Steel Tank Institute Updates8th Missouri Storage Tank

ConferenceAugust 30, 2018 Blue Springs

Wayne Geyerand

Steve PollockSteel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association

STI/SPFA The Trade Association

• 180 Members

• 125 Fabricators

• 80% Family Owned

• 55 Affiliates

• Construction Product Markets

• Fuel

• Energy

• Water

• Products

• Shop Fabricated Tanks

• Field Erected Tanks

• Pipe

• Pressure Vessels

• 501 c 6 Not-for-Profit

• By-laws

• Board of Directors govern and set policy

• Committees and Task Forces

• Technical

• Safety and Health

• Meetings

• Annual

• Fall Conference

• Safety

• Newsletters

• Promote Benefits of Steel

• Tank Awards

• Steel Facts

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2017 Annual Product AwardsSteel Fabricated Products – Energy Market

Affiliate ProductDuraPlate 8200 Coating

Sherwin Williams

API 650 Atmospheric Oil Storage Tank

CB&I, Plainfield, IL

API 620 Low Pressure Liquid Storage Tank TARSCO

ASME Field Erected Pressure VesselStorage TARSCO

ASME Shop-Fabricated Pressure Vessel Storage

Ward Tank & Heat Exchanger

Shop-Fabricated Atmospheric Storage

Kennedy Tank

2017 Annual Product AwardsSteel Fabricated Products – Water Market

Reservoir Storage TankPaso Robles Tank - BMT, Hemet CA

Elevated Storage TankCB&I, New Castle, DE

Standpipe Storage TankCaldwell Tanks, Louisville KY

Steel Water Pipe Affiliate ProductBaker Coupling, Los Angeles, CA

Steel Pipe FabricationMid-America Pipe, Scammon KS

Steel Water Pipeline ProjectMid-America Pipe, Scammons, KS

Special Storage TankPhoenix Fabricators & Erectors,

Indianapolis, IN

STI/SPFA Industry Advocacy

• Environmental Regulations

• Underground Storage Tanks

• EPA OUST

• States, ASTSWMO, NWGLDE

• Aboveground Storage Tanks

• EPA SPCC

• State regulations

• Chemical Storage

• Fire and Building Codes

• NFPA 30, 30A and 31

• IFC and International Codes

• OSHA

• Technical and Voluntary Standards

• Oil Industry and Test Labs

• UL, ULC and SWRI

• PEI

• ASME B&PV

• CRC and ASTM

• PMAA and AIP

• Water storage and transmission

• AWWA

• ASCE

• Steel Industry – AISI, MSCI

• Corrosion Control - NACE

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Informational Resource

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STI/SPFA Web Page

Fab ShopSafety Pocket Book

STI Steel Fact Sheets

STI –API –NFPA -OSHA Safety Sheet

STI standards and recommended practices

• Underground tank specifications

• Corrosion Control

• Secondary Containment

• Storage Tank Maintenance

• Repair and Recertification

• Aboveground Tank Specifications

• Secondary Containment

• Fire Protection

• Inspections

• Repair

• Recommended Practices

• Tank Installation

• Tank Integrity and Proof Testing

• Cathodic Protection Testing

• Addition of Supplemental Anodes

• Tank hold down straps

• Specialty Storage

• DEF

• Oil-water separator

• Double bottoms

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STI certifications and education outreach

• Certification

• 1,519 AST Inspectors to the STI SP001 Standard

• 484 Certified Cathodic Protection Testers

• Education

• Webinars

• Tank Maintenance

• Tank Venting

• Steel Water Pipe Design

• Online programs

• T I M (Tank Integrity Management)

• Water storage tank modules

• CP recertification

• Countless industry presentations at conferences

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Licensor of shop fabricated tank technology

• 107 licensed technology fabricator shops

• Statistics and databases

• Quality control program

• Third party insurance• Warranty

• Environmental Impairment

• Tank performance feedback loop

• Relationship with third party test laboratories

• 6 UL files with hundreds of volumes

• SwRI

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STI Quality Control Program

• Unannounced inspections

• Mandatory meetings

• Noncompliance notices

• Quality Awards

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2017 QC Meeting in Vancouver

STI Supported Research

• Tank designs

• Product compatibility• Alcohols and biodiesel

• Secondary containment

• Corrosion• Cathodic protection

• ULSD

• Structural concerns• UL and buckling 1990’s

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1984 Dual Wall Tank Std.

