Requirements

Requirements A. In order to promote the public safety by avoiding the contamination of ASME containers and by assuring the proper reconditioning of service valves and containers, all dealers shall be required to mark, label, or otherwise designate liquefied petroleum gas containers in such a manner as to easily identify such containers as being owned by the particular dealer. No dealer shall sell, install, fill, refill, deliver or permit to be delivered, or use in any manner any ASME liquefied petroleum gas container unless such container is owned by such dealer or its use is authorized by the owner of such container. B. No liquefied petroleum gas dealer or installer, including its agents and employees, may dismantle, disconnect, evacuate, repair, deface, fill, or refill a container belonging to another dealer unless: 1. Prior written permission shall have been granted by the dealer who owns the container; 2. Prior written permission shall have been granted by the owner or lessee of the premises where the container is located, except the owner or lessee may not grant permission to fill or refill a container. Written notification to the dealer who owns the container is required prior to any actions that break into or modify the liquified compressed gas system; 3. The action is taken at the discretion of the authority having jurisdiction as defined in NFPA Pamphlet 58; or 4. The action is taken under a declared state of emergency. C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating the right of the consumer to terminate a rental contract on a container with the dealer/owner, in accordance with the terms and provisions of said rental contract.