Illegal storage could cost 20k
December 1st 2003

If you store oil in quantities greater than 200 litres at an industrial, commercial or institutional site and fail to comply with the latest phase of the Governments oil storage regulations you may be liable to a fine of 20,000 warns Balmoral Tanks. To avoid prosecution, users must specify tanks which, according to the EAs Pollution Prevention Guidelines PPG2, are tested to a recognised standard such as BSEN ISO 9001:2000 or BSEN 9002:1994. Tanks should also be installed by technicians registered with a professional body, such as the Oil Fired Technical Association for the Petroleum Industry (OFTEC), and must incorporate a secondary containment system such as a bund, which provides storage of at least 110% of the tanks maximum capacity. All valves, filters, sight gauges, etc, must be fitted within the secondary containment system. The EA also recommends weekly tank inspections to detect early signs of damage. Balmoral offers the widest choice of accredited and approved liquid storage tanks to the domestic and commercial market across Europe.