Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Aviation Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1595 SECOND EDITION, OCTOBER 2012

REAFFIRMED, APRIL 2019

Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Aviation Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals

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API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1595 SECOND EDITION, OCTOBER 2012

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Foreword

This recommended practice has been prepared by the API Aviation Technical Services Subcommittee with technical participation and feedback from other industry stakeholders, and is intended to provide guidance on the minimum equipment standards and operating procedures for the receipt, storage of aviation fuels at pre-airfield distribution terminals, located directly upstream of an airport, and its shipment directly via a grade dedicated pipeline, marine vessel (barge or ship) or road/rail transport to an airport.

This publication is intended to provide recommendations for safe practice, rather than set rigid guidelines. Users of this publication shall be aware that due consideration shall be given to the effect of any unusual or abnormal circumstance, on which it is not possible to generalize within the scope of this publication. Specialist advice shall be sought in these cases.

The guidance contained in this publication is primarily intended for civil aviation fuel handling operations. However, many of the practices and procedures are suitable for military pre-airfield storage terminals.

In addition, in some areas local or national statutory regulations also apply. This publication is intended to be complementary to these established controls and practices.

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Contents

Page

1. Scope and Purpose 1

2. References 1

3. Terms and Definitions 2

4. General 3

   1. Nonapplicability and Retroactivity 3

   2. Management Responsibility and Accountability 3

   3. Quality Assurance System 4

5. Sampling 5

   1. General 5

   2. Sampling 5

   3. Sampling and Testing 9

6. Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals Equipment Design 13

   1. General 13

   2. Tankage. 14

   3. Pipelines (Used for the Transfer of Fuel to an Airport or Another Pre-Airfield Distribution Terminal) . . 16 6.4 Pipework Within the Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals 17

1. Tank Recirculation Piping. 17

2. Static Relaxation Design Considerations 17

3. Fuel System Additive Systems 18

4. Loading Couplings/Swivels for Road/Rail Transports 18

5. Filtration 18

6. Paved Areas, Drainage, Oil Water Separators, and Spill Collection Tanks 19

7. Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Level Alarm, and Fire Alarm Systems 19

8. Cathodic Protection 19

9. Grade Markings 19

1. Receipt Procedures 19

   1. Receipt—General 19

   2. Receipt by Pipeline 20

   3. Receipt by Ocean Tanker, Coastal/Inland Waterway Vessel 20

   4. Receipt by Road or Rail Tank Car 21

2. Fuel Quality Control 22

   1. Segregation of Aviation Fuels 22

   2. Settling 22

   3. Testing 23

   4. Release 24

3. Storage Procedures 24

   1. Routine Checks 24

   2. Change of Grade in Storage Tanks 26

4. Delivery Procedures 27

   1. Documentation 27

   2. Product Release Procedure 27

   3. Product Transfer 27

5. Documentation 30

   1. Records 30

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   2. Signature and Retention 31

