Section 16-1702. FUEL SAMPLE TEST

 

1702.1The DCRA inspector performing an octane level test shall have the following equipment to obtain a fuel sample:

 

(a)Neoprene gloves;

 

(b)A facial mask;

 

(c)A liter-size cylindrical aluminum container with a self-locking cap;

 

(d)A portable octane analyzer;

 

(e)A portable octane analyzer sample holder jar or equivalent device;

 

(f)Safety cones;

 

(g)A metal gasoline container; and

 

(h)A metal funnel.

 

1702.2The DCRA inspector shall take the following steps for each octane rating test:

 

(a) Confirm that the DCRA Weights and Measure Certificate is conspicuously posted;

 

(b) Obtain the condensation level and existing quantity of gasoline from the Veeder-Root tank gauge or equivalent measurement device prior to testing;

 

(c) Place safety cones around the gasoline dispenser to block off the work area;

 

(d) Write the advertised octane rating of the gasoline, found on the gasoline dispenser, on the liter-size cylindrical aluminum container;

 

(e) Fill the liter-size cylindrical aluminum container with gasoline from the gasoline dispenser to be tested;

 

(f) Transfer the gasoline to the portable octane analyzer sample-holder jar;

 

(g) Tare the portable octane analyzer or equivalent device;

 

(h) Place the portable octane analyzer sample-holder jar in the portable octane analyzer or equivalent device for measurement;

 

(i) Measure the octane level of the gasoline sample and retain the results from the portable octane analyzer or equivalent device; and

 

(j) Return the extracted gasoline that was not used for testing to the proper underground tank.

 

1702.3In cases where there is a blended service station dispenser, the DCRA inspector shall extract one (1) gallon of the gasoline of the octane rating to be tested and shall store that gallon in the metal gas container before filling the liter-size cylindrical aluminum container for testing.  This process shall be repeated for each octane grade.

 

1702.4The DCRA inspector shall return the gasoline to the underground tank after testing.

 

 

authority

Section 18a(a) of An Act to establish standard weights and measures for the District of Columbia, to define the duties of the Superintendent of Weights, Measures, and Markets of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1223), as amended by the Gasoline and Fuel Pump Octane Measurement Amendment Act of 2012, effective September 20, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-168; D.C. Official Code § 37-201.18a(a) (2015 Supp.)), and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, effective March 31, 1983.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 4071 (March 18, 2016).