BELMONT LAKE MARINA REPAIRS AND SERVICE - Approval for variance from the Liquid Fuels Handling Code

Liquid Fuels Handling Code (LFHC) Requirements that Would Not be Met:

3.2.1.1.  Tanks specified in Clause 3.1.1 shall be installed in accordance with the standard to which they have been certified, this Code, and the Ontario Fire Code (notwithstanding any exemption in the Ontario Fire Code from the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000). In the event of a conflict, this Code shall prevail.

Note: See Table 1 for location requirements in accordance with the Ontario Fire Code.

Table 1

Location of aboveground storage tanks

Note: This Table has been reprinted from Table 4.3.2.A of the Ontario Fire Code

Why the Code Would Not be Met:

• It will be the furthest from the lake that it possibly can be on this site.

Safety Assessment

1. A letter of acceptance from the neighbors of adjacent property agreeing on the proposed 12 inches (0.3 m) distance from their property line.
2. A permit for the replacement of an underground tank with an aboveground tank issued by Crowe Valley Conservation Authority (CVCA) including the following:

PROPOSAL DETAILS:

• The existing underground fuel tank is 4,500 litres in size (footprint of 12 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet in size).
• The proposed above ground fuel tank will also be 4,500 litres in size (footprint of 12 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet in size).
• The proposed above ground tank will be attached to 14 feet long 5 feet wide (70ft²) 8-inch think concrete pad.
• The distance (vertical) from annual high-water mark of .450 (on the existing water gauge) to the top of the concrete pad is 4 feet 2 inches and to the bottom of the tank itself 4 feet 6 inches.
  • The tank saddle supports are approximately 4 inches tall.
• The distance (vertical) from annual high-water mark of .450 to the top of proposed above ground fuel tank is 9 feet.
• The existing underground fuel tank is a vertical distance of 1 foot above .450 at the bottom of the tank and 4 feet above .450 at the top of the tank.
• The distance (horizontal) from the southeast side of fuel tank pad to ordinary high-water mark is 24 feet at its closest point and 42 feet from the ordinary high water mark to the north side of the pad.
• No in-water works required.

BASIS FOR CVCA APPROVAL

• The proposed activity is not likely to affect the control of flooding.
  • The proposed development will be approximately 4 feet 6 inches from the bottom of the tank and 9 feet from the top of the tank to the ordinary high-water mark of Belmont Lake.
    • The regulatory flood elevation of Belmont Lake is 188.80masl CGDV 1928.
• The proposed activity is not likely to affect the control of erosion.
• The proposed activity is not likely to affect the control of unstable soil or bedrock.
• The proposed activity is not likely to create conditions or circumstances that, in the event of a natural hazard, might jeopardize the health or safety of persons or result in the damage or destruction of property.

TSSA assesses that there is likely to be no environmental impact should this variance be granted.