Gasoline and Gasoline Blend Dispensing Flow Rate

Act: Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999)
Regulation: Gasoline and Gasoline Blend Dispensing Flow Rate Regulations (SOR/2000-43)

To Whom Does This Apply?

Retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers of gasoline. (Wholesale purchaser-consumers are primarily vehicle fleet operators with central refuelling facilities.)

Eligible Activities

Dispensing gasoline into on-road vehicles.

Summary

The Gasoline and Gasoline Blend Dispensing Flow Rate Regulations prohibit retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers of benzene-containing gasoline and gasoline blends from using, or offering for use, any nozzle to dispense those fuels into on-road vehicles if the flow rate from the nozzle exceeds 38 litres per minute.

Exempt

The flow rate limit does not apply to any fuel dispensing nozzle that is dedicated exclusively to refuelling heavy-duty vehicles.

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact.

 

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National Contact(s):
Mr. Bruce McEwen
Chief, Fuels Section
Oil and Gas and Alternative Energy
Environment Canada
Place Vincent Massey
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0H3
Telephone: 819-953-4673
Fax: 819-953-8903
E-mail: Bruce.McEwen@ec.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.ec.gc.ca/cleanair-airpur/Pollution_Sources/Fossil_Fuels/Fuel_Regulations-WSFB0BA68A-1_En.htm