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Gas Station Compliance
Gas station owners and operators are required to:
- Self-inspect vapor recovery equipment daily.
- Maintain logs of daily inspections and corrective actions.
- Correct equipment deficiencies or remove defective equipment from service.
- Train employees performing equipment inspections.
- Maintain employee training logs.
- Schedule annual audits of your self-inspection program and keep written test reports on-site.
- Contract for annual tests of vapor recovery systems and keep written test reports on-site.
Penalties for non-compliance range from $200 to $2000 per violation.
A toolkit is available with the following information and forms to help you with required daily inspections of your vapor recovery equipment.
Gas Station Toolkit contents:
- A penalty guide showing the price of not complying with these rules (PDF 0.1MB)
- An employee training log sheet (PDF 0.1MB)
- A video to train your employees how to perform daily inspections. It is viewable in the following formats: (Also available in VHS or CD upon request.)
- High-resolution (broadband/cable, .wmv, 12.0MB)
- Low-resolution (dial-up/DSL, .wmv, 4.0MB)
- Vapor Balance information and forms:
- Self-inspection procedure tables (PDF 1.0MB)
- Log sheet for self-inspections of equipment (PDF 3.4MB)
- Color photo guide showing acceptable condition of equipment (PDF 0.1MB)
- Vacuum Assist information and forms:
- Self-inspection procedure tables (PDF 1.0MB)
- Log sheet for self-inspections of equipment (PDF 3.4MB)
- Color photo guide showing acceptable condition of equipment (PDF 0.1MB)
To have any of the above-materials mailed to you (a clipboard is also available), e-mail your name, phone number, company name and mailing address to Mario Pedroza at mariop@pscleanair.org .
Additional resources:
- A list of gas station testing contractors in the Puget Sound Area (PDF 0.1MB) recognized by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency as Compliance gas station testers.
- Forms used by testing contractors
- Acceptable
Air-to-Liquid Ratio Test Procedures (PDF 0.1MB)
Alternative test methods acceptable to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency that satisfy the requirements of CARB Test Procedure TP-201.5 for compliance with Regulation II, Section 2.07(f). - Gas Station Notification Form (PDF 0.1MB) for installation or replacement of vapor recovery equipment.
