Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 22 - FIRE PREVENTION CODES › Rule 2.5 - 2014 Indiana Fire Code › Section 2.5-37 - Chapter 57; flammable and combustible liquids

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 36-8-17
Sec. 37.
Chapter 57 is amended as follows:
(a) Amend Section 5701.4 to delete the title
				and text and insert to read as follows: Plans. Prior to commencement of
				construction to store more than six hundred sixty (660) gallons (two thousand
				four hundred ninety-eight (2,498) L) of liquid outside of buildings in drums or
				tanks, the owner shall notify the servicing fire department, in writing, of the
				proposed storage and that a copy of the plans released under
				675 IAC 12-6 are
				available upon request. A copy of the released plans shall indicate the method
				of storage, quantities to be stored, distances from the buildings and property
				lines, accessways, fire protection facilities, and provisions for spill
				control, drainage control, and secondary containment.
(b) Amend Section 5703.5 to delete the first
				sentence and insert to read as follows: The inspection authority is authorized
				to require warning signs for the purpose of identifying hazards of storing or
				using flammable liquids, when such storage or use would cause a fire or
				explosion hazard.
(c) Amend Section
				5704.2.2 to delete the text and insert to read as follows: Tank cars and tank
				vehicles shall not be used as permanent storage tanks.
(d) Amend Section 5704.2.3.1, to add an
				exception to read as follows: Exception: Buildings or structures which are
				smoke-free environments and are posted as such at all public and employee
				entrances, and no visible evidence of prohibited smoking exist within the
				building or structure.
(e) Amend
				Section 5704.2.7.5.5.2 to delete "1,000 gallons (3,785 L)" and insert "one
				thousand one hundred (1,100) gallons (four thousand one hundred sixty-four
				(4,164) L)".
(f) Amend Section
				5704.2.7.5.6 to delete ", not more than 5 feet (1524 mm) above the finished
				ground level, in an approved location in close proximity to the parked delivery
				vehicle" without substitution.
(g)
				Amend Section 5704.2.7.5.8 to insert, in the first sentence, after "liquid",
				"underground".
(h) Delete Section
				5704.2.9.1 without substitution.
(i) Amend Section 5704.2.9.2.1 to delete
				"When required by the fire code official," without substitution.
(j) Delete Section 5704.2.9.6.1 without
				substitution.
(k) Amend Section
				5704.2.10 to delete both exceptions in their entirety and insert the following:
Exceptions:
1.
				Aboveground tanks are not required to be provided with diking when the tank
				complies with the requirements of Section 2306.2.3 Installation of Tanks,
				including subsections (a), (b), and (c), and secondary containment systems are
				monitored for leak detection with an automatic alarm system, visual or audible,
				or both.
2. Approved aboveground
				tanks with a capacity of five hundred (500) gallons or less, utilized solely
				for the storage of used motor oil, and in compliance with EPA
				40 CFR 279.22
				and EPA
				40
				CFR 264.175 are exempt from the requirements
				of 3404.2.10.
3. Drainage control
				and diking is not required for listed secondary containment tanks.