Petroleum equipment must

1. be installed in such a way as to safely contain the petroleum products to be handled and to resist wear, normal handling, fire and shocks;
   

2. be sufficiently leakproof to prevent the risk of explosion, fire, spillage or any other accident of that nature when used during construction work;
   

3. be installed in such a way as to prevent anyone not authorized by the person responsible for the equipment from gaining access to the equipment and be protected from coming into contact with any object that could cause an accident;
   

4. be installed and have the necessary protection devices to ensure the safety of the persons who have access to the equipment or who are supplied from it;
   

5. be designed, erected, installed or placed so that maintenance, repair or demolition work may be carried out; and
   

6. be designed for the use for which it is intended and to resist to the conditions of use to which it is submitted.
   

   O.C. 220-2007, s. 1.
   

Petroleum equipment used to store a Class 1 petroleum product may not be installed in a heated room unless the room is heated by means of an appliance that has no ignition source.

O.C. 220-2007, s. 1.

In the presence of petroleum equipment, electrical service equipment, a pump or any other electrical equipment must meet the requirements regarding hazardous locations in Chapter V Electricity of the Construction Code.

O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 15.

(Revoked).

O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 92-2014, s. 3; O.C. 87-2018, s. 16.

The erection or installation of an underground or aboveground tank, a petroleum products distributor and a pump or piping containing such products is prohibited less than 3 m from a vertical plane touching the closest outside wall of a subway works.

O.C. 220-2007, s. 1.

A contractor or owner-builder may not install an underground tank unless it has been approved in accordance with one of the following standards:

1. CAN/ULC-S603, Standard for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
   

2. CAN/ULC-S603.1, External Corrosion Protection Systems for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
   

3. CAN/ULC-S615, Standard for Fibre Reinforced Plastic Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada.
   

   The installation must also be carried out in compliance with the standard under which the tank has been approved.
   

   O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 17.
   

A contractor or owner-builder may not install an aboveground tank unless it has been approved in accordance with one of the following standards:

1. CAN/ULC-S601, Standard for Shop Fabricated Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
   

2. CAN/ULC-S653, Standard for Aboveground Horizontal Steel Contained Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
   

3. CAN/ULC-S655, Standard for Aboveground Protected Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
   

4. CAN/ULC-S677, Standard for Fire Tested Aboveground Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;

5. API 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage, published by the American Petroleum Institute.
   

   O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 18.
   

A contractor or owner-builder may install steel piping only if it meets the manufacturing requirements of one of the following standards:

1. API 5L, Specification for Line Pipe, published by the American Petroleum Institute;
   

2. ASTM A53/A53M, Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials International;

3. CSA Z245.1, Steel Pipe, published by the CSA Group.
   

   In addition, if service pressure exceeds 875 kPa, piping and fittings must meet the requirements of ASME Standard B31.3, Process Piping, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
   

   O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 19.
   

A contractor or owner-builder may not install copper piping.

O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 20.

A contractor or owner-builder may install nonmetallic piping only if it meets the requirements of CAN/ULCS660, Standard for Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada. The piping must be installed so that there are no joints in the ground.

O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 21.

Updated to March 1 2021

A contractor or owner-builder may install double-walled piping only if the piping meets the requirements of

1. section 8.25, if it is steel; or

2. section 8.27, if it is nonmetallic.
   

   Such piping must be installed inside other piping that meets the requirements of section 8.25 or 8.27, as the case may be.
   

   It must also have an automatic leak detection system with a visual and audible alarm that meets the requirements of ULC/ORD Standard C107.12, Line Leak Detection Devices for Flammable Liquid Piping, or CAN/ ULC-S675.2, Standard for Nonvolumetric Precision Leak Detection Devices for Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks and Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids, published by the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada.
   

   O.C. 220-2007, s. 1; O.C. 87-2018, s. 22.