PRINTER'S NO. 1888
No. 1542 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COLAFELLA, COY,
HARHAI, JAMES, MELIO, R. MILLER, PHILLIPS, SEMMEL, SOLOBAY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 8, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MAY 8, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 11, 1998 (P.L.58, No.15), entitled
2 "An act providing for the regulation of combustible and
3 flammable liquids; allocating functions of the Department of
4 Labor and Industry and the Pennsylvania State Police;
5 imposing penalties; and making repeals," further providing
6 for self-service dispensing stations.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 7 of the act of February 11, 1998
10 (P.L.58, No.15), known as the Combustible and Flammable Liquids
11 Act, amended October 18, 2000 (P.L.574, No.74), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 7. Retail service stations.
14 (a) Kerosene.--At a retail service station, the intake or
15 receiving pipe opening for a kerosene storage tank shall be
16 smaller than the nozzle on the hose used to deliver gasoline or
17 diesel fuel into the storage tank.
18 (b) Self-service.--An attended self-service gasoline station
19 may use a hold-open gasoline-dispensing or diesel fuel-
1 dispensing nozzle if all of the following are met:
2 (1) The nozzle meets safety standards adopted by
3 regulation of the department.
4 (2) A sign is posted indicating that any person, other
5 than the attendant, who uses a hold-open gasoline-dispensing
6 or diesel fuel-dispensing nozzle shall remain at the
7 refueling point during the refueling operation.
8 (c) Portable container specifications.--In addition to
9 established container construction requirements under 37 Pa.
10 Code § 11.7 (relating to container construction), portable
11 containers used for the storage and handling of flammable and
12 combustible liquids shall be color-coded to properly identify
13 the contents of the container as follows:
14 (1) Blue shall represent kerosene.
15 (2) Red shall represent gasoline.
16 No other color may be used for portable containers as provided
17 for in this section which are used for the storage and handling
18 of flammable and combustible liquids. At least 75% of the
19 surface area of the container shall be of the required color.
20 (d) Attended self-service station operator facilities.--It
21 is the responsibility of the operator of the attended self-
22 service station to familiarize attendant employees with the
23 location and operation of the station's emergency fuel shut-off
24 switch.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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