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Front Cover

1

PSLG - Safety and Environmental Standards for Fuel Storage Sites

3

Introduction

10

Scope and application

12

Summary od actions required

15

Part 1 - Systematic assessment of safety integrity level requirements

23

Part 2 - Protecting against loss of primary containment using high integrity systems

26

Part 3 - Engineering against escalation of loss of primary containment

38

Part 4 - Engineering against loss of secondary and tertiary containment

43

Part 5 - Operating with high reliability organisations

63

Part 6 - Delivering high performance through culture and leadership

65

Conclusion

67

Appendix 1 - Mechanisms and potential substances involved in vapour cloud formation

68

Appendix 2 - Guidance on the application of LOPA

83

Appendix 3 - Guidance on defining tank capacity

127

Appendix 4 - Guidance on automatic overfill protection systems

131

Appendix 5 - Guidance for the management of operations and human factors

144

Appendix 6 - Emergency planning guidance

199

Appendix 7 - Principles of process safety leadership

246

Appendix 8 - Process Safety Forum

249

Appendix 9 - BSTG report cross reference

251

Appendix 10 - Acknowledgements

254

References

258

Abbreviations

266

PSLG - Other Products in Scope

273

Automatic Overfill Presvention Systems for Terminal Loading Racks

295

Case Study - A Competency Management System

319

Demonstrating Prior Use

325

Leak Detection

359

Terminal Loading Operations Hazard Awareness

387

The Use of External Contractors in the Management of Aging Plant

403

Environmental Risk - Complex Site Example

421

Environmental Risk - Supplement to Guideline

457

Environmental Risk - Storage Tank Example

467

Environmental Risk - Guideline Risk Tolerability for COMAH Establishments

487

Human Factor Review of Procedures

609