Section 170.10  Definitions

"ANSI" – American National Standards Institute.

"ASTM" – American Society for Testing and Materials.

Class I liquids – See Flammable Liquids.

Classes II and III liquids – See Combustible Liquids.

"Combustible Liquids" are defined in NFPA 30 (Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code) (1987), known as Class II and III liquids.  They are further subdivided into Class II, IIIa and IIIb liquids in NFPA 30.

"Fire extinguisher ratings".  Fire extinguisher ratings shall be determined by applying UL 711 (Fire Extinguishers, Rating and Testing of) (1987).

Flammable liquids are defined in NFPA 30 (Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code) (1987), and are divided into Class Ia, Ib and Ic liquids.

"NFPA" – National Fire Protection Association.  The standard number will appear in context.  The edition will be referenced in parentheses. Where no edition appears, the edition in effect will be the 1988 edition.

"Service station" means any place of business where gasoline, fuel oil or any other volatile fuels for motor vehicles or internal combustion engines are sold or offered for retail sale, or dispensed into the fuel tanks of such motor vehicles, or into approved containers as defined in Section 170.150, except hobby shops and small engine repair facilities.

This definition shall include the private storage and dispensing of such products for the same purposes as those served by a service station, whether the storage is maintained for the use or benefit of the owner, lessee, agents or employees of either, or of any others.

The requirements covering service stations shall also govern underground storage maintained at general storage plants and places other than service stations, so far as applicable.

"UL" Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

(Source:  Amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 5467, effective April 1, 1995)