| Design feature |
Recommendations |
| National Fire Code of Canada 2010 |
- Refers to acceptable solutions for
- Indoor and Outdoor Storage: Division B, Part 3
- Flammable and Combustible Liquids: Division B, Part 4
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| Configuration |
- Use permanent, closed systems (rigidly piped, tank to tank).
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| Location / shelter |
- Locate in a contained area.
- Provide protection against freezing (as applicable).
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| Spill prevention |
- Install high-level alarms to prevent work tank overflow.
- Interlock high-level alarms to tank feed pumps.
- Consider installation of 24-hour monitoring alarms (with remote) for immediate detection of major spills (at containment).
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| Spill containment |
- Provide all applicable features for spill containment of bulk liquids described in Table 11.
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| Drip containment |
- Provide local drip collection at all potential drip points.
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| Splash protection |
- No open transfer of treating solutions or additives is allowed.
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| Ventilation |
- Provide adequate ventilation in the mixing area for routine operations and emergency situations
- Work tank should be vented outside the workplace. Encourage to vent the work tank into a dedicated overflow tank, vented outside, to prevent releases of entrained liquids or overflow.
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| Tanks / Mixing vessels |
- Encourage the use of mechanized transfer equipment to minimize worker exposure.
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| Emergency response |
- Provide accessible storage for spill-response equipment, absorbent and personal protection equipment.
- Provide appropriate measures for fire detection and suppression, as well as for rapid, effective fire control with containment of liquid firefighting residues and treatment to required limits before discharge.
- Provide appropriate signalization of fire control equipment.
- Install a telephone or other voice communication system and manual alarm switch
- Provide features described in “Environmental Emergency Notification and Contingency Planning” Section 12.
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