SECTION 165:26-14-64. Specific requirements for loading facilities

(a)   Loading and unloading facilities must be provided with drainage systems or other means to contain spills.

(b)   A loading or unloading facility that has a canopy or roof that does not limit the dissipation of heat or dispersion of flammable vapors and does not restrict fire-fighting access and control will be treated as an outdoor facility.

(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.

(1)   It must consist of a metal wire that is permanently and electrically connected to the bulk plants fill pipe assembly or to some part of the bulk plants rack structure that is in electrical contact with the fill pipe assembly.

(2)   The free end of this 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.

(3)   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)   Equipment such as piping, pumps, and meters used for the transfer of Class I liquids between storage tanks and the fill stem of the loading facility cannot be used for the transfer of Class II or Class III liquids.

(1)   This provision does not apply to water-miscible liquid mixtures where the class of the mixture is determined by the concentration of liquid in water.

(2)   This provision does not apply where the equipment is cleaned between transfers.

[Source: Added at 17 Ok Reg 2875, eff 7-15-00]