SECTION 165:15-3-24. Bulk plant inspections

  In addition to the inspection requirements for all facilities, Fuel Specialists must inspect items particular to bulk plant petroleum storage tank systems.

(1)   Requirements for dispensers.

(A)   The Fuel Specialist will ensure that bulk plants that also dispense fuel into automobile tanks comply with the requirements for dispensers at retail facilities.

(B)   The Fuel Specialist will also ensure that minimum distances from tanks are met if they are required.

(2)   Requirements for loading and unloading facilities.

(A)   The Fuel Specialist will ensure that tank vehicle and tank car loading and unloading facilities are separated from tanks and other facilities by appropriate distances.

(B)   Loading and unloading facilities must be checked for means to contain spills and canopies or roofs that restrict the dispersion of vapors.

(C)   Loading and unloading facilities at bulk plants that are used to load motor fuel into tank vehicles through open domes must be provided with a means for electrically bonding to protect against static electricity hazards.

(i)   The means for electrical bonding must consist of a metal wire that is permanently and electrically connected to the bulk plant's fill pipe assembly or to some part of the bulk plant's rack structure that is in electrical contact with the fill pipe assembly.

(ii)   The free end of this metal wire must have a clamp for convenient attachment to some metallic part of the vehicle that is in electrical contact with the cargo tank of the tank vehicle.

(iii)   All parts of the fill pipe assembly, including the drop tube, must form a continuous electrically conductive path.

(D)   Bulk plants where motor fuel or blending materials are loaded or unloaded through open domes of railroad tank cars must be protected against stray electrical current by permanently bonding the bulk plant's fill pipe and the individual storage tanks to at least one rail of the railroad.

(E)   Before loading tank vehicles through open domes, a bonding connection must be made to the vehicle or tank before dome covers are raised and must remain in place until filling is completed and all dome covers have been closed and secured. When possible, the Fuel Specialist will observe the performance of this procedure to ensure it is done correctly and safely.

[Source: Added at 18 Ok Reg 1052, eff 5-11-01]