Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Subchapter C - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND TRANSFER OPERATIONS
Division 2 - FILLING OF GASOLINE STORAGE VESSELS (STAGE I) FOR MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL DISPENSING FACILITIES
Section 115.227 - Exemptions

Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 115.227

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

The following exemptions apply:

(1) In the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, transfers to stationary storage tanks located at a gasoline dispensing facility which has dispensed no more than 10,000 gallons of gasoline in any calendar month after January 1, 1991, and for which construction began prior to November 15, 1992, are exempt from the requirements of this division, except for:

(A) § 115.222(3) of this title (relating to Control Requirements) as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors;

(B) § 115.222(6) of this title;

(C) § 115.224(1) of this title (relating to Inspection Requirements) as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors; and

(D) § 115.226(2)(B) of this title (relating to Recordkeeping Requirements).

(2) In the covered attainment counties, as defined in § 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), stationary gasoline storage containers with a nominal capacity less than or equal to 1,000 gallons at gasoline dispensing facilities are exempt from the requirements of this division, except for:

(A) § 115.222(3) of this title as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors;

(B) § 115.222(6) of this title; and

(C) § 115.224(1) of this title as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors.

(3) In the covered attainment counties other than Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson, transfers to stationary storage tanks located at a gasoline dispensing facility which has dispensed less than 100,000 gallons of gasoline in any calendar month after October 2, 2014 are exempt from the requirements of this division, except for:

(A) § 115.222(3) of this title as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors;

(B) § 115.222(6) of this title;

(C) § 115.224(1) of this title as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors; and

(D) § 115.226(2)(B) of this title.

(4) In Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties transfers to stationary storage tanks located at a gasoline dispensing facility which has dispensed no more than 25,000 gallons of gasoline in any calendar month after December 31, 2004 are exempt from the requirements of this division, except for:

(A) § 115.222(3) of this title as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors;

(B) § 115.222(6) of this title;

(C) § 115.224(1) of this title as it applies to liquid gasoline leaks, visible vapors, or significant odors; and

(D) § 115.226(2)(B) of this title.

(5) Transfers to the following stationary receiving containers are exempt from the requirements of this division:

(A) containers used exclusively for the fueling of implements of agriculture; and

(B) storage tanks equipped with external floating roofs, internal floating roofs, or their equivalent.

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