This SAE Surface Vehicle Recommended Practice deals with electrostatic charge phenomena that may occur in automotive fuel systems and applies to the following:

• Fuels that are in a liquid state at ambient temperatures and atmospheric pressures and are contained in vehicle fuel tanks that operate at or near atmospheric pressure.
• The group of components that comprise the fuel system (in contact and not in contact with fuels).
• Other components in proximity to the fuel system that may be affected by electrostatic fields caused by the fuel system.
• Electrostatic phenomena that arise from or are affected by the following aspects of vehicle or fuel system operation:
  1. a Flowing fuel in the fuel delivery system
  2. b Flowing fuel being dispensed to the vehicle while it is being fueled