Section 16-1707. FUEL COLOR CODE CHARTS

 

1707.1Each gasoline station shall have a color-coded chart that clearly identifies which color represents each octane rating.  The colors used shall comply with the then-current version of American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practice 1637, “Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification at Service Stations and Distribution Terminals.”

 

1707.2The color-coded chart shall be conspicuously posted in or upon the premises so that it may be readily seen by the DCRA inspector, DCRA investigator, or person(s) delivering fuel without requiring the person(s) to enter the premises (i.e. posted so that the chart can be viewed from the exterior of the kiosk or store).

 

1707.3 The fill pipe and/or access cover for each underground fuel-storage tank shall be painted to match the appropriate octane rating color from the color-coded chart.

 

 

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).