kerickson
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- Findlay, OH
This may not be exactly applicable under this forum's topic, but this seems to be the best place for it.
In this situation, there is an existing tank farm (for storage of gasoline/diesel products) enclosed by a dike. Everything inside the dike is Class 1, Division 2, group D, per API RP 500. A company (not the tank farm owner) wants to put a utility power line on poles through the tank farm, 25' away from a tank. Is this permitted by code? The concern is not the classification but the fact that it would only be 25' from very large storage tanks containing fuel products.
I realize this may fall under a different NFPA code other than NFPA 70, but we have researched that route (and also API codes) and come up with only a vague mention of equipment near tanks in regards to firefighting.
Please respond with any information that could lead us down the right path to a correct code, if there is one for this situation. Thank you!
In this situation, there is an existing tank farm (for storage of gasoline/diesel products) enclosed by a dike. Everything inside the dike is Class 1, Division 2, group D, per API RP 500. A company (not the tank farm owner) wants to put a utility power line on poles through the tank farm, 25' away from a tank. Is this permitted by code? The concern is not the classification but the fact that it would only be 25' from very large storage tanks containing fuel products.
I realize this may fall under a different NFPA code other than NFPA 70, but we have researched that route (and also API codes) and come up with only a vague mention of equipment near tanks in regards to firefighting.
Please respond with any information that could lead us down the right path to a correct code, if there is one for this situation. Thank you!