Scotland: Double Walled Storage Tank Regulations
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
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Challenges loom on the horizon for a wide number of Scottish logistics
and transportation businesses that house heavy machinery and vehicles
as new Government regulations into oil storage come into force in April.
Any logistics business that hosts oil storage facilities for fuel
and waste will be required by law to adhere to new regulations stating
that all oil containment units must be bunded (double skinned), making
current single skinned tanks illegal for use.
Following research by Scotland’s leading tank manufacturer Blake Group,
the firm suggests that the majority of commercial and domestic oil
containment units in use today will fail new safety regulations
relating to oil storage.
The Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 states
that any single walled non-domestic containment tank over 200 litres
(this includes drums) and domestic containment tank over 2,500 litres
will be illegal for use and should be replaced with a double walled
(bunded) storage tank before the 1st April 2010.
Blake Group’s Managing Director Ronnie Blake stated, “Logistics and
transportation business are possibly leaving themselves vulnerable to
prosecution should their storage tanks fail to comply with the new
regulations.”
“Inspections must be made to ensure that these units are housed in
appropriately bunded facilities or the storage unit itself be double
skinned to catch any spillage, leakage or overflow to prevent pollution
and contamination to the surrounding environment,” added Mr Blake.
The firm states that all industries that use oil will be affected by
the new regulations in particular transportation, logistics,
manufacturing, agriculture and construction where steel storage tanks
are preferred to plastic tanks due to their resilience and reduced
failure risks.
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