City of Philadelphia - File #: 140510

• File #: 140510
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 6/5/2014
• In control: Committee on the Environment
• Final action: 6/19/2014
• Title: Amending Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sale of Fuel Oil," by adding requirements for commercial fuel oil content and emissions to take effect at a future date, and deleting superseded standards, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: SALE OF FUEL OIL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/15/2014	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/19/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
6/12/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/12/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/12/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/11/2014	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/11/2014	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING HELD
6/11/2014	0	Committee on the Environment	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
6/5/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title

Amending Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Sale of Fuel Oil,” by adding requirements for commercial fuel oil content and emissions to take effect at a future date, and deleting superseded standards, all under certain terms and conditions.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1.  Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 3-207.  Sale of Fuel Oil.

      (1)      Commercial Fuel Oil.

            (a)      On and after the effective dates listed therein no fuel merchant shall store, offer for sale, sell, deliver for use or exchange in trade, for use in Philadelphia, and no person shall use commercial fuel oils which contain sulfur in excess of the percentages by weight set forth in the following table:

PERCENT SULFUR BY WEIGHT

Grades of Commercial Fuel Oil	SSU Viscosity at 100°F	[Effective 5-1-70]	[Effective 10-1-72]	Effective         4-1-78	Effective 7-1-15
No. 2 and lighter	Less than or equal to 45	[0.3%]	[0.3%]	0.2%	0.0015% (15 ppm)
No. 4	Greater than 45 but Less than 145	[0.7%]	[0.4%]	0.3%	0.2500% (2500 ppm)
No. 5, No. 6 and heavier	Equal to or greater than 145	[1.0%]	[0.5%]	0.5%	0.5000% (5000 ppm)

            (b)      The provisions of (a) above shall not apply in any case in which it is demonstrated to the Department that sulfur dioxide emissions, caused by the combustion of commercial fuel oils, from any stack or chimney into the outdoor atmosphere, can be controlled to levels that, on and after the effective dates listed herein, do not exceed at any time those quantities of sulfur dioxide, expressed in pounds per one (1) million BTU gross heat input, set forth in the following table:

PERMISSIBLE SO2 EMISSIONS

(Pounds SO2 per Million BTU Gross Heat Input)

Grades of Commercial Fuel Oil	SSU Viscosity at 100°F	[Effective 5-1-70]	[Effective 10-1-72]	Effective 4-1-78	Effective 7-1-15
No. 4	Greater than 45 but less than 145	[0.74 lbs.]	[0.42 lbs.]	0.30 lbs	0.26 lbs.
No. 5, No. 6 and heavier	Equal to or greater than 145	[1.1 lbs]	[0.52 lbs]	0.52 lbs	0.52 lbs.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics indicate new matter added.

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