Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ESPERANCE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1969 - REG 161

161 .         Maintenance and operation

                The provisions of this regulation shall be observed for the maintenance and operation of every pipeline and its ancilliary appliances in the Port, that is to say — 

            (a)         every underground pipeline, between any wharf or jetty and a place of storage, shall be examined at intervals not exceeding 3 years and a certificate shall be given to the Port Authority showing — 

                  (i)         that the pipeline has been examined and whether that examination was by visual, pressure or metal thickness test; and

                  (ii)         if such is the case, that the pipeline is in good order and condition;

            (b)         every pipeline and its fittings shall be inspected, prior to each occasion of its use, and shall, at least once in every 3 months, be tested under working conditions to a pressure of at least 25% in excess of the maximum pressure under which it is intended ordinarily to operate to ensure certainty of operation;

            (c)         every valve or ancilliary appliance used in pumping operations shall, before each occasion of pumping, be inspected to ensure certainty of operation;

            (d)         every flexible hose to be used in connection with any pipeline to which this Part applies shall — 

                  (i)         be of approved quality with a safe working pressure of at least 100 pounds per square inch;

                  (ii)         be fitted with Turk’s Heads of hemp or sisal rope or with other approved means of protection, at intervals of 3 feet of its length;

                  (iii)         have incorporated in the hose a metallic plate on which shall be engraved the number and the safe working pressure of the hose and the owner’s name except that the Port Authority may approve any alternative method by which those particulars shall be exhibited;

                  (iv)         be fitted with 44/.012 copper wire mechanically connected to the metallic fittings at either end in such manner as to ensure electrical connection between any vessel and the pipeline to which the hose is connected, except that the Port Authority may approve any alternative method by which that connection is assured;

                  (v)         be properly and adequately supported to prevent chafing or kinking during pumping operations; and

                  (vi)         be tested under working conditions to at least 25% in excess of the maximum working pressure under which it is intended to be operated, at least once in every 6 months, and the result of every such test shall be recorded in a register that may be examined by the Port Authority when it so requires and, in any event, a report of those tests shall be provided to the Port Authority in January and July in each year;

            (e)         every pipeline used for the transmission of any liquid derived from petroleum, coal or shale, having a flash point of not less than 150° Fahrenheit, shall — 

                  (i)         be provided with a drip-tray or a drum of a type approved by the Port Authority at the seaward end of that pipeline; and

                  (ii)         be maintained in good condition and free from leakage; and every precaution shall be taken to prevent any liquid escaping into water of the Port;

            (f)         every pipeline, valve, hose or ancillary appliance used for the transmission of inflammable liquids, having a flash point of less than 150° Fahrenheit, shall — 

                  (i)         be maintained free from leakages and gas-tight;

                  (ii)         be tested at intervals of not less than 12 months, to ensure that it is properly bonded and earthed as may be required by the Port Authority; and

                  (iii)         unless otherwise authorized by the Port Authority, be freed of all flammable liquid and have any hose disconnected from the shore pipeline, upon the completion of any operation of loading or discharging;

            (g)         the velocity of flow of liquid in any pipeline shall be restricted to that of 3 feet of the narrowest bore of that pipeline, per second — 

                  (i)         for a period of 30 minutes after pumping has commenced or recommenced or for a period sufficient to clear the pipeline twice, whichever is the longer, in either case where the liquid has a flash point of less than 150° Fahrenheit or the pipeline has been cleared by water; or

                  (ii)         until the fill pipe is covered where the liquid is being pumped into empty tanks;

            (h)         at any time during which liquid derived from petroleum, shale or coal is being pumped to or from any vessel in the Port — 

                  (i)         the pipeline then in use shall be continuously patrolled throughout the whole of its length, to ensure the detection of any leakage from it;

                  (ii)         every terminal valve then in use on the wharf or jetty and any control valve in use in that vessel shall, in each case, be manned by a person competent to close the valve whenever emergency or expediency may require;

                  (iii)         a boat, barge or other small craft shall not be moored or remain nearer than 50 feet of that vessel and the master of the vessel shall maintain a lookout to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subparagraph;

                  (iv)         a naked light, matches or other means of ignition shall not be brought within 50 feet of any terminal valve then in use and any torch or other artificial light used within that distance shall be of flame-proof construction, except that the Port Authority may approve any alternative type of light which shall, in any event, be mounted at least 25 feet above the level of the wharf or jetty;

                  (v)         a watchman or watchmen approved by the Port Authority shall be stationed at that vessel, as the Harbour Master may require;

                  (vi)         both at the time of, and during any period in which preparation is being made for, that pumping, the master or a representative of the master of that vessel and a representative of the owner of the installation to or from which the liquid is being, or is to be, pumped shall be present at the point of discharge or intake; and each of those persons shall ensure that sufficient firefighting equipment of a type approved by the Port Authority is there present available and capable of dealing with any outbreak of fire that may occur within the ambit of his own operations; and

                  (vii)         the master of that vessel shall ensure that a sufficient complement of officers and men is in the vessel to enable the pumping operations to be efficiently carried out and, if the circumstances should require, to remove the vessel from its mooring;

                  (i)         pumping operations shall not be commenced in the Port, except with the approval of, and subject to any conditions imposed by the Port Authority, and where, in the opinion of the Port Authority, it is not in the interest of safety that pumping be continued, the Port Authority may order it to be discontinued and every person shall comply with that order;

            (j)         whenever pumping operations are temporarily suspended, the valve on the vessel and on the shore pipeline, then in use, shall be closed; and

            (k)         on the completion of pumping operations, every pipeline, outside the storage installation used for the transmission of inflammable liquids having a flash point of less than 150° Fahrenheit shall be cleared of that liquid by flushing with water and thereupon be kept filled with water, but the Authority may exempt a person from compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, in the case of an underwater pipeline that was used for the transmission of any crude oil having a flash point of not less than 73° Fahrenheit.