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siorage tanks for such liquids. <br />Requirements for other facilities such �s industrial plants, processing plants, refneries, <br />chemical plants and distslieries are also detailed. <br />Chapter 6 specifies requirements for Bulk Plants and Terminals. Requirements �or <br />storage, b�ildings, loading and unloading facilities, wharves, electrical equipment, <br />sources of ignition, drainage and waste disposal, as well as fire control are included in <br />this chapter. <br />h+lany of the storage tanks at the pipeline terminals in Roseville were instalied to <br />comply with Code 30. <br />fn 1988, the Uniform Fire Code was issued by fhe Intemational Fire Code institute and <br />became effective in Minnesota by superseding Code 30 in 1989. <br />This code prescribes regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice <br />for the safeguarding to a reasonable degree of life and property from the hazards of fire <br />and explosion arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, <br />materiafs and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in #he use or <br />occupancy of buildirtgs or premises. <br />The Uniform Fire Code is comprehensive and tect�nologically current_ It covers a wide <br />range of faciEities; for example: incinerators, vacant buildings, airports� bowling alleys, <br />garages, lumber yards, dipping operations, automobile undercoating, welding and <br />cutting, as well as bulk plants or terminals. <br />Article 79, Division XIV, Bulk Plants or TerminaEs details the requirements for such <br />facilities. Some of the subjects covered are: <br />• buildings <br />• ventilation <br />• storage <br />• loading and unloading facilities <br />• electrical wiring and equipment <br />• sources of ignition <br />• drainage control <br />• fire protection <br />Construction beginning in 1991 at the pipeline terminals in Roseville must comply with <br />the Uniform Fire Code. <br />5-4 <br />