All fuel vendors, including fuel transport delivery vehicles, must
be licensed, inspected and in full compliance with all applicable
regulations. The Airport Commission has the authority to verify compliance.
Smoking is permitted only in designated areas; however, it is strictly
prohibited inside the AOA, within aircraft storage hangars, and near
fuel storage facilities. Smoking is also prohibited within 50 feet
of a fuel handling vehicle, and at all other locations on the Airport
where specifically prohibited by signs. Smoking is prohibited in all
Airport buildings and vehicles.
All applicable National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards
concerning fueling activities are hereby incorporated as a part of
this AR&R chapter; and all entities dispensing fuel are required
to be knowledgeable of its contents.
The Airport Manager has the right to inspect all tenant premises
and to observe tenant activities as a condition to and method of preventing
unsafe practices.
The cleaning of engines or other parts of an airplane within an enclosure
shall be with nonflammable liquids. If volatile flammable liquids
are employed, cleaning operations shall be carried on in the open
air in an area designated by the Airport Manager. The procedures and
precautions outlined in the criteria of the National Fire Protection
Association entitled "Safeguarding Aircraft Cleaning, Painting and
Paint Removal and Aircraft Cabin Cleaning and Refurbishing Operations"
will be adhered to in all cleaning and refurbishing operations using
flammable fluids, including the storage of such fluids.
No company or individual will be allowed to transport flammable liquids
into any aircraft area or to refuel aircraft on any portion of the
Airport property owned by the Airport Commission prior to securing
written authorization from the Airport Manager.
During refueling or defueling, fuel handling vehicles shall be placed
so as to be readily removable in the event of a fire. No more than
one refueler shall be positioned to refuel an aircraft.
Each fuel handling vehicle shall be conspicuously marked in letters
of contrasting colors, with the word "flammable" on both sides and
the rear of the cargo tank, and with the wording "emergency shut off"
and of the appropriate operating instructions required at the emergency
operating devices. Each fuel-handling device will also be conspicuously
marked on both sides and the rear with the type and grade of fuel
it contains, the Universal Product Code designation and "no smoking"
signs.
Fueling an aircraft with one or more of the aircraft's engines running
is prohibited. Hot fueling a helicopter may be permitted by the Airport
Manager if a suitable location can be identified.
Aircraft and fuel servicing equipment (trucks, carts, hydrants, and
nozzles) must be bonded to each other and grounded before fuel flow
starts. Refuel trucks must be grounded while at loading rack.
Fuel spills in excess of one gallon must be reported to the Airport
Manager and immediate action taken by the spilling entity to clean
up the spill in accordance with all local, state, and federal regulations.
Electric switches and fixtures must be "explosion proof" and meet
NFPA and state and local codes when installed for use in the immediate
vicinity of fuel vapors.
During fuel servicing, two dry chemical fire extinguishers (20 BC
or larger), or CO2 equivalent, must be available for immediate use.
The extinguishers may be on the fueling vehicle and must be within
10 feet of the fueling activity. The entity dispensing the fuel is
responsible for providing fire extinguishers.
No flammable, corrosive or toxic liquids will be disposed of into
or onto storm drains, sewer drains, toilet/shop/hangar drains, aprons,
parking lots, roadways, catch basins, ditches or raw land.
Cylinders of compressed flammable gas will not be stored inside any
buildings except as provided by NFPA standards and local codes, and
in compliance with OSHA regulations.
Storage of flammable liquids, gases, signal flares or other similar
items in any building or structure on the Airport is prohibited unless
approved in writing by the Airport Manager.
Storage of a volatile compound having a flash point of less than
110° F. is prohibited on the Airport unless use of the compound
is required for aviation purposes, approved in writing by the local
Fire Marshal, and in a room fireproofed or otherwise fire protected
according to code.
No person shall intentionally obstruct, delay, physically disturb
or interfere with the free movement of any other person on the Airport.
Law enforcement officers are exempt from this rule.