Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11

Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17

Sec. 7. (a) No owner or operator of a gasoline transport shall cause, allow, or permit the transfer of gasoline between transports and storage tanks that are equipped with a vapor balance system or vapor recovery system unless:

1. (1) the vapor balance system or vapor recovery system is connected and operating according to manufacturers' specifications;
2. (2) gasoline transport compartment hatches are closed at all times during loading operations;
3. (3) except as provided in section 9(i) of this rule (stack testing) and for sources subject to 40 CFR 60.503(b)* (Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources) or 40 CFR 63.425(a)* (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants) requirements, there are no visible leaks, or otherwise detectable leaks (measured at twenty-one thousand (21,000) parts per million as propane as specified in 40 CFR 63.425(f)(1)*), in the gasoline transport's pressure/vacuum relief valves, hatch cover, trailer compartments, storage tanks, or associated vapor and liquid lines during loading or unloading; and
4. (4) the pressure relief valves on gasoline transports are set to release at no less than four and eight-tenths (4.8) kilo Pascals (seven-tenths (0.7) pounds per square inch).

(b) Tank wagons are exempt from vapor balance requirements.

(c) When employees of the owner of a bulk gasoline terminal are present to supervise or perform loading, the owner of the terminal shall be responsible for compliance with subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3). The owner of the terminal shall also ensure that owners of gasoline transports loading at the terminal during unsupervised times comply with this section.

(d) Gasoline transports must be designed, maintained, and operated so as to be vapor-tight.

(e) Transfer of gasoline between a gasoline transport and a storage tank that is not equipped with a vapor balance system or vapor recovery system is not subject to this section.

(Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 8-4-7; filed Mar 10, 1988, 1:20 p.m.: 11 IR 2540; filed Aug 11, 1989, 1:40 p.m.: 13 IR 9; errata filed Sep 29, 1989, 4:30 p.m.: 13 IR 297; filed Oct 5, 1999, 3:46 p.m.: 23 IR 298; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:20 p.m.: 24 IR 1477; errata filed Nov 30, 2001, 12:15 p.m.: 25 IR 1183; readopted filed Oct 18, 2024, 2:09 p.m.: 20241113-IR-326230809RFA)