Vapour Recovery Stage II Leglislation Proposal Goes to EU Parliament
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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EU Commission has proposed that the revised directive will require
Stage II petrol vapour recovery (PVR) technologies to be fitted to
petrol pumps at all service stations with an annual petrol throughput
greater than 500 cubic metres per year when they are newly constructed
or substantially refurbished.
All service stations situated underneath residential accommodation will
also need to install this equipment irrespective of their size. The
largest existing stations, with a throughput greater than 3000 cubic
metres per year, will also have to implement Stage II PVR, by 2020 at
the latest.
Stage II PVR equipment is already installed in petrol stations in about
half the Member States. The proposed directive will extend this
practice to the whole of the EU.
An air quality limit value for benzene will enter into force in the EU
in 2010. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: “This proposal
will improve the health of European citizens. It will contribute to
raise air quality standards by limiting the emission of two harmful
pollutants, ground level ozone and benzene."
Stage II Vapour Recovery in Europe will be outlined and reviewed in the
next issue of the PetrolWorld Journal. Stage II Vapour Recovery in
North America will be reviewed in the following edition of the
PetrolWorld Journal in 2009.
PetrolWorld December 2008
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