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FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS 2. The operation is not performed where the public 5. Mobile fueling operations shall be conducted in has access or where there is unusual exposure to areas not accessible to the public or shall be lira- . life and property. ited to times when the public is not present. 3. The dispensing line does not exceed 50 feet(15 6. Mobile fueling shall not take place within 15 feet 240 mm)in length. (4572 mm)of buildings,property lines or corn- 4. The dispensing nozzle is approved. bustible storage. 3406.5.4.2 Emergency refueling. When approved by 7. The tank vehicle shall comply with the require- i the fire code official, dispensing of motor vehicle fuel ments of NFPA 385 and local,state and federal from tank vehicles into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles is requirements. The tank vehicle's specific func- allowed during emergencies.Dispensing from tank vehi- dons shall include that of supplying fuel to motor cies shall be in accordance with Sections 3406.2.8 and vehicle fuel tanks.The vehicle and all its equip- 3406.6. ment shall be maintained in good repair: 3406.5.4.3 Aircraft fueling. Transfer of liquids from 8. Signs prohibiting smoking or open flames within tank vehicles to the fuel tanks of aircraft shall be in accor- 25 feet(7620 mm)of the tank vehicle or the point dance with Chapter 11. of fueling shall be prominently posted on three sides of the vehicle including the back and both 3406.5.4.4 Fueling of vehicles at farms,construction sides, sites and similar areas. Transfer of liquid from tank 9. A portable fire extinguisher with a minimum rat- vehicles to motor vehicles for private use on farms and ing of 40:BC shall be provided on the vehicle rural areas and at construction sites,earth-moving pro with signage clearly indicating its location. jects, gravel pits and borrow pits is allowed in accor- dance with Section 3406.2.8, 10. The dispensing nozzles and hoses shall be of an 3406.5.4.5 Commercial,industrial,governmental or approved and listed type. manufacturing. Dispensing of Class II and III motor 11. The dispensing hose shall not be extended from vehicle fuel from tank vehicles into the fuel tanks of the reel more than 100 feet (30 480 mm) in motor vehicles located at commercial, industrial, gov- length. emmental or manufacturing establishments is allowed 12. Absorbent materials,nonwater-absorbent pads,a (, where permitted, provided such dispensing operations 10-foot-long(3048 mm)containment boom, an are conducted in accordance with the following: approved container with lid and a nonmetallic 1. Dispensing shall occur only at sites that have shovel shall be provided to mitigate a minimum been issued a permit to conduct mobile fueling. 5-gallon(19 L)fuel spill. 2. The owner of a mobile fueling operation shall 13. Tank vehicles shall be equipped with a "fuel provide to the jurisdiction a written response plan limit" switch such as a count-back switch, to which demonstrates readiness to respond to a limit the amount of a single fueling operation to a fuel spill and carry out appropriate mitigation maximum of 500 gallons(1893 L)before reset- measures, and describes the process to dispose ting the limit switch. properly of contaminated materials. Exception: Tank vehicles where the operator 3. A detailed site plan shall be submitted with eachcarries and can utilize a remote emergency application for a permit.The site plan shall indi.- shutoff device which,when activated,immedi- cate:all buildings, structures and appurtenances ately causes flow of fuel from the tank vehicle on site and their use or function;all uses adjacent to cease. to the property lines of the site;the locations of all storm drain openings, adjacent waterways or 14. Persons responsible for dispensing operations wetlands; information regarding slope, natural shall be trained in the appropriate mitigating drainage, curbing, impounding and how a spill actions in the event of a fire,leak or spill.Train- will be retained upon the site property; and the ing records shall be maintained by the dispensing scale of the site plan. company and shall be made available to the fire j Provisions shall be made to prevent liquids code official upon request. spilled during dispensing operations from flow- 15. Operators of tank vehicles used for mobile fuel- ing into buildings or off-site. Acceptable meth- ing operations shall have in their possession at all ods include,but shall not be limited to, grading times an emergency communications device to driveways, raising doorsills or other approved notify the proper authorities in the event of an means. emergency. i 4. The fire code official is allowed to impose limits 16. The tank vehicle dispensing equipment shall be on the times and days during which mobile fuel- constantly attended and operated only by desig- ing operations may take place,and specific loca- nated personnel who are trained to handle and dons on a site where fueling is permitted. dispense motor fuels. 2006 INTeRNATIONAL FIRE CODE® 341