Paragraph 16 Storage of liquids on siteI1
England, Wales and Scotland
No part of the authorised development shall be brought into use until a written scheme to deal with handling and onsite storage of process chemicals, cleaning substances, fuels, and oils and lubricants on site has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
The scheme shall provide for—
the storage of any process chemicals, fuels (not being natural gas for combustion in Work No. 1 or syngas or solid fuels for combustion in Work No. 2a), oils or lubricants within an impermeable bund with a minimum capacity of 110% of the capacity of the relevant container or where the bund is for multiple containers a capacity of 110% of the largest container or 25% of all container capacities and the location of all taps, filler pipes, pumping equipment, vents and sight glasses will be located within the bund;
procedures for handling and storage of process chemicals, cleaning substances, fuels (not being natural gas for combustion in Work No. 1 or syngas or solid fuels for combustion in Work No. 2a), oils and liquids;
details of the alarms to be installed to any sumps that will be used in connection with storage areas, to alert in the case of any overflow of the storage areas; and
the protocol to be followed in the event of a spillage of liquids to which this requirement applies.
Liquids shall be stored in accordance with the approved scheme.
Annotations
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Sch. 1 Pt. 3 para. 16 in force at 2.10.2014, see art. 1