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Updated to reflect the latest practices and developments for better fire and spill protection when working with flammable liquids.

NFPA 30 is the industry's most trusted and complete source for safety rules concerning flammable and combustible liquids. And the new 2003 edition contains important changes and additions that affect designers, engineers, enforcing officials, and anyone who deals with these volatile liquids.

New and revised criteria provide greater flexibility in siting tanks and stronger safeguards, including...

Reduced separation distances for protected aboveground tanks and elimination of separation distances for tanks in vaults constructed in accordance with Section 2.2.7.

Special operating requirements for shop-fabricated aboveground tanks with abnormally long vertical piping for fill and/or vent lines.

New rules for storage of unsaturated polyester resins

New guidance prohibiting permanent interconnections between fire water systems and process water systems.