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the largest …
TCEQ & Decommissioning Stage II The TCEQ has been busy hearing public comments all over the state last week and this week. Did you submit comments? The only comment I have heard so far from our Regulatory Affairs Manager is 115.241(b)(4) – Add TXP-101 as a test requirement. Some vapor space manifolds may have been …
TCEQ have filed revisions to Chapter 115 with the Chief Clerk that will eliminate stage II Vapor Recovery systems on new UST installations and allow existing locations to remove the Stage II Vapor Recovery systems. These revisions have to be approved by the commission before being submitted to the Texas Register for public comment. Typically they will …
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has published a First Notice of Comment Period concerning amendments to Indiana’s rules related to Stage II gasoline vapor-recovery system requirements. The amendments would remove Stage II requirements and references from the rules in a manner consistent with U.S. EPA guidance. U.S. EPA has determined that emission reductions …
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Brian Harmon helped author the newly published PEI Recommended Practice 1200. Proposed EPA regulatory changes makes the content of this manual especially valuable. Brian served as part of the PEI Overfill, Leak Detection and Release Prevention Equipment Testing Committee and was very important in the publication of this manual, entitled, Recommended Practices for the Testing and Verification of …
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Has Your State Waived Stage II Vapor Recovery Requirements? Because recent models of most vehicles include vapor recovery technology in the cars and trucks themselves, EPA is allowing states that can demonstrate widespread fleet turnover to remove from their State Implementation Plans Stage II vapor recovery requirements for gasoline-dispensing facilities once state regulations are repealed. …
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to vapor recovery certification and test procedures for underground and aboveground storage tanks including gasoline dispensing facility hose regulation. CARB has sheduled a public hearing for September 22, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. Here are the public hearing details: September 22, 2011, 9:00 am California …
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