Code of Massachusetts Regulations
740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY
Title 740 CMR 21.00 - Boston-logan International Airport, Laurence G. Hanscom Field, And Worcester Regional Airport - General Provisions
Section 21.64 - Fuel Transfer Handling

(1) All fuel farm operators must submit to the Executive Director a copy of their Certified Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan no later than 60 days after commencing fuel farm operations.

(2) All fuel transfer handling shall be done out of doors. All aircraft shall be positioned so that the vents and fill openings of their fuel tanks are not less than 50 feet from the terminal or any other building.

(3) All fuel servicing vehicles and equipment used in the transfer of engine-operating fuels shall be maintained in a safe operating condition and shall be inspected daily by authorized and qualified personnel. Individual records of such inspections shall be maintained and readily available on each unit. The record will indicate identity of units, dates and extent of the inspections, the name of the inspector and the company he represents.

(4) During fuel transfer handling in connection with any aircraft, no person shall operate any radio transmitter or receiver in such aircraft, or switch electrical appliances on or off in such aircraft, nor shall any person do any act or use any material which is likely to cause a spark within 50 feet of such aircraft.

(5) All fuel transfer handling operations performed in connection with any aircraft at the Airport shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable grounding and/or bonding requirements of the 1996 Edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 407.

(6) During fuel transfer handling in connection with any aircraft, no passenger or passengers shall be permitted to remain in such aircraft unless a cabin attendant is at the door and a passenger ramp is in position if the same is required for the safe and rapid debarkation of passengers. Smoking is prohibited in or about such aircraft during fuel transfer handling. Only personnel engaged in the fuel transfer handling or in the maintenance and operation of the aircraft being fueled or defueled shall be permitted within 50 feet of the fuel tanks of such aircraft during the fuel transfer handling operations.

(7) No airborne radar equipment shall be operated or ground tested on the ramp and apron areas or any area wherein the directional beam of high radar is within 300 feet or the low intensity beam (less than 10 KW output) is within 100 feet of another aircraft, an aircraft fuel transfer handling operation, an aircraft fuel servicing vehicle or aircraft fuel or flammable liquid storage facility. The parking brakes of fuel servicing vehicles shall be set in the wheel lock position prior to and during fuel transfer operations and remain so until all connections have been disengaged.

(8) During the transfer handling operations in connection with any aircraft at the Airport, at least two CO2 fire extinguishers (20 lbs. or larger) or other type fire extinguisher acceptable to the Executive Director and two 50 pound bags of oil absorbent material such as speedi-dri shall be immediately available for use in connection therewith.

(9) No person shall start the engine or engines of any aircraft when there is gasoline or any type of fuel on the ground under the aircraft. In the event of spillage of gasoline or any type of fuel, no person shall start an aircraft engine in the area in which the spillage occurred, until permission has been granted for the starting of engines in the area by the Fire Controlman.

(10) Fuel transfer handling is prohibited while the engine of the aircraft being fueled or defueled is running or is being heated. Fuel shall be delivered or drained through hose and connections approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

(11) Persons engaged in aircraft fuel transfer handling shall exercise every precaution to prevent overflow of fuel.

(12) The transfer of bulk aircraft or commercial fuel from one fuel servicing vehicle into another is prohibited within the boundaries of the Airport.

(13) Fuel transfer handling operations shall be conducted only in such areas authorized for this purpose by the Executive Director and never within 50 feet of any building. Fuel transfer handling operations shall not be conducted unless fully trained and qualified employees are available, one of whom must be stationed at all times immediately adjacent to the fuel servicing vehicle in use.

(14) Fuel-servicing shall be parked only in locations approved and designated by the Authority and with spacing between fuel-servicing vehicles in compliance with the 1996 Edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 407. At no time shall a fuel-servicing vehicle be parked within 50 feet of any building.