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• FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS <br /> dential area, apartment or hotel complex, educational 3' 16.7.3 Storage of heated petroleum products. here <br /> facility,hospital or care facility, Tank vehicles shall not peo.leum-derived asphalts and residues are st. ed in <br /> be left unattended at any other place that would,in the hea• d tanks at refineries and bulk storage faciliti•. or in <br /> opinion of the fire chief,pose an extreme life hazard. tank -hicles,such products shall be in accordance th API <br /> 3406.6.2.2 Parking on thoroughfares. Tank vehicles 2023. <br /> shall not be left unattended on a public street,highway, 3406.8 Va'or recovery and vapor-processin_ systems. <br /> public avenue or public alley. Vapor-proc- ing systems in which the vapor sou e operates <br /> at pressures m vacuum,up to and including 1 p•ig(6.9 kPa) <br /> Exceptions: or in which a p. ential exists for vapor mixtures' the flamma- <br /> 1. The necessary absence in connection with load- ble range, sh. comply with Sections 341..8.1 through ' <br /> ing or unloading the vehicle.During actual fuel 3406.8.5. • <br /> • <br /> transfer, Section 3406.6.1.2 shall apply. The • <br /> Exceptions: 1 ' <br /> vehicle location shall be in accordance with <br /> Section 3406.6.2.1. 1. Marine sys : s complying with ederal transporta- <br /> tion 'waterwa• regulations suc .s DOTn 33 CFR, <br /> 2. Stops for meals during the day or night,if the <br /> Parts 154 thro i• 156, and C a'• 46 CFR,Parts 30, <br /> street is well lighted at the point of parking.The 32,35 and 39. <br /> vehicle location shall be in accordance with <br /> Section 3406.6.2.1. 2. Motor fuel-dispe 'ing faci systems complying <br /> with Chapter 22, <br /> 3406.6.2.3 Duration exceeding 1 hour.Tank vehicles <br /> parked at one point for longer than 1 hour shall be located 3406.8.1 Over-pressure/v. : protection. Tanks and <br /> off of public streets,highways,public avenues or alleys, equipment shall have indepen•: t venting for over-pressure <br /> and: or vacuum conditions that mi: occur from malfunction of <br /> the vapor recovery or proces' n: ,ystem. <br /> 1. Inside of a bulk plant and either 25 feet(7620 mm) <br /> or more from the nearest lot line or within a build= Exception:For tanks,ve 'ng s i.+11 comply with Section <br /> ing approved for such use;or 3404.2.7.3. <br /> 2. At other approved locations not less than 50 feet 3406.8.2 Vent location. -nts on yap. -processing equip- <br /> (15 240 mm)from the buildings other than those rnent shall be not less th. 12 feet(3658 • )from adjacent <br /> approved for the storage or servicing of such vehi- ground level,with outl: located and dir•• ed so that flam- <br /> cies. mable vapors will di. .erse to below the 1. • er flammable <br /> limit(LFL)before r•:thing locations contai 'ng potential . <br /> 3406.63 Garaging. Tank vehicles shall not be parked or ignition sources. <br /> garaged in buildings other than those specifically approved <br /> for such use by the fire code official. 3406.8.3 Vapor ,:llecfion systems and overfi protec- <br /> tion.The des-it : d operation of the vapor collet in sys- <br /> 3406.6.4 Portable bre extinguisher.Tank vehicles shall be tem and overf protection shall be in accordance wi.• this <br /> equipped with a portable fire extinguisher complying with section and S: tion 7.10 of NFPA 30. <br /> Section 906 and having a minimum rating of 2-A:20-B:C. <br /> 3406.8.4 Li t 'd-level monitoring.A liquid knock-out v: - <br /> During unloading of the tank vehicle, the portable fire sel used in e vapor collection system shall have means t. <br /> extinguisher shall be out of the carrying device on the vehi- verify th- iquid level and a high-liquid-level sensor that <br /> die and shall be 15 feet(4572 mm)or more from the unload- activat- : alarm.For unpopulated facilities,the high-liq- <br /> ing valves. uid-lev, sensor shall initiate the shutdown of liquid transfer <br /> 3406.7 Refineries.Plants and portions of plants in w,:ch flam- into e vessel and shutdown of vapor recovery or <br /> •• ble liquids are produced on a scale from cm.- .etroleum, va.. processing systems. <br /> nat t asoline or other hydrocarbon sources . I be in accor- • 1 ..8.5 Overfill protection. Storage tanks served by <br /> dance • Sections 3406.7.1 throug 406.7.3. Petro- v. .r recovery or processing systems shall be equipped <br /> leum-process : •tants and facilities or .rtions of plants or with overfill protection in accordance with Section <br /> facilities in which "• mable or com••stible liquids are han- 3404.2.7.5.8. <br /> died, treated or produ .• on a co • ercial scale from crude <br /> petroleum,natural gasolin•,••0 I .hydrocarbon sources shall <br /> also be in accordance with • . 651, API 653, API 752, API <br /> 1615,API 2001, API 2003 •P '119,API 2015, API 2023, <br /> API 2201 and API 2350 <br /> 3406.7.1 Corrosi1 protection. Abo . :round tanks and <br /> piping systems s P.11 be protected against c. .sion in accor- <br /> dance with A I, 51. <br /> 3406.7.2 ' eaning of tanks.The safe entry and clea :•t of <br /> petrole•m storage tanks shall be conducted in accordan <br /> with API 2015. <br /> 2006 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE® 343 <br />