The City just issued a cease and desist order on a bio-diesel production facility. I made an inspection and immediately attached a notice of nuisance with a laundry list of health and safety violations. I won't get into the details, but I am trying to determine the occupancy group. My understanding is that bio-diesel is a Class IIIB liquid; therefore under Table 307.1(1) of the California Building Code, if they have more than 13,200 gallons in the building it is a H2 or H3 occupancy. When we were on site they had approximately 23,000 gallons in various stages of development. This facility was totally constructed without permits and it came to the my attention only after an approximately 1,000 spill, some of which got into a tributary to a creek.
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Occupancy of bio-diesel production facility
- Thread starter Arcal
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AegisFPE
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Re: Occupancy of bio-diesel production facility
Your combustible liquid classification may be correct for the final product, but you may want to also consider what ingredients they are using to produce the biodiesel.
A previous biodiesel production facility ("refinery" per IFC 3402) I evaluated involved storing and mixing Class IA flammable liquid and Toxic material.
Even under the MAQ (though it would take some ingenuity to stay below the Class IA threshold, if applicable), there may still be spill control and secondary containment issues.
Your combustible liquid classification may be correct for the final product, but you may want to also consider what ingredients they are using to produce the biodiesel.
A previous biodiesel production facility ("refinery" per IFC 3402) I evaluated involved storing and mixing Class IA flammable liquid and Toxic material.
Even under the MAQ (though it would take some ingenuity to stay below the Class IA threshold, if applicable), there may still be spill control and secondary containment issues.
Re: Occupancy of bio-diesel production facility
http://www4.iccsafe.org/cgi-bin/ultimat ... 556#000000
well if the above site was user friendly, go to it and hit the search and pt in bio, and there is disscusion about bio facilities
http://www4.iccsafe.org/cgi-bin/ultimat ... 556#000000
well if the above site was user friendly, go to it and hit the search and pt in bio, and there is disscusion about bio facilities
Re: Occupancy of bio-diesel production facility
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