UL Rectangular AST Integrity Test SwRI Tested Compatibility of Steel with Biodiesel

Who is new at STI/SPFA?

• Steve Pollock• Technical manager

• Regulatory background

• Not new to STI/SPFA

• Katie Bruce• Communications manager

• Association background

• Social media

• David Reed• Controller

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What is new at STI/SPFA?

• Watchdog program on its way out

• 30 years of testing, high performance of tanks

• Notice to owners to maintain compliance

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What is new at STI/SPFA?

• SP001 and SP031 have been updated• AST Inspections

• AST Repair

• 2 year process

• 48 member committee

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Aero News Network

SP001 and SP031

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SP001 and SP031 update

• Background• Revisions to EPA

SPCC

• A means for ALL regulated tanks to be integrity tested

• National standards to play a role in meeting requirement

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SP001 and SP031 update

• NEW ITEMS

• Heated thermoplastics including asphalt included

• 75,000 gallon max size for shop fabricated tanks –agreement with UL 142

• Defined concrete exterior AST – UL 2085, integral 20

containment, monitor interstice

• Defined steel diked AST –integral dike, hold primary contents and freeboard

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SP001 and SP031 update

• NEW ITEMS

• Category descriptions –new flowchart

• Concrete exterior AST suitability for continued service

• Double walled steel AST suitability for continued service

• Appendix D – new to match the new categories and new inspection schedule

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SP001 and SP031 update

• Revised items

• Continuous release detection method updated to include steel diked and concrete exterior AST –remember this is a passive method of rd relying on RPB, double walls or double bottoms or elevated tanks

• Spill control incorporating steel diked tanks and CE ASTs, both with overfill protection

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SP001 and SP031 update

• Revised items

• Risk matrix

• Tank types

• Monthly and annual checklists

• Places a great deal of responsibility on the OWNER to assure tank is properly designed, constructed, maintained and repaired for safe operation

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SP001 and SP031 update

• VERY IMPORTANT• SP001 Inspector Course

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• Technical Questions – STI Standards Engineer and Staff Liaison

• Dana Schmidt, PE

• 847-550-3832

• dschmidt@steeltank.com

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Tank trends

• Growth• Overseas fabricators

• Generator base tanks and emergency power

• Tank maintenance flyers and info outreach

• Fuel quality and cleanliness• Refiners

• Pipelines

• Engine manufacturer

• Fleets

• Tank operators

• Additives

• End of nozzle testing

• Codes, standards, think tanks

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Tank trends

• Compatibility research

• Tests for listing

• What happens if off spec

• Ullage environments• Food/water/microbes

• Real world conditions

• Arizona DEQ/public schools

• 79 USTs

• Range in ages

• Budgeted removals

• Condition grading system

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Tank trends

• Compatibility research

• Real world conditions

• Arizona DEQ/public schools

• 79 USTs

• Range in ages

• Budgeted removals

• Condition grading system

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Tank trends

• Compatibility research

• Real world conditions

• Arizona DEQ/public schools

• 79 USTs

• Range in ages

• Budgeted removals

• Condition grading system

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Tank trends

• Regulation roll-out• Steel tank

compatibility

• Steel tank technologies for secondary containment

• Steel tank interstitial monitoring

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Tank compliance thoughts

• Educate your stakeholders• Increase compliance

• Increase cooperation

• Minimize enforcement

• Appreciate successes• More with less

• Manage the churn

• New developments

• Involvement• Within your office

• Outsiders want your opinion

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Contact Information

Wayne Geyer: wgeyer@steeltank.com (847) 550-3829

Steve Pollock: spollock@steeltank.com (847) 550-3831

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