API Storage Tank Conference and Safe Tank Entry Workshop
* SPCC 101 - Half day course added - October 19. More information available below.
October 18-21, 2010
Argonaut Hotel
San Francisco, California
Co-Sponsored by the Steel Tank Institute and NFPA
API’s annual Storage Tank Conference, preceded by a two-day Safe Tank Entry Workshop are educational programs that focus on the latest management practices for aboveground storage tanks. They also give you plenty of opportunities to network with colleagues and establish new business connections.
API Safe Tank Entry Workshop (October 18-19)
Attendees learn the basics of ensuring safe tank entry and maintenance. Topics cover tank decommissioning, isolation, degassing, safe tank entry, cleaning, return to service, and associated work. This hands-on program also provides an understanding of atmospheric monitoring, with instruction in the operation, calibration, and maintenance of field instruments that sample and analyze levels of oxygen, gases, and vapors. Attendees have the chance to calibrate and use the instruments. NFPA will award 0.7 Continuing Education Units for each day of instruction.
SPCC 101 - Learn the Rule from the Guy who Wrote It (October 19)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) will host a half day public presentation by Mark Howard, US EPA OEM, to discuss the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations (40 CFR 112). The purpose of the presentation is to provide a basic understanding of the SPCC requirements, including recent regulatory amendments. The USEPA will provide an overview of the regulations along with examples and explanations helpful in understanding and applying the regulations and amendments. USEPA encourages interested parties to attend, including regulated facilities, SPCC consultants/planners, and any other persons involved with SPCC compliance.
API Storage Tank Conference (October 20-21)
The annual API Storage Tank Conference provides attendees with new information on tank-related research, latest technologies, and API petroleum standards. The conference features multiple panels and speakers that will help you understand the requirements to maintain tank integrity while complying with new and existing environmental rules.
Draft Conference Sessions Include:
- SPCC Compliance
- Emissions Reduction Strategies
- New API 2350 4th Edition (Tank Overfill Standard)
- New API 625 (Refrigerated Tank Systems)
- Temporary and Permanent Repairs to Floating Roofs
- State and Federal Regulator Sessions, including OSHA, EPA, DOT
- Lead Abatement
- Roundtable on Various Tank Bottom Designs
- Chemical Safety Board Update
- Conducting In-Service Tank Inspections without Tank Emmissions
- API Tank Standards Update
- Evaluation of Stresses from Tank Lifting
- Tank Coatings Panel
- Internal Release Prevention Barriers
- New Technologies for Tertiary Seals
- Similar Service Case Study
- Benzene Testing for Floating Roof Access
- GACT - Generally Achievable Control Technology
- New Technology for Floating Roofs
- Tank Design with Emissions in Mind
- Elements of an Effective Tank Management Program
- Innovative Tank Cleaning Technologies
- Vapor Recovery Technologies
- Strategies for Grounding Small Storage Tanks
Who Should Attend:
- Experienced storage tank professionals
- Tank owner, manager, or operator
- Senior tank designer or construction specialist
- Representatives of oil and petrochemical refineries, utilities, pipelines, tank cleaning firms, and others interested in confined spaces and safe tank entry
The last API Storage Tank Conference attracted over 30 exhibiting companies and associations sharing their experience and services first hand.
Preliminary Agenda and Registration Information
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