Oil Storage Regulations

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Oil Storage Regulations

• Implications for Business

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The Regulations

• The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England)
  Regulations 2001

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Overview

• Minimum design standards for all new and existing
  above ground oil storage facilities
• Requirement for secondary containment
• etc.
• Inadequate oil storage is the UKs greatest cause
  of pollution incidents

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Implementation

• Anyone storing 200 litres or more above ground at
  industrial or commercial facilities, or gt3500
  litres domestic
• 01/03/02 All new oil containers1
• 01/09/03 All existing containers at significant
  risk2
• 01/09/05 All remaining containers3
• Note 1 the Environment Agency recommends that
  oil drums are viewed as new containers
• Note 2 significant risk within 10m of waters
  or 50m from well or borehole
• Note 3 can be earlier if EA serves a notice

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Application

• Covers oil if stored, i.e.
• IBCs
• bowsers
• drums
• fixed tanks
• Oil includes
• mineral oil
• synthetic oil
• vegetable oil
• petrol
• diesel
• kerosene, paraffin etc

• Exemptions outside scope
• stored in container lt 200 litres
• container situated in building
• container wholly underground
• certain premises
• oil in use in e.g. transformers, generators etc
• waste mineral oil
• may covered by other legislation

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The Regulations

• 3 General Requirements
• 4 Fixed Tanks
• 5 Mobile Bowsers

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Indoor diesel tank
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Diesel refuelling point
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Drum storage area
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Drip trays
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Bowsers waste carriage
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What is a mobile bowser?

• an oil storage container that can not move under
  its own power i.e. it is not a rigid or
  articulated road tanker, but is specifically
  designed to be capable of storing and dispensing
  oil and being moved between various locations.
• EA FAQs

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Fully bunded bowser
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Oil dispensing trolleys
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Portable oil storage vessel
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Oil store
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Related legal other requirements

• Groundwater Regulations 1998
• Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations
  1999?
• Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1997?
• Building Regulations?
• Health Safety law?

• Water Resources Act 1990
• Anti Pollution Works Regulations 1999?
• ISO14001 2004?
• Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2000?

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