Illinois Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27, 2024) |
TITLE41. FIRE PROTECTION |
PART160. STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, SALE AND USE OF GASOLINE AND VOLATILE OILS: RULES AND REGULATIONS\ RELATING TO GENERAL STORAGE |
§160.220. Dikes – Capacity
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Dikes surrounding tanks containing crude oil or other flammable liquid subject to boil-over, shall have a capacity of not less than the capacity of the tank surrounded and in addition shall have a coping or deflector pointing inward, so designed and constructed as to minimize the effect of the boil-over wave. The dike shall be not less than 50 feet from the shell of the tank surrounded.
(Source: Amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 10012, effective October 1, 1985)