COMPLIANCE INFO - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Bulk Storage Container Inspection Fact Sheet July 2012 Facility owners with AFVO containers that meet the following criteria can conduct visual inspections of their containers when the following criteria are met: • Are subject to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations in §§112.12(c)(6)(11) 21 CFR part 110, Current Good For bulk storage containers that are subject to 21 Manufacturing Practice in CFR part 110, are elevated, constructed of austenitic Manufacturing, Packing or Holding stainless steel, have no external insulation,and are Human Food; shop-fabricated, conduct formal visual inspection on a regular schedule. In addition, you must frequently • Are elevated; inspect the outside of the container for signs of • Are made from austenitic stainless deterioration,discharges,or accumulation of oil steel; inside diked areas.You must determine and • Have no external insulation; and document in the Plan the appropriate qualifications • Are shop-built. for personnel performing tests and inspections. Records of inspections and tests kept under usual The owner or operator is required to document and customary business practices satisfy the the procedures for inspections and testing in recordkeeping requirements of this paragraph (c)(6). their SPCC Plan, including those for AFVO bulk storage containers that are eligible for Note:The above text is an excerpt of the SPCC rule.Refer to the full text of 40 CFR part 112. these differentiated requirements. In addition, when an AFVO bulk storage container falls outside the scope of an industry standard then the owner or operator may develop a site-specific inspection and testing program for the equipment that is in accordance with good engineering practice and documented in the Plan. A PE does not need to provide and certify an environmental equivalence justification for implementing a hybrid inspection program when industry standards do not apply to a container or the container is outside the scope of the standard. However,the hybrid inspection program must be in accordance with good engineering practice. What are the requirements to test completely buried tanks? You must regularly leak test completely buried metallic storage tanks installed on or after §§712.6(c)(4), 112.12(c)(4) January 10, 1974. "Regular testing" means Protect any completely buried metallic storage tank testing in accordance with industry standards or installed on or after January 10, 1974 from corrosion at a frequency sufficient to prevent leaks. to coatings d cathodic protection compatible with Appropriate methods of testing should be local soil conditions.You must regularly leak test 9 such completely buried metallic storage tanks. selected based on good engineering practice and tests conducted in accordance with 40 Note:Theabovetextisan excerptofihe SPCCrule.Refertothe CFR part 280 or a State program approved full text of 40 CFR pal 112. under 40 CFR part 281 are acceptable. Describe the method and schedule for testing your completely buried tanks in the SPCC Plan. For more information on preventing and detecting underground storage tank system leaks see http/ieoa covioust/prevleak htm. What are the requirements to inspect bulk §112.9(c)(3) storage containers at an onshore oil ...periodically and upon a regular schedule visually production facility? inspect each container of oil for deterioration and maintenance needs, including the foundation and You must periodically and upon a regular support of each container that is on or above the schedule visually inspect each bulk storage surface of the ground. container(e.g. oil stock tanks, flow-through process vessels, and produced water Note:The above text isen exceiptofthe SPCC rule.Referto the containers)for deterioration and maintenance tali text of 40 CFR pan 112, needs in accordance with §112.9(c)(3), Astock tank is storage tank for oil production after the oil has been treated(Schlumberger Oil Field Glossary lurefowwa lossarvo'Ifeldslbcom/default.cfm7 Office of Emergency Management 8