10.1 Sector Descriptions and Overview
There are several sources of emissions associated with portable fuel containers (PFC) used for storage of gasoline. These sources include vapor displacement and spillage while refueling the gas can at the pump, spillage during transport, permeation and evaporation from the gas can during transport and storage, and vapor displacement and spillage while refueling equipment. Vapor displacement and spillage while refueling nonroad equipment from PFCs, and spillage during transport and at the pump are included in the nonroad inventory. This section describes how the nonpoint data category PFC emissions (permeation, evaporation, and vapor displacement at the pump) are accounted for in the NEI. This source category is one of many components in the Miscellaneous Non-industrial sector.
Table 10.1 shows the SCCs covered by this source category, and those for which we generate nonpoint estimates. While EPA is not retiring the nonpoint “spillage” PFC SCCs that are included in the MOVES model [ref 1], and hence nonroad data category, they should not be reported (by EPA or SLTs) if MOVES is used for nonroad inventory development.
| Estimated for the Nonpoint NEI? | SCC | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 2501011011 | Residential Portable Gas Cans; Permeation |
| Yes | 2501011012 | Residential Portable Gas Cans; Evaporation (includes Diurnal losses) |
| No | 2501011013 | Residential Portable Gas Cans; Spillage During Transport |
| Yes | 2501011014 | Residential Portable Gas Cans; Refilling at the Pump - Vapor Displacement |
| No | 2501011015 | Residential Portable Gas Cans; Refilling at the Pump - Spillage |
| Yes | 2501012011 | Commercial Portable Gas Cans; Permeation |
| Yes | 2501012012 | Commercial Portable Gas Cans; Evaporation (includes Diurnal losses) |
| No | 2501012013 | Commercial Portable Gas Cans; Spillage During Transport |
| Yes | 2501012014 | Commercial Portable Gas Cans; Refilling at the Pump - Vapor Displacement |
| No | 2501012015 | Commercial Portable Gas Cans; Refilling at the Pump - Spillage |