Aboveground Fuel Tank Inspection and Fuel Oil Filtering

Contractor shall possess all required licenses, certifications, and equipment necessary to perform the requested services and to provide the appropriate certifications, including API 653 certification. The following Codes, Standards and Regulations will be followed. They include, but are not limited to: American Petroleum Institute (API) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NFPA 110 Chapter 8 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 1. Performance: The Contractor shall provide all materials, equipment, labor, tools, and supervision to perform annual AST interior and exterior inspections, maintenance, repairs, and certifications. This shall include the replacement of any component that has failed or is beyond economical repair. All connected fuel oil and vent piping systems and components, that are connected to the AST’s, in their entirety, are included in this Scope. Contractor must complete the annual testing within 30 days, before or after, the previous year’s testing date. This is a Joint Commission requirement. Contractor will inspect for: Paint Condition Rust: i.e., does the component need treatment, re-paint, repair, or replacement? Indications of fuel leakage, on or near any exposed components of each AST and its associated piping systems. Component/Tank damage; other than rust Container’s supports and foundations All signage required by applicable regulations, including but not limited to: NFPA, ASME, OSHA, DVA and EPA. All exposed piping and appurtenances, for proper support and protection from moving vehicles. Cathodic protection, such as sacrificial anodes. AST labeling of contents, size, last inspection, safe gauge height and year built. Tank over-fill protection, such as direct vision gauges, high liquid level alarms, flow restrictions or high liquid level shut-off devices. Contractor will test AST’s for: Integrity Hydrostatic and/or other non-destructive testing. Signs of deterioration and discharges Contractor will perform: Fuel oil recirculation and filtering Course Strainer- Using a full-size basket strainer with a 100-mesh basket. Separator, using a coalescing membrane that causes the emulsified water to form into droplets as the contaminated fuel passes through it. Primary Filter-A fine element filter with a final production, in the range of 4-10 ppm. Water Emulsification Agents shall not be used. Fuel oil treatment using cetane boosters, stabilizers and biocides as needed. Minimum cetane rating for diesel fuel shall not be less than 40. Fuel oil testing and quality analysis per: ASTM D-613 cetane/combustion test ASTM D-1094 water test ASTM D-2274 fuel stability test ASTM D-500 lubrication quality test ASTM D-97 cold flow test Contractor will exercise all fuel oil valves that are on, and connected to, the piping system, for each AST. Service Coordination: The recirculation, filtering and treatment will be scheduled, and coordinated with the Operations Foreman at the Boiler Plant (Building 4). The services will be done, Monday through Friday, during regular business hours. These services will be cyclical and placed on a preventative maintenance schedule. All services will be done during the same servicing cycle. At time of service, there will be no set amount of fuel in tanks; fill will be whatever level the tanks are on that day. Fuel oil quality analysis will be for verification purposes (post-cleaning). Fuel oil will be tested for black algae and treated accordingly. AST Inventory: Three (3) 30,000-gallon, #2 fuel oil, AST’s. One (1) 6,000-gallon, #2 fuel oil, AST. One (1) 400-gallon, #2 fuel oil tanks AST (for maintenance vehicles). One (1) 400-gallon, Gasoline AST (for maintenance vehicles). One (1) 3000-gallon, E85 AST (for government vehicles). Ten (10) integral emergency electrical diesel generator fuel oil tanks of varying sizes as listed below: Generator 26A has a 500-gallon, remote AST. Generator 26B has a 680-gallon Belly Tank. Generator 26C has a remote 2,000-gallon Belly Tank. Generator 28A has an 1,850-gallon Belly Tank. Generator 2 has a 194-gallon Belly Tank. Generator 28 has a remote 6,000-gallon remote AST. Generator 19 has a 600-gallon Belly Tank. 25KW, Trailer-mount, has a 100-gallon Belly Tank 300 KW, Trailer-mount, has a 129-gallon Belly Tank 600 KW, Trailer-mount, has a 129 -gallon Belly Tank.

Division 02 -	Existing Conditions, Subsurface Investigation.
Division 03 -	Concrete, Concrete Reinforcing, Cast-in-Place Concrete.
Division 05 -	Metals, Structural Metal Framing, Metal Decking.
Division 23 -	Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Facility Fuel Piping, Facility Fuel-Storage Tanks.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Clearing and Grubbing, Grading.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Fences and Gates.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities.