Code of practice for storage tank systems containing petroleum and allied products

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Note to reader "Environmental Code of Practice for Aboveground and Underground Storage Tank Systems Containing Petroleum and Allied Petroleum Products" (PN 1326)

In 2014 the Canadian Standards Association published CAN/CSA-B837-14 "Collapsible Fabric Storage Tanks (bladders)" . When the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)’s "Environmental Code of Practice for Aboveground and Underground Storage Tank Systems Containing Petroleum and Allied Petroleum Products" was published in 2003 there was no recognized standard for the design and construction of collapsible fabric storage tanks. Readers are advised to consult with the federal, provincial or territorial authority having jurisdiction to see whether CAN/CSA-B837-14 applies to their area of interest.

This code references Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC) standards which are periodically updated. With this note CCME attempts to provide information on ULC updates, replacements and withdrawals since publication of the code. Confirm all standards with ULC.

Table of contents

• Updates and errata
• Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)
• Abstract
• Preface
• National task force on storage tanks
• Rationale for an environmental code of practice
• A guide to the use of this code
• Part 1: application and definitions
• Part 2: registration and approval of storage tank systems
• Part 3: design and installation of aboveground storage tank systems
• Part 4: design and installation of underground storage tank systems
• Part 5: design and installation of new piping systems
• Part 6: monitoring and leak detection of storage tank systems
• Part 7: upgrading of existing storage tank systems
• Part 8: operation and maintenance
• Part 9: withdrawal from service of storage tank systems
• Appendix A: authorities having jurisdiction
• Appendix B: explanatory material
• Appendix C: minimum information required for registration of storage tank systems
• Appendix D: spill reporting

List of tables

• Table 1: reference documents
• Table 2: leak detection and monitoring methods
• Table 3: new underground storage tanks
• Table 4: aboveground storage tanks
• Table 5: underground piping
• Table 6: aboveground piping
• Table 7: turbine, transition, and dispenser sumps
• Table 8: existing single-wall underground storage tanks
• Table 9: existing single-wall underground piping
• Table 10: tank components and leak detection test requirements