Petrol Vapour Recovery Requirements

Sligo County Council has a role in relation to the monitoring of volatile organic compounds

(VOC’s) emissions at petrol stations under the following legislation:

Stage 1b Petrol Vapour Recovery:

• Air Pollution Act (Petroleum Vapour Emissions) Regulations 1997 (S.I No: 375 of 1997)

Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery:

• European Union (Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery During Refuelling of Motor Vehicles at Service Stations) Regulations 2011 (S.I No: 687 of 2011)

Petrol Vapour Recovery Requirements:

If you are an owner/operator of a retail and kerbside retail store you are obliged to ensure that your facility is designed and operated in accordance with the above Regulations.

The objective of the Regulations is to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere from vehicles re-fuelling activities at service stations. Petrol contains VOCs, carbon-based chemicals that evaporate readily into the atmosphere. Once emitted to air, VOCs are associated with several human health and environmental problems.

• Formation of ground-level ozone and photochemical smog
• Poor local air quality (benzene in air)
• Atmospheric warming and climate change

To meet the requirements of the Regulations, a Service Station owner/operator is obliged to appoint an approved assessor who will carry out tests on their petrol station and submit a report and fee to the Sligo County Councils Environment Section. If the Authority is satisfied with the report, it will issue a Certificate of Testing/Certificate of Installation in accordance with the above Regulations.

Certificates for testing (for Stage 1b and Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery) last a maximum of three years and need renewal on expiry. Certificates of installation apply to new Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery Installations only.

A copy of the Certificate of Testing / Installation must be kept available for inspection at the relevant service station.

Application Forms:

Approved Assessor Report/Application forms for Stage 1b and Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery are available on request from the Environment Section of Sligo County Council or alternatively application forms and further information can be downloaded below:

A list of Approved Assessors for Sligo can be found below.

Fees:

Local Authorities charge a fee for licences under the above Regulations. The fees charged are €63.50 for Certificates of Testing and Certificates of Installation respectively. Details are included in the “Guidance Notes for the Applicant” on the Application Form.

APPROVED ASSESSOR LISTS - STAGE 1(B) -SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

September 2023

The following is a list of the above Local Authority Approved Assessors under the meaning given to “Approved Assessors” in S.I. No. 375 / 1997 - Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Petroleum Vapour Emissions) Regulations 1997.

Company Address:	Telephone No:	Email:
Brian Mc Gloughin Healthy Safety & Fire Compliance, 1st Floor, 23 Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin	086 8139702	brian@hscf.ie
JA Gorman Consulting Engineers, Unit 1, Block B, Forest Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath	044 9347338	avril@jagorman.ie
Permark Pumps Ltd, Dundalk Road, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan	042 9663059 087 2511724	sales@permarkpumps.com
PetroCourt Ltd, Gurteen, Ballina, Co. Mayo	096 73902	mail@petrocourt.ie

 

APPROVED ASSESSOR LISTS - STAGE II -SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

September 2023

The following is a list of the above Local Authority Approved Assessors under the meaning given to “Approved Assessors” in S.I No: 687/2011- European Union (Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery during Refuelling of Motor Vehicles at Service Stations) Regulations, 2011

Please also note that the terms and conditions, actual and implied, of engagement of an Approved Assessor are matters for the parties to the contract of engagement.

Company Address:	Telephone No:	Email:
Brian McGloughin Healthy Safety & Fire Compliance, 1st Floor, 23 Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin	086 8139702	brian@hscf.ie
PetroCourt Ltd, Gurteen, Ballina, Co. Mayo	096 73902	mail@petrocourt.ie