Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 14a - STORAGE AND USE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
Subchapter B - PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENTS AND USES
SERVICE STATIONS
Section 14a.113 - Dispensing devices
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) Flammable or combustible liquids shall be transferred from tanks by means of fixed pumps substantially attached to a noncombustible base and so designed and equipped as to allow control of the flow and to prevent leakage or accidental discharge. Integral pumps attached to the tanks shall be considered as meeting this requirement. Supplemental means shall be provided outside of the dispensing device whereby the source of power may be readily disconnected in the event of fire or other accident. Dispensing devices shall be of approved type. The conversion or retrofit of a standard dispensing device for use as a special type dispenser must be done in an approved manner. Dispensing devices may be rebuilt provided replacement components are equal to the original components and are of approved type. Consoles, accuators, monitors, card readers, etc. regardless of location must be approved for use with the accompanying dispensing device. Flammable or combustible liquids shall not be dispensed by pressure or gravity from drums, barrels, and similar containers. Gear pumps or similar positive displacement devices taking suction through the top of the container shall be used. Flammable or combustible liquids shall not be dispensed by a device that operates through pressure within a storage tank.
(b) Dispensing devices, except those attached to containers, shall be mounted on a concrete island or otherwise protected against collision damage by suitable means.
(c) Satellite dispensing devices used in conjunction with master dispensing devices, such as, but not limited to, systems utilized for truck tractor refueling shall be of approved type.
(d) The use of a multi-product or multi-hose dispensing device for flammable or combustible liquids which are to be used as heating fuel is prohibited unless the entire device is used exclusively for dispensing of identical grades of heating fuel.
