Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 14 - FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS; PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
COMPLIANCE
Section 14.21 - Inspection and inventory records
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) The fire marshal, or a State police officer acting in behalf of the fire marshal, shall have the right to inspect a place or building in which flammable or combustible liquids are possessed, used, stored or kept in order that he may determine if this subpart is being observed and if an undue hazard from fire or explosion exists on the premises. The written approval required by this subpart may not be deemed to eliminate the right of inspection conferred by this section. The written approval or copy thereof, shall be displayed at the site of the installation.
(b) Accurate daily inventory records shall be maintained and reconciled on flammable and combustible liquid storage tanks for indication of possible leakage from tanks or piping. The preceding 12 months daily inventory records shall be readily available for inspection by the fire marshal and shall include, as a minimum, records showing, by product, daily reconciliation between sales, use, receipts and inventory on hand.
(c) Daily inventory shall be maintained for each tank system at each location by the operator. Daily inventories need not be maintained on those days that an installation is not in operation, but may not exceed 15 days.
(d) Inventory shall be based on the actual daily measurement and recording of tank product and water levels and the daily recording of actual sales, use and receipts. Daily measurements shall be made by gauge, gauge stick or by readout from an automated gauging system. The inventory records shall include daily computation of gain or loss. The mere recording of pump meter readings and product delivery receipt shall not constitute adequate inventory records.
(e) The operator of the location shall be responsible to notify the owner or persons in control of the facility to take action to correct any abnormal loss or gain not explainable by spillage, temperature variations or other causes.
