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APPENDIX 2

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MINIMUM RECOMMENDED SEPARATION DISTANCES FOR NATURAL GAS STORAGE INSTALLATIONS

Minimum recommended separation distances (in metres)

BCGA BCGA ISO 16923 ISO 16924


Descriptor Recommended
CP 41 CP 46 NOTE 1 NOTE 1

Occupied building or kiosk or where activities are 4 / 5 / 8 / 20 5 / 15 10 / 15 6, can be reduced 5


taking place to 3 with DMS
NOTE 2
Air intakes, compressors, HVAC 5 / 8 / 20 5 / 15 3 5

Pits, ducts, drains, un-trapped 5 5/8 5

Parked vehicle (other than being fuelled) 3/5/8 5/8 5

Property boundary 2 / 5 / 8 / 10 5/8 5 / 10 5


Public highways railways 5 / 8 / 10 5/8 5 5
Overhead power line <1 kV 1.5 1.5
Overhead power line >1 kV 10 10 10 10
Pump dispensing an out of scope liquid fuel HARA NOTE 3
Pump dispensing different in-scope fuel HARA NOTE 3
Pump dispensing same in-scope fuel HARA NOTE 3

NOTES:
1. Standard still under development
2. DMS - Dead Man’s Switch
3. HARA – (in accordance with a) Hazardous Area Risk Assessment.
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