NO DEISEL IN GAS CAN?
The gas station attendant here in Portland Oregon refused to sell me deisel when she saw it was going into my old plastic gas can saying it is against the law. She said I would need to fill out a for...
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wa8yxm wrote:
When I was young RED was for gas and yes there is a law that says Gasoline and ONLY gasoline can go in a RED fuel container...
But the attendant was right.. and you should congratulate him on knowing that for not many do.
I am sure someone will (Soon I hope) post the proper law.
Fuel Can Color Sheet
That is someone’s opinion posted on the Internet, and as Abraham Lincoln so correctly stated, “You can’t believe everything you read on the internet.”
The ‘proper law’ as you put it is 49 CFR 178.509 “STANDARDS FOR PLASTIC DRUMS AND JERRICANS.”
It can be found here.
It prescribe lots of details, but colour is NOT one of them.
