§ 15-75-307 - Class one permit. - Arkansas Statutes

15-75-307. Class one permit.

(a) The holder of a class one permit may engage in any phase of the liquefied petroleum gas business in a county or contiguous counties if he or she pays an annual permit fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first county under the permit and three hundred dollars ($300) for each contiguous county included under the permit.

(b) An applicant for a class one permit:

(1) Shall furnish to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board evidence of the following insurance: Click here to view image.

(2) (A) Shall designate a county in this state for:

(i) The location of the proposed principal place of business of the applicant; and

(ii) The proposed location of the principal bulk storage tank facility; and

(B) Shall maintain a twenty-four-hour emergency telephone number;

(3) (A) Must provide a list of counties in which the operation is to be conducted.

(B) (i) The applicant shall designate within one (1) Arkansas county the location of the proposed principal place of business of the applicant and the proposed location of the principal bulk storage tank facility.

(ii) The designated county shall be the home county area of operation of the applicant.

(C) The permit fee shall be paid for each county in which the applicant operates;

(4) (A) Shall provide full-time employment of qualified personnel whose competency shall be proven through a current written or oral examination.

(B) There shall be a minimum of three (3) employees.

(C) For each permit, one (1) employee shall be certified as a general safety supervisor and one (1) employee shall be certified as installation personnel.

(D) One (1) employee may be certified as both transport and delivery/installation, a combination certification, but that combination certification shall not relieve the requirement for a minimum of three (3) employees;

(5) (A) (i) Shall provide a bulk storage capacity of not less than thirty thousand (30,000) water gallons at the principal location of the permitted facility.

(ii) The principal location must be approved by the board in advance of the application.

(iii) The principal location must be maintained by the applicant in safe working condition throughout the duration of the permit under penalty of permit forfeiture by action of the board.

(B) Storage containers being used in connection with cotton gins, rice dryers, manufacturing plants, or any other type of commercial use, regardless of size, will not be accepted as bulk storage and cannot be included in the requirements for the thirty-thousand-gallon storage.

(C) (i) One (1) place of business that shall be the principal working location for the employees of the permitted facility shall be maintained within the state.

(ii) A twenty-four-hour emergency telephone number shall be posted and maintained;

(6) (A) Shall provide approved-type cylinder or bottle-filling facilities consisting of a separate pump, the capacity of which shall not be in excess of twenty (20) gallons per minute and shall be designed for the primary purpose of filling bottles.

(B) Where a manifold or multiple filling system is contemplated, the board shall be consulted regarding pump capacity;

(7) Shall provide equipment satisfactory to the board;

(8) (A) Shall provide switch track or tank loading and unloading facilities satisfactory to the board.

(B) All auxiliary equipment such as pumps, hoses, electrical switches, etc., shall be Underwriters' Laboratory-approved for liquefied petroleum gases; and

(9) In addition to the foregoing requirements, all class one applicants must comply with all other applicable requirements.