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Section 3:
BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITIES
3.1
INTRODUCTION. This section provides guidance for
the design of bulk fuel storage facilities, including those
components normally located within a typical compound. These
components include pipeline receiving facilities, tank truck
and tank car receiving facilities, pipeline dispensing
(pumping) facilities, tank truck and tank car loading
facilities, and all related piping and equipment. Fuel
storage tanks are discussed in Section 8 and piping systems in
Section 9 of this handbook.
Support facilities, which are
discussed in Section 11 of this handbook, are often collocated
within bulk facilities. Installation pipelines connecting
bulk facilities with marine receiving and dispensing
facilities, aircraft fueling facilities, and ground vehicle
fueling facilities, as well as interterminal pipelines are
discussed in Section 6 of this handbook. If fuel can be
pumped directly from a tank into an aircraft, direct fueling
system or a refueler, it is an operating storage tank
regardless of size and location and must meet the applicable
requirements for aviation turbine fuel operating tanks.
3.2
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Section 2, General Design
Information, contains important information on fueling
facilities. Do not begin the design of any fueling system
without first becoming completely familiar with Section 2 of
this handbook.
3.3
RECEIVING FACILITIES. Fuel is normally received at
bulk fuel storage facilities by pipeline, tank truck, tank
car, barge, or ship. In many cases, the fuel is pumped by
pipeline from the marine receiving facility to the bulk
storage facility. Marine receiving facilities are addressed
in Section 5 of this handbook. Service Headquarters, with
concurrence from the Defense Fuel Supply Center, will
determine the appropriate type of delivery method based on
mission requirements and an economic analysis. A secondary
method of delivery is normally required for aviation
activities.
3.3.1
Pipeline Receiving Facilities
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