§ 67-3-818 — Calibration of storage tanks

Tennessee § 67-3-818

• Jurisdiction: Tennessee
• Title: 67

Text

(a) The commissioner may require the person operating a terminal or refinery to furnish, upon request, two (2) sets of calibration tables on any tank within the bulk terminal/transfer system located in this state, into which petroleum products first come to rest after import. The tanks shall be strapped and the calibrations shall be made by a person qualified and licensed to do this work and recognized for this purpose by the United States government. (b) The commissioner may request from the operator calibration tables on any tank that the commissioner may wish to be calibrated. The operator shall furnish the two (2) sets of calibration tables within sixty (60) days from the date of the request, calibrated as required in subsection (a). (c) It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the request of the commissioner to furnish any calibration table as provided for in either subsection (a) or (b) within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the request. (d) The commissioner may assess a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) against any person who violates this section.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-1918.