UL's support of AHJ's approving fuel dispensing equipment pumping fuels with a maximum of 15% Ethanol

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) values our relationships with authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) and wants to provide you with a press release that was released at 2 PM on Thursday, February 19, 2009 regarding our position on ethanol blends and UL Listed fuel dispensing devices.

The press release details UL's support of AHJs who decide to permit fuel dispensing devices, Listed to UL 87 (Power-Operated Dispensing Devices for Petroleum Products) and currently installed in the market, to be used with fuel blends containing a maximum ethanol content of 15 percent. UL stresses that fuel dispensing devices pumping this higher percentage of ethanol should be subject to regular inspection and preventative maintenance as specified by the dispenser manufacturer for the blend of fuel being dispensed because the potential for degradation of metals and materials used in a dispensing system increases as the percentage of ethanol increases.

Read the complete news release here.