S.L. 549.52 Art. 3Requirements for terminals.

(1) The operator shall communicate to the competent authority the information listed in Part A of Schedule I.

(2) Terminals shall not be allowed to store, load and unload petrol in Malta, unless they are in possession of a permit from the competent authority.

(3) The competent authority shall not grant a permit to store, load and unload petrol unless an approved auditor certifies that:

(a) the storage installations at these terminals operate in accordance with the technical provisions of Schedule IV, in order to reduce the total annual loss of petrol from the storage installations of the terminal to below the target reference value of 0.01% mass by mass (m/ m) of the throughput;

(b) loading and unloading equipment at terminals is designed and operated according to the technical provisions of Schedule V, in order to reduce the total annual loss of petrol resulting from loading and unloading of mobile containers at terminals to below the target reference value of 0.005% mass by mass (m/ m) of the throughput;

(c) all road tanker loading gantries at the terminal meet the technical provisions of Schedule VIII.

(4) In order to calculate the mass of petrol lost from the storage installation at the terminal the procedure outlined by Schedule II part C shall be used shall be used and wherever relevant reference shall be made to Schedule III.

(5) In order to calculate the mass of petrol lost from the loading and unloading of mobile containers at the terminal the procedure outlined by the relevant parts of Schedule II part B.

(6) Sub-regulation (3)(b) and (c) is not applicable to existing terminals with a throughput less than 10,000 tons per year.

(7) Mobile containers shall not be loaded with petrol at any terminal unless the containers have been registered with the competent authority.

(8) The operator is required to monitor the mean concentration of vapours in the exhaust from the vapour recovery unit according to a method which has been approved by the competent authority. The competent authority will establish whether continuous or discontinuous measurements will be required. If discontinuous PETROL FROM TERMINALS TO SERVICE STATIONS)

measurements are employed, at least four measurements per hour must be made.

(9) The concentration of vapours (corrected for dilution during treatment) in the exhaust from the vapour recovery unit shall not exceed the hourly average of 35 g/Nm3.