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    Emergency response gasoline spill

    Hi BigInch, I already consulted the ERGO 2008 for my documentation. I need other references. I tried to contact the firefighters in my region but they did not gave what I was looking for. Any idea about HAZMAT procedure regarding gasoline? thanks Pierre
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    Emergency response gasoline spill

    Hi, I'm looking for references to write an emergency response gasoline spill protocol on land and an other one on sea. I already have the chain of command construed based on the ICS but I need tehcnical reference on about how to approach a gasoline spill, what kind of measrure do I need to...
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    Grounding vs potential difference vs dispensing fuel

    thanks a lot biginch, Is there something you dont know about petroleum facility? Would like to have you on our team! thanks again Pierre
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    Options for small diameter Aboveground Double Wall Piping

    David, thanks for the idea, I agree with you but on many site I can have a monthly visual inspection so no need to bother with secondairy containment but on my remote site on islands in the middle of the gulf of St-Lawrence and in the artic I cant afford monthly visual inspection for obvious...
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    Grounding vs potential difference vs dispensing fuel

    I work for the canadian goverment at the direction of fisheries and ocean. We are dispensing fuel to vehicule, boats, ships, helicopter form different type of storage facility such as drums, mobile tanks and fixed tanks. I'm at writing the procedures for fuel dispensing and I'm looking for...
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    Options for small diameter Aboveground Double Wall Piping

    DAVster01, I aslo work for the federal goverment in Canada and have same problems as you have. I'm trying to find since then some double-walled above ground pipes but they dont seem to exist. Perma-Pipe is very interesting but I did contact them last year and did not find something that suit...
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    above ground double walled pipe with valvle

    Problem is that theses tanks are remote, very remote, on islands in the middle of the sea or in the artic. These tanks are used a lot in the summer time but in the winter nobody goes there.
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    above ground double walled pipe with valvle

    Hi everybody, There is a new regulation in Canada on fuel tank that says that ify you have above ground single wall pipes you need to have a corosion program or full time electronic survaillance or monthly visual inspection or precision leak detection test each year. I have many double walled...
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    Jet-fuel Barrel Storage in the field

    document written in april 2006 prepared by D. Drummond, Park Warden and Fuel Cache Coordinator, Western Artic Field Unit Recommended by C. Bucher A/ Resource Conservation Manager, Western Artic Field Unit Approved by A. Ferh Superintendent, Western Artic Field Unit Hope it helps Good...
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    Jet-fuel Barrel Storage in the field

    the tarp is hold down with pins in the ground with quick coupling that permits fast remove of it. tarp is a necessity because it protects the the knob of the barrel and it also protect the fill of the secondary containment by rain or snow. so no need for a pump. the document is not on the...
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    Jet-fuel Barrel Storage in the field

    Hi Daianto, All of our storage facility for barrels are only accessible by boat or helicopter. We choose to use a foldable berm with a tarp over it and to enforce the use standard operation procedure (SOP)when fueling the helicopters. http://www.enpac.com/productCategory.aspx?id=5...
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    Jet-fuel Barrel Storage in the field

    I work for the Fishries and Ocean Canada, a canadian goverment ministry. Our site are very remote on island away from the shore (mainly the gulf of St-Lawrence and far away in the north in the middle of nowhere, norhtern Quebec and the arctic region). We also have shore sites and inland sites...
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    Jet-fuel Barrel Storage in the field

    Hi! I'm in Canada, specificaly in Quebec. Our oprations includes the daily use of many helicopter across the province. We have about 15 in the field storage site with barrels to fuel the helicopters when passing by. 3 sites with rack for the barrels and the others with the barrels directly...
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    Above ground single wall pipes on isolated sites

    when reading the regulation in english it is clear to me you to met A (I or II) and (B or C). but when reading french version it says A or B or C and that is what I'v been told by EC regulators in my region. new regulations are always a bit messy to undertsand including the regulator that made...

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