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Modesto Fire Department FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION 409 12th Street, Modesto, California 95354 Tel: (209) 571-5553 Fax: (209) 544-1652 FLAMMABLE and COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS PERMIT APPLICATION A Fuel Storage Tank Permit may also be required. CHECK ALL THAT APPLY: 1. To store, handle or use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons (19 L) in a building or in excess of 10 gallons (37.9 L) outside of a building. [Exception: a permit is not required for the following: a. The storage or use of Class I liquids in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, aircraft, motorboat, mobile power plant, or mobile heating plant, unless such storage, in the opinion of the fire code official, would cause an unsafe condition. b. The storage or use of paints, oils, varnishes, or similar flammable mixtures where such liquids are stored for maintenance, painting, or similar purposes for a period of not more than 30 days]. 2. To store, handle or use Class II or Class IlI A liquids in excess of 25 gallons (95 L) in a building or in excess of 60 gallons (227 L) outside a building. [Exception: fuel oil used in connection with oil burning equipment.] 3. To store, handle or use Class III B liquids in tanks or portable tanks for fueling motor vehicles at motor fuel-dispensing facilities or where connected to fuel-burning equipment. [Exception: fuel oil and used motor oil used for space heating or water heating.] 4. To engage in the dispensing of liquid fuels from a fixed site into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles that travel to the site for refueling. 5. To utilize mobile tank vehicles to dispense fuel directly into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles. 6. To manufacture, process, blend, or refine flammable or combustible liquids. 7. To remove Class I or II liquids from an underground storage tank used for fueling motor vehicles by any means other than the approved, stationary on-site pumps normally used for dispensing purposes. 8. To operate tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries, and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, processed, transported, stored, dispensed, or used. 9. To place temporarily out of service (for more than 90 days) an underground, protected above- ground, or above-ground flammable or combustible liquid tank. 10. To change the type of contents stored in a flammable or combustible liquid tank to amaterial that poses a greater hazard than that for which the tank was designed and constructed. 11. To use or operate a pipeline for the transportation within facilities of flammable or combustible liquids. This requirement shall not apply to the offsite transportation in pipelines regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) nor does it apply to piping systems. Date Permit to Begin: Date Permit to End: (not to exceed one year) Address Where Permit Will Be Used: Printed Business Owner’s Name: Phone: Business Owner’s Address: Printed Applicant’s Name: Phone: Applicant’s Address: In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) of 1990, the Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended), Government Code section 11135 and other applicable codes, the City of Modesto (“City”) will not discriminate against individuals on the basis of disability in the City’s services, programs, or activities. For more information, please visit the City of Modesto website at revised 06/23/20