Double Wall Tanks Secondary Containment

Most municipalities states and the federal government require or stongly urge the use of.

Double wall tanks secondary containment.

A copy is attached for your reference. Single wall fuel tanks. Use of certain double wall aboveground storage tanks asts for secondary containment purposes. Captor s double wall tank construction is completely enclosed so that external matter such as dust rain and snow is prevented from.

This guidance also clarifies when shop built double walled asts satisfy the applicable secondary containment requirements in the spill prevention control and countermeasure spcc rule found at 40 cfr part 112. Double wall tanks imt provide the best protection against hazardous chemical spills into the environment. We find they are being used by contractors resellers fleet fueling sites municipalities marine installations small businesses and on an increasing level even agricultural operations yes farms. Inner tank dome overlaps outer tank sidewall to prevent rainwater snow and debris from entering into the containment basin.

In most cases secondary containment is used when the liquid being stored in the tank is either a hazardous chemical or a liquid that could pollute the local ground water supply. The captor double wall tanks unique tank in a tank design enables users and specifiers to incorporate advance performance and safety features on a bulk handling system which provides total containment protection. These rules stipulate that fuel tanks must have some sort of secondary containment. Double wall tanks are being used in more and more applications everyday to provide secondary containment for petroleum storage.