Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06506 Compare Versions

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1	1	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6506
2	2	January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3742
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4	4	Referred to Committee on Environment
5	5	Introduced by:
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8	8	General Assembly
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10	10	Raised Bill No. 6506
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12	12	January Session, 2011
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14	14	LCO No. 3742
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16	16	03742_______ENV
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18	18	Referred to Committee on Environment
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20	20	Introduced by:
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24	24	AN ACT CONCERNING THE MODERNIZATION OF CERTAIN GASOLINE VAPOR RECOVERY EQUIPMENT.
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26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28	Section 1. Section 22a-174e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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30	30	(a) On or before July 1, 1992, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, and in consultation with the State Fire Marshal's Office, to require the installation of a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system for all gasoline pumps at any gasoline dispensing facility newly constructed on or after said date which will dispense more than ten thousand gallons of gasoline per month, and at any such existing facility for all gasoline tanks which are replaced on or after said date. Such regulations shall provide for specifications deemed by the commissioner to be necessary to implement such a vapor recovery system at each such facility, and may require, in order to comply with the federal Clean Air Act, that any other gasoline dispensing facility which dispenses more than ten thousand gallons of gasoline per month shall implement such a vapor recovery system. On or after July 1, 1993, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may amend such regulations to require a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system at any newly constructed fuel dispensing facility which dispenses one thousand gallons or more of gasoline per month or at any existing gasoline dispensing facility for any gasoline tank which is replaced on or after July 1, 1993, where such tank has a capacity of one thousand gallons or more. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may require, by regulation, that any vapor recovery equipment tested and approved by the California Air Resources Board, either before or after the effective date of such regulation, be required to be installed at any such fuel dispensing facility. Such regulations may require that any installed vapor recovery equipment be annually tested in accordance with functional test methods approved by the state of California Air Resources Board provided such regulations specifically set forth such methods and further provided nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner from requiring additional testing upon the failure of any source to demonstrate compliance. Notwithstanding any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, a person may install a stage II gasoline vapor recovery system which has been tested and approved by the state of California Air Resources Board after November 1, 1992, provided such system utilizes only coaxial hoses.
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32	32	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall require gasoline dispensing facilities in the state to no longer use stage II gasoline vapor recovery systems for any gasoline pump upon the earlier of: (1) The Environmental Protection Agency's determination that onboard refueling vapor recovery vehicle emission control systems are in widespread use in the state, or (2) the Department of Environmental Protection's determination that stage II gasoline vapor recovery systems are less effective than onboard refueling vapor recovery vehicle emission control systems.
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37	37	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
38	38	Section 1 from passage 22a-174e
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40	40	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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42	42	Section 1
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44	44	from passage
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46	46	22a-174e
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48	48	Statement of Purpose:
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50	50	To provide for the modernization of gasoline vapor recovery equipment and reduce air emissions.
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52	52	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]