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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 26.10.17.11" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="17" heading="Normal and Emergency Venting.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an AST system with a shop-fabricated AST shall ensure the normal venting for the shop-fabricated AST meets the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Design and construct the normal venting in accordance with one of the following industry standards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>UL 142 “Standard for Safety, Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids”; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>API Standard 2000 “Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks”;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The normal venting requirements for ASTs listed in NFPA 30 “Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code”; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Vent an atmospheric pressure AST to prevent the development of vacuum or pressure above a 1.0 psi (6.9 kPa) maximum operating pressure.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an AST system with a shop-fabricated AST shall ensure the emergency venting for the shop-fabricated AST meets the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Design and construct emergency venting in accordance with one of the following industry standards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>UL 142 “Standard for Safety, Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids”; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>API Standard 2000 “Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks”; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Emergency venting meets the requirements in NFPA 30 “Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code”.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>