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Environment And Development Planning Act (Cap. 504) Control Of Volatile Organic Compound-Voc Emissions (Storage And Distribution Of Petrol From Terminals To Service Stations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 (L.N. 5 Of 2011 )

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BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 61 and 62 of the Environment and Development Planning Act, the Prime Minister has made the following regulations:-

(a) immediately after the definition “petrol” there shall be added the following new definition:
“ “petrol vapour capture efficiency” means the amount of petrol vapour captured by the Stage II petrol vapour recovery system compared to the amount of petrol vapour that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere in the absence of such a system and expressed as a percentage;”;
(b) the definition “Stage II petrol vapour recovery system” shall be substituted with the following definition:
“ “Stage II petrol vapour recovery system” means equipment aimed at recovering the petrol vapour displaced from the fuel tank of a motor vehicle during refilling at a service station and which transfers petrol to a storage tank at the service or back to the petrol dispenser for resale;”; and

Citation.

L.N. 54 of 2009

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Amends regulation

2 to the principal regulations.

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(c) sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be substituted with the following:
“ ( 2 ) T h e s e r e g u l a t i o n s t r a n s p o s e E u r o p e a n
Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC of 20
December 1994 on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations and Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 21 October 2009 on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refueling of motor vehicles and service stations.”.

Amends regulation

5 to the principal regulations.

(a) in the Maltese text, for paragraph (a) of sub- regulation (3) thereof, there shall be substituted the following:
“(a) l-istazzjonijiet tal-petrol kollha sakemm awditur approvat ma jiċċertifikax li t-tagħmir ta’ tagħbija u ta’ ħżin bħal dawk l-istazzjonijiet tal-petrol ikunu ddisinjati u jaħdmu skond id-disposizzjonijiet tekniċi ta’ Parti A fi Skeda VI li tinsab ma’ dawn ir-regolamenti.
Din id-disposizzjoni saret sabiex jitnaqqas it-telf annwali u totali ta’ petrol li jirriżulta mit-tagħbija għal stallazzjonijiet ta’ ħażna fl-istazzjonijiet tal-petrol taħt il-valur ta’ riferenza prospettiv ta’ 0.01% tal-volum totali b’massa (m/m).”; and
(b) for paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-regulation
(4) thereof, there shall be substituted the following:
“(a) ‘new’ service stations if their actual or intended throughput exceeds 500 m3 per annum;
(b) ‘new’ service stations irrespective of their actual or intended throughput if they are situated under living quarters or in working areas;
(c) ‘existing’ service stations if they undergo a major refurbishment after 30 June 2012 and if their actual or intended throughput:

(i) exceeds 500 m3 per annum, or;
(ii) exceeds 100 m 3 p e r a n n u m i f i t i s s i t u a t e d u n d e r p e r m a n e n t l i v i n g q u a r t e r s o r working areas;
(d) ‘existing’ service stations having a throughput exceeding 3000 m3 per annum by the 31 December
2018.”.

(a) for paragraph 2 thereof, there shall be substituted the following:
“2. The efficiency of the Stage II petrol vapour recovery system shall not be less than 85% as certified by the manufacturer in accordance with relevant European technical standards or type approval procedures referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2009/126/EC or, if there are no such standards or procedures, with any relevant national standard.”;
(b) for paragraph 4 thereof, there shall be substituted the following:
“4. The operator shall ensure that the in-service petrol vapour capture efficiency of the Stage II petrol vapour recovery systems is tested at least once each year either by checking that the vapour or petrol ratio under stimulated petrol flow conditions is in conformity with paragraph 3 above or by any other appropriate methodology.”; and
(c) immediately after paragraph 6 thereof, there shall be added the following new paragraph:
“7. When a service station has installed a Stage II petrol vapour recovery system, the operator shall ensure that a sign, sticker or other notification informing consumers of this fact is displayed on or in the vicinity of the petrol dispenser.”.
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Amends Schedule VI to the principal regulations.