[Amended 3-28-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FUEL
Liquid used as fuel for internal combustion engines. This
term shall specifically include, but is not necessarily limited to,
gasoline, diesel fuel and gasohol.
GASOLINE
Any fuel sold for use in motor vehicles and motor vehicle
engines and commonly or commercially known or sold as "gasoline."
METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)
An ether which is a colorless liquid with a boiling point
of 55° C. and a density of 0.74 g/ml which is manufactured by
reacting methanol and isobutylene.
MOTOR-FUEL DISPENSING FACILITY
Any gasoline station, service station, repair shop or other
place or premises where fuel is sold, offered for sale or allowed
to be sold to the general public.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Such term as it is or may be defined by the New York Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
OFFICE
The County Office of Consumer Affairs.
OPERATOR
The person in charge of a motor-fuel dispensing facility.
This term shall specifically include, but is not necessarily limited
to, the owner, lessee, manager, assistant manager or any other person
in charge of the operations or activities of a motor-fuel dispensing
facility.
PERSON
Any natural person, corporation, unincorporated association,
firm, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock association or other
entity or business organization of any kind.
[Amended 3-28-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
A. No person or operator shall sell, offer for sale or dispense leaded
fuel from a motor-fuel device used or designated for unleaded fuel
at any motor-fuel dispensing facility within the County of Suffolk.
B. No person shall import into the County of Suffolk for sale, or sell,
dispense or offer for sale within the County of Suffolk, any gasoline
which contains the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether for use as
an oxygenate in such gasoline.
C. The Suffolk County Office of Consumer Affairs and the Suffolk County
Director of Weights and Measures, or an authorized representative
of either, upon presentation of appropriate credentials, shall have
the right to enter upon or through any retail outlet, motor-fuel dispensing
facility, or the premises of any distributor or operator, to make
inspections, take samples and conduct tests to determine the lead
content of fuel and to determine the content of methyl tertiary butyl
ether as an oxygenate additive of fuel and to ensure compliance with
this article.
[Amended 3-28-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
A. Any person who shall violate any provision of §
494-14A,
B or
C and/or
494-16C of this article shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment up to 15 days, or both.
B. In addition, the Suffolk County Director of Weights and Measures
shall have the authority to condemn any motor-fuel device or associated
equipment used in the dispensing of lead-contaminated motor fuel or
gasoline containing methyl tertiary butyl ether additive or to order
such a condition corrected within 24 hours.
C. Any person who shall intentionally violate any provision of §
494-14B of this article shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $1,000 and/or up to one year of imprisonment. Each such violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
The Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby
authorized to promulgate and issue such rules and regulations as he
may deem necessary to implement the provisions of this article.