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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 02 > Like your gas tank TOPPED OFF?

Like your gas tank TOPPED OFF?

A new law makes it illegal, so ‘we’ve just gotta tell them no’

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
July 2, 2009

A new law that went into effect Wednesday bars Oregon gas station attendants from topping off your tank, part of a new Department of Environmental Quality policy intended to reduce the health risk of gasoline vapors.

The rule is targeted toward reducing benzene, a carcinogenic chemical that....

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