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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 26.10.18.10" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="18" heading="Normal and Emergency Venting.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of an AST system with a field-erected AST shall ensure the normal venting for the field-erected AST meets the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Design and construct normal venting in accordance with the following industry standards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>NFPA 30 “Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code”; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An API standard applicable to field-erected ASTs incorporated by reference in COMAR 26.10.01.03; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <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 field-erected AST shall ensure the emergency venting for the field-erected AST meets the following requirements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Design and construct emergency venting in accordance with the following industry standards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>NFPA 30 “Flammable and Combustible Liquids”; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>API Standard 2000 “Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks”; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The field-erected AST has one of the following emergency relief venting designs:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A floating roof;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A lifter roof;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A weak roof-to-shell seam; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Another industry approved pressure-relieving device.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>