SECTION 380:80-3-5. Retail motor fuel dispensers inspection and testing  


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  • (a)   All retail motor fuel dispensers (RMFDs) shall be suitable for their intended use, properly installed accurate and maintained in that condition by their owner/operator.
    (b)   All RMFDs shall be traceable to an active National Type Evaluation Program Certificate of Conformance prior to installation or use for commercial purposes.
    (c)   All RMFDs shall be capable of displaying delivered quantity in units of mass or gasoline or diesel gallon equivalents for calibration purposes. All adjustments and calibrations of RMFDs shall be made utilizing mass or gasoline or diesel gallon equivalent measurement standards.
    (d)   The Department of Labor shall be notified when any new or remanufactured RMFD is placed in service at a new or existing installation.
    (e)   No owner/operator of any RMFD shall use the RMFD for the measurement of natural gas unless it has been proved in a manner acceptable to the Department of Labor and sealed as correct by a state inspector or person or persons authorized by the Department of Labor.
    (f)   All RMFDs shall be proved and sealed as correct on an annual basis by either a state inspector or a person or persons authorized by the Department of Labor. Pursuant to these rules and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 44, all RMFDs must be accurate to within minus 2%. Any RMFD found to be calibrated at minus 4% or greater shall be sealed until it complies with this regulation.
    (g)   If any RMFD fails to comply with any of the provisions of this regulation, a state inspector shall seal it in such a manner as to prohibit its use, and it shall remain sealed until it complies with all of the provisions of this regulation.
    (h)   When an RMFD is brought back into compliance with this regulation, it may only be placed back in service by a state inspector or a person or persons authorized by the Department of Labor.
[Source: Added at 32 Ok Reg 735, eff 6-30-15 (emergency); Added at 33 Ok Reg 1735, eff 9-15-16]