Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

EXPLOSIVES AND DANGEROUS GOODS (DANGEROUS GOODS HANDLING AND STORAGE) REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 4.12

4.12 .         Construction of bunds

                A bund within licensed premises shall be — 

            (a)         designed and constructed — 

                  (i)         to withstand exposure to fire;

                  (ii)         to effectively contain the dangerous goods when filled with these dangerous goods to its full capacity;

                  (iii)         to enable safe and quick entry and exit, in case of an emergency, when the bund wall is higher than 1.5 m above the interior grade;

                  (iv)         so that the location of the bund wall relative to the closest tank shall be such that no portion of the tank lies outside a line drawn from the top inside edge of the bund at angle of Ø to the vertical (where tan Ø = 0.5) and the clearance between the bund wall and any tank is not less than 1 metre; and

                  (v)         so that any pipe passing through a bund wall shall be designed to withstand stresses from the bund wall and the point where it passes shall be liquid tight;

            (b)         sloped in such a manner that the area within the bund shall — 

                  (i)         drain away from tanks to a sump at the lowest practicable level, from where liquid can be emptied by a manually controlled valve or pump;

                  (ii)         be maintained free of water to such extent as to not reduce the prescribed capacity;

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            (c)         maintained so as to be capable of retaining the dangerous goods therein to its designed capacity.