{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-19-2a-103","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 19-2a-103","heading":"Gasoline vapor recovery -- Penalties.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Gasoline cargo tank\" means a tank that:\n(i) is intended to hold gasoline;\n(ii) has a capacity of 1,000 gallons or more; and\n(iii) is attached to or intended to be drawn by a motor vehicle.\n(b) \"Operator\" means an individual who controls a motor vehicle:\n(i) to which a gasoline cargo tank is attached; or\n(ii) that draws a gasoline cargo tank.\n(c) \"Petroleum storage tank\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-6-402.\n(2) The operator of a gasoline cargo tank shall comply with requirements of this section if the operator:\n(a) permits the loading of gasoline into the gasoline cargo tank; or\n(b) loads a petroleum storage tank with gasoline from the gasoline cargo tank.\n(3) Except as provided in Subsection (6), the operator of a gasoline cargo tank may permit the loading of gasoline into a tank described in Subsection (2) or load a petroleum storage tank with gasoline from the gasoline cargo tank described in Subsection (1) only if:\n(a) emissions from the tank that dispenses 10,000 gallons or more in any one calendar month are controlled by the use of:\n(i) a properly installed and maintained vapor collection and control system that is equipped with fittings that:\n(A) make a vapor-tight connection; and\n(B) prevent the release of gasoline vapors by automatically closing upon disconnection; and\n(ii) submerged filling or bottom filling methods; and\n(b) the resulting vapor emitted into the air does not exceed the levels described in Subsection (4).\n(4) Vapor emitted into the air as a result of the loading of a tank under Subsection (3) may not exceed 0.640 pounds per 1,000 gallons transferred.\n(5)\n(a) The department may fine an operator who violates this section:\n(i) up to $1,000 for a first offense; or\n(ii) up to $2,000 for a second offense.\n(b) An operator who violates this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor for a third or subsequent offense.\n(6) If a facility at which a petroleum storage tank is located does not have the equipment necessary for an operator of a gasoline cargo tank to comply with Subsection (3), the operator is excused from the requirements of Subsections (3) and (4) and may not be fined or penalized under Subsection (5).","path":["Title 19 Environmental Quality Code","Chapter 19-2a Air Quality - Special Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title19/Chapter2a/19-2a-S103.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"c6894ace0daced40e47841869d621bf6116ca20c129d318dbe3e30c57cf5b007","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-19-2-204","next":"us-ut/utah-code-19-2a-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}