Guidance Note on Storage of Materials for IPC Facilities Guidance Note on Storage of Materials for IPC Facilities

The scope of this guidance note covers tanks (including drums and containers),
bunds and pipelines which store or transmit potentially polluting substances, be
they solid, liquid, gas or combined, including;

• wastes, fuels, raw materials, products or intermediates, cleaning and disinfectant agents.

The guidance note addresses design, construction, operation, maintenance and
monitoring of such structures. The industrial sectors covered are those listed in
the first schedule of the POE Act 2003, which is reproduced in Appendix A for
reference. A wide section of industry types, which have varying processing
conditions and pollution potentials, are covered by the first schedule of the POE
Act.

For particular conditions relating to similar industrial sectors, this guidance
note highlights the following industrial sectors:

• Intensive Agriculture (Section 6 of the first schedule)
• Food and Drink (Section 7 of the first schedule)
• Other Industries (all other Sections of the first schedule)

The issue of run-off from fire fighting operations is covered under a separate
guidance note from the EPA (Fire-Water Retention Facilities; (Draft) Guidance
Note to Industry on the Requirements for Fire-Water Retention Facilities).

Storage and transfer systems for substances which are not potentially polluting
substances, such as uncontaminated surface water drainage or fire water
storage are not seen as a pollution risk and therefore do not fall within the scope
of this guidance note.