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ENANEERING REPORT TEST PROCEDURES FOR / MECHANICAL LEAK DETECTORS RED JACKET ' PUMPS September 1992 TESTING MECHANICAL LEAK DETECTORS OPTION A - BASIC FUNCTION EVALUATION ' The following defined terms are used throughout Red Jacket literature and instructions to bring attention to the presence of hazards of various risk levels, or to important information concerning the life of the product. 1 indicates presence of a hazard which will cause were per- indicates presence hazard whichwillorcan cause minor t ` conal injury, death or substantial property damage if ig- personal injury or property damage if ignored. pored. indicates presence of a hazard which can uuae aeoere per- {s indicates special instructions on installations,operation,or conal irUury, death or substantial property damage if ig- mainten.mwiichamimportantbutnotmlatedwpemnaI nored. injury hazards. AVO DESCRIPTION 2. stated that an annual test of the operation of the leak detector must be conducted in accor- This report(RJ-21) provides the procedure for es- dance with the manufacturer's requirements. tablishing that Red Jacket mechanical leak detec- tors are functioning utilizing the Apparatus to The EPA requires"...thatthe LLDsbetestedannu- Verify Operation(AVO).The characteristics of the ally to insure that they are properly installed and pumping system in which the line leak detector maintained and have not been tampered with and ' (LLD)is installed will affect its performance.This areoperahngmaccordance withthemanufacturer's AVO procedure provides some evaluation of the requirements". In addition,to assure maintenance pumping system as well as the LLD. It can be of leak detector capability, Red Jacket requires utilized for further evaluation of the pumping sys- that operation of the mechanical leak detector be tem.Please note that performanceoftheSimu. verified upon start-up and that testing of the leak lated Leak Test set forth in Section IV will detector be performed routinely—at least annu- satisfy the minimum functionality check re- ally.Section IV ofOption A(RJ-21)or Section V and quirements for annual inspection of leak de- VI of Option B (RJ-20) are intended to meet the tectors. For information on this as well as refer- minimum requirement for verifying the functional- ence information on the LLD and the pumping ity of the LLD. ' system in which it is installed, including symp- This report, as well as report RJ-20, provides the toms, probable causes, suggested action, see Red manufacturer's requirements for testing of Red Jacket Mechanical Leak Detector Manual,#5191, Jacket LLDs. The procedures covered in this re- and/or Red Jacket Petroleum Products Service port, and RJ-20, supersedes previous procedures Manual, #5190. for testing Red Jacket LLDs. Option B in Report RJ-20, utilizing the Field Test � Competent mechanical leak de- Apparatus (FTA), will provide a more finite ap- proach to testing the Red Jacket LLD that allows tector evaluation requires A) more consistent comparisons of leak rates thatmay that testing be performed by be used as a management and maintenance tool for trained,qualified personnel and ' populations of leak detectors. B)consistent,proper procedures involving good maintenance, Under 40CFR280.44(a), EPA has quality control and calibration ' I. defined performance standards for automatic of equipment are utilized. LLDs(out-of-the-box)prior to installation.Red Education on this and all technical aspects of Red Jacket mechanical leak detectors have been Jacket petroleum submersible pumping and moni- ' constructed to meet the EPA requirements as toring systems is available via our TECHS pro- outlinedin 40CFR280.44(a).Acopyof ourthird- gram. party certifications is available upon request. ' 1 RJ-21© 9/92