135Vapour recovery—monitoring

135 Vapour recovery—monitoring

135 Vapour recovery—monitoring

(1) The occupier of a petrol service station must ensure that a petrol dispenser is not operated unless it is also fitted with an automatic monitoring system that—

(a) is capable of detecting faults in the functioning of the required control equipment, and

(b) is capable of detecting faults in its own functioning, and

(c) provides a warning or alarm when a fault is detected, and

(d) automatically cuts off the flow of fuel from the petrol dispenser if the fault which is the subject of a warning or alarm is not rectified within 7 days, and

(e) is capable of recording the last—

(i) 1 year of data, and

(ii) 100 faults in the functioning of the required control equipment, and

(f) has a manufacturer’s certification that shows the criteria set out in paragraphs (a)–(e) are satisfied.

(2) This section does not apply to a petrol dispenser at a petrol service station that has not had a throughput of 7 million litres or more of petrol at any time since being required to fit the required control equipment, if an adequately trained person on a weekly basis—

(a) checks the visual indicator on the vacuum during a dispensing operation to ensure the vacuum is functioning, and

(b) inspects the vapour return lines for torn, flattened or kinked lines or damaged seals, and

(c) records the test and the inspection in the log book required to be kept under Subdivision 4.

(3) In this section—

adequately trained person means a person who has been trained to perform the check of the relevant required control equipment—

(a) in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer or supplier of that equipment, or

(b) in a way that enables the person to—

(i) correctly identify an operating vacuum using the visual indicator on the vacuum during a dispensing operation, and

(ii) find and correctly identify torn, flattened or kinked lines or damaged seals on a vapour return line, and