Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 21.00 - Boston-logan International Airport, Laurence G. Hanscom Field, And Worcester Regional Airport - General Provisions › Section 21.64 - Fuel Transfer Handling

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
			 All fuel farm operators must submit to the Executive Director a copy of their
			 Certified Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan no later than 60
			 days after commencing fuel farm operations.
(2) All fuel transfer handling shall be done
			 out of doors. All aircraft shall be positioned so that the vents and fill
			 openings of their fuel tanks are not less than 50 feet from the terminal or any
			 other building.
(3) All fuel
			 servicing vehicles and equipment used in the transfer of engine-operating fuels
			 shall be maintained in a safe operating condition and shall be inspected daily
			 by authorized and qualified personnel. Individual records of such inspections
			 shall be maintained and readily available on each unit. The record will
			 indicate identity of units, dates and extent of the inspections, the name of
			 the inspector and the company he represents.
(4) During fuel transfer handling in
			 connection with any aircraft, no person shall operate any radio transmitter or
			 receiver in such aircraft, or switch electrical appliances on or off in such
			 aircraft, nor shall any person do any act or use any material which is likely
			 to cause a spark within 50 feet of such aircraft.
(5) All fuel transfer handling operations
			 performed in connection with any aircraft at the Airport shall be conducted in
			 compliance with all applicable grounding and/or bonding requirements of the
			 1996 Edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard
			 407.
(6) During fuel transfer
			 handling in connection with any aircraft, no passenger or passengers shall be
			 permitted to remain in such aircraft unless a cabin attendant is at the door
			 and a passenger ramp is in position if the same is required for the safe and
			 rapid debarkation of passengers. Smoking is prohibited in or about such
			 aircraft during fuel transfer handling. Only personnel engaged in the fuel
			 transfer handling or in the maintenance and operation of the aircraft being
			 fueled or defueled shall be permitted within 50 feet of the fuel tanks of such
			 aircraft during the fuel transfer handling operations.
(7) No airborne radar equipment shall be
			 operated or ground tested on the ramp and apron areas or any area wherein the
			 directional beam of high radar is within 300 feet or the low intensity beam
			 (less than 10 KW output) is within 100 feet of another aircraft, an aircraft
			 fuel transfer handling operation, an aircraft fuel servicing vehicle or
			 aircraft fuel or flammable liquid storage facility. The parking brakes of fuel
			 servicing vehicles shall be set in the wheel lock position prior to and during
			 fuel transfer operations and remain so until all connections have been
			 disengaged.
(8) During the transfer
			 handling operations in connection with any aircraft at the Airport, at least
			 two CO2 fire extinguishers (20 lbs. or larger) or other
			 type fire extinguisher acceptable to the Executive Director and two 50 pound
			 bags of oil absorbent material such as speedi-dri shall be immediately
			 available for use in connection therewith.
(9) No person shall start the engine or
			 engines of any aircraft when there is gasoline or any type of fuel on the
			 ground under the aircraft. In the event of spillage of gasoline or any type of
			 fuel, no person shall start an aircraft engine in the area in which the
			 spillage occurred, until permission has been granted for the starting of
			 engines in the area by the Fire Controlman.
(10) Fuel transfer handling is prohibited
			 while the engine of the aircraft being fueled or defueled is running or is
			 being heated. Fuel shall be delivered or drained through hose and connections
			 approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
(11) Persons engaged in aircraft fuel
			 transfer handling shall exercise every precaution to prevent overflow of
			 fuel.
(12) The transfer of bulk
			 aircraft or commercial fuel from one fuel servicing vehicle into another is
			 prohibited within the boundaries of the Airport.
(13) Fuel transfer handling operations shall
			 be conducted only in such areas authorized for this purpose by the Executive
			 Director and never within 50 feet of any building. Fuel transfer handling
			 operations shall not be conducted unless fully trained and qualified employees
			 are available, one of whom must be stationed at all times immediately adjacent
			 to the fuel servicing vehicle in use.
(14) Fuel-servicing shall be parked only in
			 locations approved and designated by the Authority and with spacing between
			 fuel-servicing vehicles in compliance with the 1996 Edition of National Fire
			 Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 407. At no time shall a fuel-servicing
			 vehicle be parked within 50 feet of any building.