Section 16-1705. CONDEMNATION OF A DISPENSING SYSTEM, STORAGE TANK, OR OTHER DISPENSING DEVICE

 

1705.1To condemn a service station dispenser nozzle as required by § 1704.3, the DCRA inspector shall affix a condemnation tag and/or boot to the service station dispenser and place a wire seal over the service station dispenser nozzle.  The condemnation tag and/or boot shall state that it is unlawful to remove, break, mutilate, or destroy any notice, seal, or order issued by DCRA.

 

1705.2If the gasoline which failed the octane rating test is dispensed from a blended service station dispenser, the entire blended service station dispenser shall be condemned and no gasoline shall be dispensed from that blended service station dispenser.

 

1705.3The condemnation tag and/or boot shall not be removed by a DCRA inspector until the DCRA inspector has re-inspected the service station dispenser and determined it to be in compliance.

 

1705.4No person other than a DCRA inspector shall remove, break, mutilate, or destroy the condemnation tag and/or boot.

 

 

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).