P-30.01 - Petroleum Products Act

Section 2 Disposition versions

2007-04-01

2. In this Act, “petroleum product” includes gasoline, diesel or biodiesel fuel, fuel ethanol, heating oil and any liquid hydrocarbon mixture determined by regulation of the Government.

1987, c. 80, s. 2; 1997, c. 64, s. 2; 2005, c. 10, s. 3.

1999-04-30

2. In this Act,

“petroleum product” means gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and oil previously used in a motor vehicle or hydraulic equipment, and any liquid mixture of hydrocarbons used as a motor fuel or combustible substance except liquefied gases and other used oil;

“petroleum equipment” means any installation, container, pipe, apparatus or other equipment that may be used for the handling, transfer or storage of petroleum products, except the tanks of motorized vehicles or equipment that contain petroleum products for the supply of the vehicle or equipment;

“high-risk petroleum equipment” means petroleum equipment possessing one or more of the following characteristics:

(1)  petroleum equipment, one or more components of which is partially or completely buried, and having a capacity of

(a)  500 or more litres, if it is used for gasoline, diesel fuel or used oil from a motor vehicle or hydraulic equipment;

(b)  4,000 or more litres, if it is used for heating oil, except equipment used for residential heating;

(2)  aboveground petroleum equipment that has a capacity of 2,500 or more litres, if it is used for gasoline;

(3)  petroleum equipment that has a capacity of 10,000 or more litres, except if it is used for used oil from a motor vehicle or hydraulic equipment;

(4)  petroleum equipment used for the sale or distribution of petroleum products for profit, otherwise than in a context of accommodation.

The capacity of petroleum equipment that is joined or linked to or used with other petroleum equipment is determined by adding their respective capacities.

1987, c. 80, s. 2; 1997, c. 64, s. 2.

1999-04-01

2. This Act applies to any petroleum equipment or facility used for the manufacture of or trading in petroleum products or for the consumption, handling, distribution, storage or road transportation of petroleum products.

Any piping connected to a facility which feeds or supplies it is deemed to be an integral part of the facility.

This Act does not apply to the following petroleum equipment used for purposes other than trading in petroleum products:

(1)  any tank used to fuel a motor vehicule and any movable tank containing a petroleum product, with a capacity not exceeding 225 litres;

(2)  any tank with a capacity of less than 4 000 litres used for the storage of heating oil used to fuel a heating device.

1987, c. 80, s. 2.