The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (England) Regulations 2010

Storage of fuel oil on farms

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5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who has custody or control of fuel oil on a farm must ensure that it is stored—

(a)in a fuel storage tank within a storage area or facility that satisfies the requirements of Schedule 3;

(b)in drums within such a storage area; or

(c)in an underground fuel storage tank.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply—

(a)to the temporary storage of fuel oil in a tanker used for transporting fuel oil on roads or about a farm; or

(b)where the total quantity of fuel oil stored on the farm does not exceed 1,500 litres.