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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 115CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SUBCHAPTER CVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND TRANSFER OPERATIONS
DIVISION 3CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND LEAKS FROM TRANSPORT VESSELS
RULE §115.234Inspection Requirements

(a) No person in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas, as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), shall allow a tank-truck tank to be filled with or emptied of gasoline at any facility subject to §115.214(a)(1)(C) or §115.224(2) of this title (relating to Inspection Requirements), or filled with non-gasoline volatile organic compounds (VOC) having a true vapor pressure greater than or equal to 0.5 pounds per square inch absolute under actual storage conditions at any facility subject to §115.214(a)(1)(C) of this title, unless the tank-truck tank has passed a leak-tight test within the past year as evidenced by a prominently displayed certification affixed near the United States Department of Transportation certification plate which:

  (1) shows the date the tank-truck tank last passed the leak-tight test required by §115.235 of this title (relating to Approved Test Methods); and

  (2) shows the identification number of the tank-truck tank.

(b) No person in the covered attainment counties, as defined in §115.10 of this title, shall allow a gasoline tank-truck tank to be filled or emptied at any facility subject to §115.214(b)(1)(C) or §115.224(2) of this title unless the tank-truck tank has passed a leak-tight test within the past year as evidenced by a prominently displayed certification affixed near the United States Department of Transportation certification plate which:

  (1) shows the date the gasoline tank-truck tank last passed the leak-tight test required by §115.235 of this title; and

  (2) shows the identification number of the tank-truck tank.


Source Note: The provisions of this §115.234 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 549; amended to be effective August 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 4683; amended to be effective December 3, 1993, 18 TexReg 8538; amended to be effective July 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 5488

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