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Amending Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sale of Fuel Oil," by modifying certain requirements for commercial fuel oil content, 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 4-1-78 Effective 7-1-15
No. 2 and lighter Less than or equal to 0.2% 0.0015%
45 (15 ppm)
No. 4 Greater than 45 but less 0.3% 0.2500%
than 145 (2500 ppm)
No. 5, No. 6 and Equal to or greater than 0.5% 0.5000%
heavier 145 (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 4-1-78 Effective 7-1-15
No. 4 Greater than 45 but less 0.30 lbs 0.26 lbs.
than 145
No. 5, Equal to or greater than 0.52 lbs 0.52 lbs.
No. 6 a...
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