6. Transportation Equipment from Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals to Airfields 32

   1. General 32

   2. Pipelines 32

   3. Coastal/Inland Waterway Vessels 32

   4. Road Vehicles/Rail Tank Cars 32

   5. Grade Change Procedures for Road and Rail Vehicles 33

7. General Operating, Maintenance, Inspection, and Test Requirements 33

   1. Bonding 33

   2. Filling of Empty Tanks, Vehicles, and Filters 34

   3. Planned Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing 34

   4. Filtration Equipment 35

   5. Tank Level Alarms 35

   6. Tank Vents 35

   7. Tank Inspection and Cleaning 35

   8. Pipelines 36

8. Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Training 37

   1. Health and Safety Permit to Work System 37

   2. Security 37

   3. Protecting the Environment 37

   4. Drainage 37

   5. Maintaining the Integrity of Fuel Tanks and Systems 37

   6. Training 37

9. Aviation Fuel Additives 38

   1. Introduction 38

   2. General 38

   3. Approved Additives 38

   4. Receipt Procedures 40

   5. Storage Procedures 41

   6. Inspection and Cleaning 41

   7. Release Procedures 42

   8. Quality Control and Testing 42

   9. Shelf Life 42

   10. Periodic Testing 42

   11. Additive Treatment 43

   12. Records 46

   13. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) 46

10. Strainer and Filtration Equipment Maintenance Checks 46

    1. Routine Checks—Strainers 46

    2. Routine Checks—Filters (Prefilter, FIlter Water/Separator, Clay Filter). 46

    3. Clay Performance Checks (Jet Fuel Only) 48

    4. Element Change Criteria 48

    5. Filter Vessel Change Out Procedure 49

11. ISO Container Handling Procedures 50

    1. General 50

    2. Materials of Construction 50

    3. Filling Equipment 50

    4. Quality Control 51

    5. Reuse of ISO Containers 51

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    6. ISO Container Handling and Storage 51

    7. Grade Segregation 52

12. Drum Handling Procedures 52

    1. Drum Filling 52

    2. Materials of Construction 52

    3. Filling Equipment 52

    4. Quality Control 53

    5. Reuse of Drums 53

    6. Drum Handling and Storage 54

    7. Sampling and Testing 54

    8. Grade Segregation 55

    9. Decanting Drummed Stock into Storage Tanks 55

Annex A (normative) Recertification Test Certificate 56

Annex B (normative) Release Certificate—Jet A (Road or Rail Car) 59

Annex C (normative) Release Certificate—Avgas (Road or Rail Car) 61

Annex D (normative) Release Certificate (Pipeline, Ocean Tanker, Coastal/Inland Waterway

Vessel, Storage Tanks) 63

Annex E (normative) Filter Inspection and Element Change Report 65

Annex F (normative) Filter Differential Pressure Report 67

Annex G (normative) Membrane Color Filtration Report 69

Annex H (normative) Tank Inspection and Cleaning Report 71

Annex I (normative) Visual Water Drains Report 74

Tables

1. Laboratory Tests 11

2. Summary of Soak Test Requirements 11

3. Changes of Grade Procedures 34

4. Number of Samples to be Drawn and Analyzed 54

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Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Aviation Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals

1. Scope and Purpose

   
   

   This recommended practice (RP) contains basic requirements for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of pre-airfield storage terminals located directly upstream of the airport, hereafter referred to as “pre- airfield storage terminals.”

   
   

   Mandatory requirements in this standard are designated by the word “shall.” Recommendations are designated by the word “should.” Optional items are designated by the word “may.” This standard incorporates by reference a number of other standards and recommended practices that need to be referred. The distinction between mandatory, recommended, and optional provisions in the referenced documents is not changed by nature of their reference in this standard.

   
   

   The values stated for this standard are in U.S. Customary units.

   
   

2. References

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

API Recommended Practice 652, Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms

API Recommended Practice 1543 Documentation, Monitoring and Laboratory Testing of Aviation Fuel During Shipment from Refinery to Airport

API Recommended Practice 2003, Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents

API Publication 2013, Cleaning Mobile Tanks in Flammable or Combustible Liquid Service

API Standard 2610, Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Terminal and Tank Facilities

EI HM 50 1, Guidelines for the Cleaning of Tanks and Lines for Marine Tank Vessels Carrying Petroleum and Refined Products

EI Standard 1542 2, Identification Markings for Dedicated Aviation Fuel Manufacturing and Distribution Facilities, Airport Storage and Mobile Fuelling Equipment

EI Specification 1581, Specifications and Qualification Procedures for Aviation Jet Fuel Filter/Separators

EI Specification 1583, Specifications and Qualification Procedures for Aviation Fuel Filter Monitors with Absorbent Type Elements

EI Specification 1590, Specifications and Qualification Procedures for Aviation Fuel Microfilters

1. Energy Institute, 61 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7AR, UK, www.energyinst.org.uk.

2. Energy Institute, 61 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7AR, UK, www.energyinst.org.uk.

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