Storage Tanks

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

Learning Objectives

• Identify an aboveground storage tank
• Describe the SPCC rule and how it applies to aboveground storage tanks (ASTs)
• Describe secondary containment requirements
• Describe inspection and integrity testing requirements
• Describe safe procedures for transferring product to an aboveground storage tank
• List acceptable overfill protection methods
• Identify leaks and spills
• Describe the purpose and content of a spill response plan

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

Learning Objectives

• Describe the purpose of underground storage tank regulations
• Identify a regulated underground storage tank
• Describe the underground storage tank requirements
• Identify the agency that enforces the regulations
• Describe the purpose and function of common underground storage tank components
• Describe methods to prevent leaks, spills, and overfills
• Describe how to respond to a release
• Describe corrosion protection methods
• Identify the three underground storage tank operator classes and describe their responsibilities

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

Learning Objectives

• Explain what a tank farm is and identify the equipment and systems that it typically includes.
• Describe four ways that above ground storage tanks can be classified.
• Define the following terms: storage tank, feed tank, charge tank, surge tank, rundown tank, blend tank, recovery tank, slop tank, jacketed tank, atmospheric tank, pressure tank, low pressure tank, high pressure tank, blanketed tank, fill line, suction line, man way, and manhole.
• Describe some common concerns that operators should be aware of when working with above ground storage tanks.
• Identify ways of reducing hazards associated with above ground storage tanks.
• Define the following terms: toxicity, viscosity, volatility, flammable, combustible, lower explosive limit, upper explosive limit, flash point, and vapor space.
• Describe typical features for monitoring and controlling temperatures, pressures, flow rates, and levels for above ground storage tanks.
• Identify auxiliary equipment and systems that are commonly associated with the monitoring and control features of most above ground storage tanks.
• Describe the process of corrosion, its effect on above ground storage tanks, and the use of cathodic protection.
• Identify typical means of detecting leaks from above ground storage tanks.
• Describe how leaks and spills from above ground storage tanks are typically contained.
• Identify two of the most common types of atmospheric tanks.
• Describe features and safety concerns that apply to cone roof tanks.
• Describe features and safety concerns that apply to floating roof tanks.
• Identify liquid characteristics that make the use of pressure tanks necessary.
• Describe four types of pressure tanks.
• Describe special safety concerns that apply to pressure tanks.

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Learning Objectives

Topic I: Operator Responsibilities

• Describe typical operator responsibilities related to tank farm operations.
• Describe general safety concerns associated with tank farm operations.

Topic II: Routine Inspections

• Describe tasks typically associated with making routine in-service inspections of aboveground storage tanks and their related auxiliary equipment and systems.

Topic III: Sampling

• Describe general preparations associated with sampling.
• Describe a procedure for obtaining a sample through a gauge hatch on a cone roof tank.
• Describe a procedure for obtaining a sample through a bleeder valve on a pressure tank.

Topic IV: Gauging

• Describe how operators can use automatic gauges and D/P cells to obtain level measurements on aboveground storage tanks.
• Describe a procedure for manually gauging an external floating roof tank.

Topic V: Lineups and Transfers, Part 1

• Describe the main steps involved in doing a valve lineup and making a material transfer.
• Describe a procedure for filling a cone roof tank.

Topic VI: Lineups and Transfers, Part 2

• Describe a procedure for pumping material out of an atmospheric tank.

Topic VII: Lineups and Transfers, Part 3

• Describe a procedure for a material transfer in which the material delivery is switched between two storage tanks served by the same header.

Duration: 1.00 Hr

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Learning Objectives

Topic I: Fundamentals

• State common reasons for taking aboveground storage tanks out of service.
• Define the terms “decommissioning a tank” and “recommissioning a tank.”
• List the four main stages of a decommissioning and recommissioning operation for an aboveground storage tank and list the major steps for each stage.

Topic II: Safety and Environmental Concerns

• Define the following terms: pyrophoric material, cold work, hot work, and confined space entry.
• Describe major safety and environmental concerns associated with decommissioning and recommissioning an aboveground storage tank.
• Describe the use of a formal permitting procedure during the decommissioning and recommissioning of an aboveground storage tank.

Topic III: Decommissioning a Tank

• Define the following terms: isolating, blocking in, and blind.
• Describe the major steps involved in a typical example of taking an aboveground storage tank out of service.

Topic IV: Preparing a Tank for Entry

• Describe the major steps in a typical example of preparing a decommissioned aboveground storage tank for entry by personnel.

Topic V: Working on a Decommissioned Tank

• Describe the tasks typically performed while an aboveground storage tank is out of service.
• Describe an operator’s main responsibilities when a decommissioned tank is being cleaned and repaired.
• Identify special safety concerns that apply when a decommissioned tank is being cleaned and repaired.

Topic VI: Recommissioning a Tank

• Describe the major steps that are typically involved in returning a decommissioned aboveground storage tank to service.
• Explain what water testing is.