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gas and it would be necessary to take delivery in hulk. In CM some time ago you gave the requirements for storing LPG — could you restate this please? A The Highly Inflammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations -192 lays down safety requirements. They came into operation on June 21, 1973.
All LPG not in use must be stored: (a) in suitable underground reservoirs below ground the surface of which is wholly or mainly in the open air, or in suitable fixed storage tanks or suitable fixed storage vessels in safe positions either in the open air or below ground the surface of which is wholly or mainly in the open air: or (b) in suitable movable storage tanks or vessels kept in safe positions in the open air: or (c) in the pipe lines and pumps or other appliances forming part of a totally enclosed pipe line system: or (d) in suitable cylinders kept in safe positions in the open air, or where this is not reasonably practicable, in a storeroom constructed of noncombustible material, adequately ventilated and which is either in a safe position or is a fire-resisting structure which is not used for any other purpose other than the storage of LPG or cylinders.
In order to ensure that only the minimum amount is kept in any workplace the Regulations specify that LPG cylinders must be kept in store until they are required for use.
Any expanded cylinder must be returned to the store as soon as possible. Except where it is impracticable to do so every tank, vessel, reservoir, cylinder and store room used for storing LPG must be marked clearly and boldly "Highly Flammable — LPG" or words to that effect. Where it is impossible to mark the actual containers a similar notice must be displayed as near as possible to the gases.