(a) The commissioner may require the person operating a terminal or refinery to furnish, upon request, two (2) sets of calibration tables on any tank within the bulk terminal/transfer system located in this state, into which petroleum products first come to rest after import. The tanks shall be strapped and the calibrations shall be made by a person qualified and licensed to do this work and recognized for this purpose by the United States government.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-818

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's designated subordinate official. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Import: means to bring petroleum products into this state by any means of conveyance other than in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • In this state: means the area inside the boundaries of Tennessee, but does not include the midstream of waterways that border the state. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, court appointed representative, state, political subdivision or any other entity, group, or syndicate. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Petroleum products: means all benzol, gasoline, burning oil, distillate, fuel oil, gas oil, kerosene, naphtha, or any other volatile substance, excluding propane, reflecting a gravity of sixteen degrees (16°. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Refinery: means a facility used to produce motor fuel from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, or other hydrocarbons, and from which motor fuel may be removed by pipeline, by marine vessel, or at a rack. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Terminal: means a storage and distribution facility for taxable motor fuel, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, that is registered as a qualified terminal by the internal revenue service. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner may request from the operator calibration tables on any tank that the commissioner may wish to be calibrated. The operator shall furnish the two (2) sets of calibration tables within sixty (60) days from the date of the request, calibrated as required in subsection (a).
(c) It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the request of the commissioner to furnish any calibration table as provided for in either subsection (a) or (b) within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the request.
(d) The commissioner may assess a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) against any person who violates this section.
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