Above Ground Tank Inspection Services
Owners and operators of petroleum-containing aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) may be subject to the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) rule, a regulation mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prevent the discharge of oil into the environment, and to control spills if they should occur.
Regular inspections are required of facilities with more than 1,320 gallons of total oil storage capacity and must be carried out to applicable industry standards. Avoiding the SPCC requirements and puts your business at risk of lost time of navigating the state and federal EPA bureaucracy, remediation costs and substantial fines.
Formal inspections of process piping and tanks are also required for the Risk Management Program (RMP), Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations, state and federal hazardous waste storage requirements, tiered permitting, and local fire codes. These requirements are generally outlined in your facility specific plans and procedures and apply to hazardous chemicals or large quantities of waste.
Pacific Engineering & Consulting can help your organization meet all EPA and other regulatory requirements and avoid costly mistakes. Our licensed professionals have performed thousands of inspections for a variety of facilities throughout California to help our clients stay in compliance.
Our tank inspection services include:
- STI SP001 – Steel Tank Institute: Standard for Inspection of In-Service Shop Fabricated Aboveground Tanks for Storage of Combustible and Flammable Liquid
- API 653 – American Petroleum Institute: Atmospheric Welded or Bolted Above Ground Storage Tanks that were constructed to the API 650 standard or its predecessor, API 12C.
- FTPI-2007-1 - Fiberglass Tank & Pipe Institute's Recommended Practice for the In-service Inspections of Aboveground Atmospheric Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Tanks and Vessels.
- API 510 - Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration- The code covers inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating activities for pressure vessels and the pressure relieving devices that protect vessels covered by the code
- D101-53: AWWA Recommended Practice for Inspecting and Repairing Elevated Steel Water Storage Tanks
- NFPA 25: Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection System.
Pacific Engineering & Consulting provides tank inspections for the following industries. Our experienced professionals are licensed and have expertise in each industry and current regulations, ensuring that inspections meet the appropriate industry standards.
- Agriculture
- Aviation
- Brewery / Winery
- Construction
- Education / Schools
- Food Processing
- Gas Stations
- Government / Military
- Hospitals
- Manufacturing
- Municipalities
- Petroleum
- Semiconductors
To learn how about how we can keep you compliant with your AST inspections and requirements, contact one of our certified inspectors.
API-570 Process and Pipeline Inspection Services
The API 570 Piping Inspection Code sets the requirements and guidelines needed to maintain the safety and mechanical integrity of piping systems. While it was primarily intended for those systems in the petroleum and chemical processing industries, this code can be applied to any industry that uses piping systems.
Pacific Engineering & Consulting offers pipeline inspection services including; piping inspection, risk-based piping inspection, pressure testing, and Hydrostatic Testing Witness & Compliance required by California's Office of the State Fire Marshal (OFSM) requirements.
Our certified inspectors can offer a wide variety of tests and evaluations including:
Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation:
- MFL Floor Scan
- Foundation Evaluation
- NACE Coating Inspection
- NACE Corrosion Inspection
- NACE Cathodic Protection
- Level II/III NDE Inspection
- Containment Permeability Evaluation
NDE Methods:
- Magnetic Flux Leakage Detection (MFL/ MFE)
- Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
- Visual Testing (VT)
- Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
- Penetrant Testing (PT)
- Vacuum Box Examination (VB)
- Eddy Current Inspection (ET)
- Helium Leak Detection
- Dry Film Coating Inspection
- Pipe Line Tightness Testing
- Hydrostatic Testing
Integrity testing is any means to measure the strength (structural soundness) of a container shell, bottom, and/or floor to contain oil, and may include leak testing to determine whether the container will discharge oil (67 FR 47120, July 17, 2002). The integrity testing and routine inspection requirements apply to aboveground bulk storage containers with a capacity of 5,000 gallons or greater, including Large (field-constructed or field-erected) and small (shop-built) aboveground tanks..