Storage Tank Systems for
Petroleum Products and Allied
Petroleum Products Regulations
TSAG Conference & Tradeshow
October 26, 2010
Edmonton, AB
Environment Canada
Gillian Brown – Edmonton, AB
Amanda Lwanga – Regina, SK
Purpose of the Regulations
Reduce leaks into environment
Reduce impact of spill events
SOIL AND GROUNDWATER
PROTECTION
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Which tanks are captured?
- Some aboveground storage tank systems
- All underground storage tank systems
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Which tanks are not captured?
- Tanks less than 2500 L attached to
a heating appliance or emergency
generator
- Storage tank systems located in a
building that provides secondary
containment equivalent to a
maximum hydraulic conductivity of 1
x 10-6 cm/s on a continuous basis
(e.g. concrete floor without cracks)
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Responsibility
Roles of owner / operator:
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Addressing out-of compliance issues
Installation as per requirements
Identification / record keeping
Leak detection
Withdrawal of systems
Operation / maintenance
Spill responses/emergency planning
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Status of the identification requirement
• Regulations came into force June 12, 2008
• Number of tanks identified
– Overall about 12,500 across Canada
– About 2,800 are located on Aboriginal land (100 in Alberta)
– About 750 of those are privately owned (90 in Alberta)
• Identification of tanks is tied to fuel delivery
- Fuel suppliers must not transfer products
into storage system unless ID visible and
record ID
- Fuel suppliers must immediately notify the
operator of spill or leak
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Homework – what owners should be doing
For your storage tank systems:
- Identify the system (past due)
- Report all spills (required now)
- Leaking systems – temporarily withdraw from service and
manage as needed (required now)
- Evaluate tank systems against “high risk” criteria and manage
as needed (by June, 2012)
- Arrange for removal of single-walled underground tanks and
piping as necessary (must already be removed if leaking)
- Arrange for leak detection as needed (one-time and ongoing)
- Develop an emergency plan (required now)
- Modify transfer area (required by June 12, 2012 unless new)
- Removals and new installations by approved people (For work in
Alberta, go to http://www.apssca.com/directory.html).
Read Tank Tips 3 and contact us if there are questions.
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ID Form – Page 1
Release Reporting
Spill reporting requirements s.41
– Verbal notification as soon as possible
Alberta
1-800-222-6514
Saskatchewan
1-800-667-7525
Manitoba
204-945-4888
NWT and Nunavut
867-920-8130
– Written follow-up for spills 100 liters or larger
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Withdraw leaking tanks from service
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Permanently withdraw from service and
remove 'high risk' systems
High-risk systems
– Aboveground tanks installed
underground
– Underground tanks installed
aboveground
– Partially buried tanks
– Single-walled underground tanks
and piping without corrosion
protection and leak detection
Permanent withdrawal & removal is required by
June 12, 2012
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High risk tank
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Leak Detection
What are the leak detection
requirements?
– Leak detection by June 12, 2010
– Ongoing leak detection or
monitoring on prescribed
frequency
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Emergency Plans
Contents of plan
s. 30(2)
Properties, characteristics and max. volume of
product(s)
Characteristics and sensitivity of site / surrounding area
Measures used to prevent, prepare for, respond to and
recover from any emergency
List of individuals to implement plan, including roles
Identification of training required
List of emergency response equipment and their
location
Measures to notify members of the public, as required
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Transfer area
Definition: Transfer area
– Area around connection point
– Between delivery and storage tank systems
– Applies to storage tank systems that have combined
capacity of more than 2500 liters (550 gallons)
• Applies to storage tank systems with combined
capacity of more than 2500 litres (550 gallons)
• Must be designed to contain spills
• Required by June 12, 2012 for existing systems
• Required immediately for new systems
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Transfer Areas
• Volume = as much product as could be released
before measures to stop the release can be taken
• Various configurations of containment
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Work done by approved installers (new
installations) and removers
For work in Alberta go to
Or, supervised by
http://www.apssca.com/direct
ory.html professional engineer
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Resources / Contacts
Useful websites
• EC’s Storage Tank website for Petroleum and Allied Petroleum
Products – http://www.ec.gc.ca/rs-st/
• CCME Environmental Code of Practice for Aboveground and
Underground Storage Tank Systems Containing Petroleum and Allied
Petroleum Products –
http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceparegistry/documents/regs/CCME/toc.cfm
• Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Canadian Environmental
Protection Act, 1999 http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry/documents/policies/candepolicy/toc
.cfm
• National Fire Code of Canada http://www.nrc-
cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ibp/irc/codes/05-national-fire-code.html
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Tank Tips information sheets
Tank Tips
1 - What's new in the new regulations?
2 - Do the new regulations apply to you?
3 - Critical timelines for existing systems
4 - New storage tank system installations
5 - If you suspect or find a leak
6 - Identifying your system
7 - Preparing your emergency plan
8 - Leak detection and monitoring
9 - Withdrawing and removing systems
10 - Record keeping for your storage tank system
11 - If you deliver products
Available at www.ec.gc.ca/rs/st. Click on “Tips and Tools.”
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Resources / Contacts
Contacts for Prairie & Northern Region
Amanda Lwanga-Thomson, Environment Canada – Regina
[email protected]
(306) 780-7637
Gillian Brown, Environment Canada – Edmonton
[email protected]
(780) 951-8950
Aaron Dornan, Environment Canada, Gatineau
[email protected]
(819) 994-0738
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Don’t move tanks unless they’re designed to
be moved
- Only “mobile” tanks are designed to be
moved with product in them.
- Only some “fixed location” tanks are
designed to be moved while empty of
product.
- All other “fixed location” tanks are not
meant to be moved with or without
product. If they are moved they must be
treated as a new installation and they
must be refurbished/recertified to ensure
they meet a standard.
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Don’t move tanks unless they’re designed to
be moved – image of leaking weld
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Operation and Maintenance
Don’t use secondary containment for storage!
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