Posted By Steve Payne Dear All, There is currently a bunded area for some of our refrigerants (20ltr containers). Would the bunded regulations for oil stand for this? e.g. 110% of the container or 25% of the capacity of multiple containers Kind Regards, Steve

Posted By anon1234 It may be appropriate to provide 110% of the total volume where containers are interlinked and a single failure could result in the entire contents being released

Posted By anon1234 Mitch, totally agree for large quantities of small unconnected/unattached containers.

Posted By Simon Belk Steve. Dependent on where you are located, you may find you have to have clearance from the EA / Fire authority for the substances stored, and they may specify a specific bund capacity to be used for the refrigerant. I work for a seed merchant that applies seed treatments to various grain commodities. When we had to have a new store erected for storage of our seed treatments, the EA specified that it had to be able to contain 150% of the total stored, where previously we had only had to have a total storage capacity of 110%, i.e we store a max of 3,000 litres and had to have a store built that could contain 5,000 litres. Don't forget that you will have to site your store away from surface drainage where possible, or if not fit penstock valves to seal off the drain in case of a leak, and have an emergency plan in place to deal with any such instances. Si