Click HERE
for a current list of available fuel sites.
(NOTE:
Delivery and Fueling Hours Changes for RAP;
Addition
of G-132 Verdugo Peak Signal)
Click HERE
for a .pdf MAP of locations of the fuel sites.
The Fuel Services and Environmental Compliance Division is responsible
for a wide array of services, mostly pertaining to the City's fueling
infrastructure. The Fuel Services and Environmental Compliance Division
works closely with the Fleet Services Division to provide a coordinated
approach to addressing fleet and fleet support issues. The following is
a brief description of the services the Division provides.
Environmental Compliance Unit
The Environmental Compliance Unit (ECU) functions as the Department's
primary liaison in environmental matters to local, State and Federal regulatory
agencies such as the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD),
the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC), and the LA
County Fire Department CUPA; represents the Department before the SCAQMD
Hearing Board and attends meetings on the Department's behalf; provides
research, interprets new regulations and prepares environmental reports
as mandated by governmental agencies; responds to requests for information
in the settlement of Superfund lawsuits and resolves Notices to Comply/Violation
compliance issues; conducts site inspections to determine environmental
problem areas and recommends corrective action; processes permit applications,
renewals and amendments for underground storage tanks, generators, and
other equipment in accordance with SCAQMD requirements and assists other
departments in securing air quality permits associated with bond fund
projects; maintains the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest Tracking System
and all EPA Identification Numbers issued to the Department; processes
annual payments for air quality permits, taxes, and hazardous waste generator
fees; represents the Department at Stormwater Public Agency Committee
Meetings and coordinates Stormwater pollution prevention and hazardous
waste management training.
Petroleum Products
The Petroleum Products Unit (PPU) awards citywide contracts for fuel (e.g.,
low-sulfur diesel, unleaded gasoline, aviation fuel, CNG, LNG and propane)
and other related petroleum products (e.g., oil and lubricants); manages
the fuel ordering and payment processes for most City departments and
for Fire and Police Air Support operations; administers the City's fuel
credit card (Voyager) program; and, is implementing a fuel automation
system to centrally track fuel levels, fuel site alarms and fuel consumption
per vehicle.
Alternative Fuels unit
The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Unit (AFIU) is tasked with providing
the necessary infrastructure to support implementation of the South Coast
Air Quality Management District's (SCAQMD's) fleet rules. The SCAQMD's
fleet rules generally mandate the conversion of heavy-duty diesel vehicles
to alternative fuels, such as Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG). To date, the AFIU has overseen the development and
operation of four LNG fueling facilities (including East Valley, presently
the nation's largest such facility) with a fifth LNG fueling facility
in development and due to be operational in the fall of 2009. Four of
these LNG facilities have, or will have, the ability to also dispense
CNG from LNG, or "LCNG". In addition, the AFIU has overseen
the upgrade and retrofit of six maintenance shops in order to comply with
regulations governing the repair of alternative fuel vehicles. The AFIU
has more than a dozen additional alternative fuel projects either planned
or in various stages of development in order to support the City's growing
fleet of clean-burning alternative fuel vehicles.
Link to Alternative Fuels Project
Fuel Site Maintenance
The Fuel Site Maintenance Unit (FMU) Unit is responsible for the maintenance
of approximately 140 City fueling sites. The FMU responds to fuel site
alarms (e.g., breach of the primary fuel containment system); makes urgent
repairs to City fuel sites to keep them operational; conducts routine
maintenance at City fuel sites (e.g., replaces fuel filters, checks alarm
responses and repairs fuel pumps and nozzles); and, coordinates mandated
inspections of fuel dispensers and containment systems (e.g., Tank Integrity
Testing, Fuel Product Line Testing, Vapor Recovery Testing, Line Leak
Detector Testing, Vapor Recovery Testing and Leak Monitor Certifications)
in accordance with local and State environmental laws.
