Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations

14 (1) The owner or operator of a storage tank system that installs the system or any component of the system on or after June 12, 2008 must ensure that the system or the component conforms to the applicable requirements set out in the following provisions of the CCME Code of Practice, subject to subsection (6.1) of this section:

• (a) Part 3, excluding Section 3.2, Clause 3.3.1(1)(c), Article 3.3.2, Clause 3.4.1(1)(c), Article 3.4.3, Clauses 3.5.1(1)(a) and 3.6.1(1)(l), Section 3.7, Clause 3.9.2(2)(a) and Articles 3.9.4 and 3.10.1;

• (b) Part 4, subject to the following:

  • (i) excluding Articles 4.2.1 to 4.2.3, Clauses 4.2.4(1)(e) and 4.2.4(2)(h), Articles 4.2.5 and 4.2.6, Sentences 4.2.8(1) to 4.3.1(1) and 4.3.6(1) to 4.3.8(1), Section 4.4, Clauses 4.5.1(1)(a), (c) and (d) and Sentences 4.5.2(1) to (4) and 4.5.3(2), and

  • (ii) in Clause 4.5.1(1)(b),

    • (A) the reference to “CAN/ULC-S603-1992, ‘Underground Steel Tanks’” is to be read as a reference to “CAN/ULC-S603, Standard for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids”, and

    • (B) the reference to “CAN/ULC-S603.1-1992, ‘Galvanic Corrosion Protection Systems for Underground Steel Tanks’” is to be read as a reference to “CAN/ULC-S603.1, Standard for External Corrosion Protection Systems for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids”;

• (c) Part 5, subject to the following:

  • (i) excluding Clauses 5.2.1(1)(d) to (f), Articles 5.2.4 to 5.2.6, Clause 5.4.2(1)(b), Sentence 5.4.3(1) and Section 5.5,

  • (ii) in Clause 5.4.2(1)(c),

    • (A) the reference to “API RP 1632-96, ‘Cathodic Protection of Underground Storage Tank and Piping Systems’” is to be read as a reference to “API RP 1632, Cathodic Protection of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks and Piping Systems”, and

    • (B) the reference to “API Std 2610-94, ‘Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance and Inspection of Terminal and Tank Facilities’” is to be read as a reference to “API Std 2610, Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Terminal and Tank Facilities”, and

  • (iii) in Clauses 5.4.4(1)(a) to (c), the references to standards are to be read as references to one of the following, whichever is in effect at the time the system or component is manufactured:

    • (A) ULC/ORD-C971, Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids,

    • (B) CAN/ULC-S660, Standard for Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids,

    • (C) CAN/ULC-S679, Standard for Metallic and Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids; and

• (d) Section 8.6 and Article 8.7.2.

(2) The owner or operator of a storage tank system that has aboveground tanks that installs those tanks on or after June 12, 2008 must ensure that

• (a) the spill containment device, whether installed on the tank at the fill opening or attached to the remote fill station, bears a certification mark certifying conformity with one of the following standards, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured:

  • (i) ULC/ORD-C142.19, Spill Containment Devices for Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Storage Tanks,

  • (ii) CAN/ULC-S663, Standard for Spill Containment Devices for Flammable and Combustible Liquid Aboveground Storage Tanks,

  • (iii) ANSI/CAN/UL/ULC 2583, Standard for Safety for Fuel Tank Accessories for Flammable and Combustible Liquids; or

• (b) the tank is equipped with a spill containment device and bears a certification mark certifying conformity with one of the following standards:

  • (i) CAN/ULC 652, Standard for Tank Assemblies for the Collection, Storage and Removal of Used Oil,

  • (ii) CAN/ULC 653, Standard for Aboveground Horizontal Steel Contained Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids,

  • (iii) ULC/ORD-C142.5, Concrete Encased Steel Aboveground Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, or CAN/ULC 677, Standard for Fire Tested Aboveground Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured,

  • (iv) ULC/ORD-C142.18, Rectangular Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, or CAN/ULC-S601, Standard for Shop Fabricated Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured,

  • (v) ULC/ORD-C142.21, Aboveground Used Oil Systems, or CAN/ULC 652, Standard for Tank Assemblies for the Collection, Storage and Removal of Used Oil, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured,

  • (vi) ULC/ORD-C142.22, Contained Vertical Steel Aboveground Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, or CAN/ULC-S601, Standard for Shop Fabricated Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured.

(3) The owner or operator of a storage tank system that has underground tanks that installs those tanks on or after June 12, 2008 must ensure that those tanks bear a certification mark certifying conformity with one of the following standards:

• (a) for underground steel tanks

  • (i) if used for storing used oil, CAN/ULC 652, Standard for Tank Assemblies for the Collection, Storage and Removal of Used Oil, and

  • (ii) if used for storing other petroleum products or allied petroleum products

    • (A) CAN/ULC-S603, Standard for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, or

    • (B) CAN/ULC-S603.1, Standard for External Corrosion Protection Systems for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids;

• (b) for underground reinforced plastic tanks

  • (i) if used for storing used oil, CAN/ULC 652, Standard for Tank Assemblies for the Collection, Storage and Removal of Used Oil, and

  • (ii) if used for storing other petroleum products or allied petroleum products, CAN/ULC-S615, Standard for Fibre Reinforced Plastic Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, or ANSI/CAN/UL/ULC 1316, Standard for Fibre Reinforced Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquid, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured; and

• (c) for underground tanks that are double containment linings, ULC/ORD-C58.4, Double Containment Fibre Reinforced Plastic Linings for Flammable and Combustible Liquid Storage Tanks, or CAN/ULC-S669, Standard for Internal Retrofit Systems for Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured.

(4) The owner or operator of a storage tank system that has steel underground tanks that installs those tanks on or after June 12, 2008 must ensure that those tanks are protected from corrosion as follows:

• (a) those tanks must bear a certification mark certifying conformity with CAN/ULC-S603.1, Standard for External Corrosion Protection Systems for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids; or

• (b) those tanks must have a cathodic protection system designed by a corrosion expert.

(5) The owner or operator of a storage tank system that installs piping on or after June 12, 2008 must ensure that

• (a) the piping does not have buried or concealed mechanical joints; and

• (b) any piping other than copper piping bears a certification mark certifying conformity with

  • (i) one of the standards referred to in Clauses 5.2.1(1)(a) to (c) and (g) of the CCME Code of Practice, subject to subsection (6.1) of this section, or

  • (ii) ULC/ORD-C971, Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, CAN/ULC-S660, Standard for Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, or CAN/ULC-S679, Standard for Metallic and Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system is manufactured.

(6) Any reference to a standard in this section is a reference to the version of that standard that is in effect at the time the storage tank system’s component is erected or manufactured, as applicable.

(6.1) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (5), any reference to a standard in the provisions of the CCME Code of Practice set out in column 1 of Schedule 4 is to be read as a reference to

• (a) if only one standard is set out in column 2, the standard that is set out in that column; or

• (b) if more than one standard is set out in column 2, any one of those standards, whichever is in effect at the time the storage tank system’s component is erected or manufactured.

(7) The owner or operator of a storage tank system must comply with the applicable requirements before any petroleum products or allied petroleum products are first transferred into that system.