Section 47
Section 47
No licence shall be granted for the storage of a larger quantity of non-dangerous petroleum than two hundred gallons or a larger quantity of dangerous petroleum than fifty gallons save in accordance with the following quantities and conditions –
(a)
in packages –
(i)
in a fireproof compartment inside another building – total not exceeding 200 gallons;
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Petroleum Rules 1960
(ii)
in a fireproof store not less than ten feet from any house or building – total not exceeding 200 gallons;
(iii)
in a fireproof store not less than twenty-five feet from any house or building - unlimited quantity;
(iv)
in a shed or outhouse not less than thirty feet from any house or building which is of fireproof construction
– total not exceeding 200 gallons;
(b)
in steel drums not exceeding fifty gallons capacity in the open air – not less than fifty feet from the boundary of any house or building – unlimited quantity;
(c)
in underground tanks –
(i)
under another building with top of tank below floor level – total not exceeding 1,000 gallons;
(ii)
under another building with top of tank below all floor levels within twenty feet – total not exceeding 5,000
gallons;
(iii)
in open air not less than ten feet from the boundary of any house or building with top of tank below all floor levels within twenty-five feet – unlimited quantity;
(d)
in aboveground tanks – at a distance from the boundary of any building used or intended to be used for human habitation or occupation not exceeding –
(1)
ten feet – total not exceeding 10,000 gallons;
(2)
fifteen feet – total not exceeding 10,000 to 24,000 gallons;
(3)
twenty feet – total not exceeding 24,000 to 30,000 gallons;
(4)
twenty-five feet – unlimited quantity.
Underground tanks.