BACOLOD City – The city council here requested the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) to strengthen the inspection, testing, calibration, and sealing of fuel pumps in all gas stations.
Sangguniang Paungsod (SP) committee on energy chair, Councilor Claudio Jesus Puentevella, said with the unabated surge in fuel prices, it is but proper to regularly inspect gasoline stations to ensure that all fuel pumps are operating accurately.
The CTO is required by City Ordinance (CO) No. 565 Series of 2011, Chapter 5, Article 19, Section 62(f), to keep full sets of secondary standards for use in testing weights and measures instruments.
Under the same CO, all retail outlets are responsible for the proper calibration and accuracy of their dispensing pumps, which are tested quarterly and sealed by the proper authority.
Recently, a social media post that went viral narrated that a client loaded his vehicle in one of the city’s major gasoline stations, but the vehicle stopped after being driven for only a few meters./PN
