What does vapor recovery equipment do?

• A. It filters fuel before it is dispensed
• B. It cools the fuel to reduce vapor formation
• C. It prevents gasoline vapors from entering and polluting the atmosphere.
• D. It increases fuel vapor emissions

Answer: (C)

Vapor recovery equipment captures gasoline vapors that would otherwise escape during fueling and storage and returns them to the storage system or processing, rather than letting them vent to the atmosphere. This reduces hydrocarbon air emissions and pollution from fueling operations. It’s not about filtering the liquid fuel, cooling it, or increasing emissions—the goal is to prevent vapor from entering the atmosphere. Some systems capture vapors displaced from storage tanks, others during vehicle fueling at the pump, all working to keep vapors from polluting the air.