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By Paul Pashnik, EMS ManagerEnvironmental Management News

 

EMS Certification

 

• ISO14001:2004 Environmental Management System (EMS) Coulson Aircrane Ltd’s EMS program Re-registration Audit.

As mentioned in last month’s Log-n-talk, Coulson Aircrane Ltd’s Aviation Divisions (CAL & CFT) had their ISO14001:2004 EMS audit completed during mid-February 2012 and management was advised at the audit exit interview that we had passed the audit. We have now received the auditor’s written report which states that in fact all elements of the EMS had met the ISO14001 standards and recommended Coulson Aircrane Ltd be issued a new certificate of registration. Accordingly, our registrar, QMI-SAI Global, issued our new certificate on April 4th, 2012. The certificate is valid for a term of three years and is subject to an annual surveillance audits.

 

• Coulson Flying Tankers’ Sproat Lake Bomber Base - Fuel Tank Farm.

A large bulk fuel storage and dispensing facility is required in order to keep the Martin Mars in the air. The Martin Mars engines use AV-Gas and require significant amounts of fuel when operating under full load. Each of these aircraft have fuel consumption rate of approximately 2890 liters per hour, accordingly bulk fuel storage and dispensing is required.

 

Bulk Fuel Storage		110% Containment Berm

 

The CFT Sproat Lake tanker base bulk fuel tank farm consists of two 87,000 liter AV-Gas tanks and one 35,000 liter Jet A tank. The 3 fuel tanks are double walled vacuum monitored and alarmed steel tanks. The tanks are built within an earth berm lined containment pond built to hold 110% of the tank fuel capacity. The berm tank area is serviced by a 5,000 liter capacity storm water oil water separator designed to screen storm water, capture tank refueling spills and any minor leaks or fuel residue that may migrate during rain storm events from within the surface of the berm area through to the storm water drain outfall. Protection of Sproat Lake from any hydro carbon pollution is a very high priority.

The piping used between the storage fuel tanks to the Mars lake water tie up and land dispensing stations are double walled vacuum alarmed to enable quick detection of leaks. The pipes are also equipped with electrical cathode corrosion protection. The bulk tanks and dispensing piping are tested annually for corrosion and the integrity of the vacuum alarm system. That portion of the pipes that goes out underwater to the Mars water fuel dispensing unit is checked annually by a diver to ensure that the system is in good order.

 

Tank Farm Oil water separator within catchment berm		Double walled fuel supply pipes Cathode protected

Tank Farm oil water separator Storm water discharge outfall sample site		Concrete re-fueling pad sloped to catch fuel spill & storm water

 

The design of the fuel dispensing stations concrete pad located at the helipad/aircraft parking apron has been designed to intercept storm water and any dispensing fuel spills. The facilities ground surface (concrete & asphalt) is sloped to run through a sediment trap and into a coalescing oil water separator before being discharged into the storm water drainage ditch outfall pipe. 

The fuel system is visually inspected each day for any leaks and potential problems. Once each week the entire fuel system is checked for leaks and a check list record is made out documenting the inspection. Then once each month both oil water separators are checked for oil/fuel accumulations using a dip stick coated with oil/water detection paste for levels of potential fuel or oil that may have accumulated in the holding chambers. When 50mm or more of oil accumulates, BC petroleum regulations require the accumulations to be removed and properly disposed of. Also once every two years the separators must have their coalescing plates cleaned, the sludge and sediment removed from the bottom of the inlet catchment basin and from the bottom of the separator tank. The sludge and oil residue must be properly disposed.

 

Roy Copeland assisting in the oil separator monthly check for oil/fuel accumulations		Concrete pad sloped to catch all water & oil (note drain gate – sediment trap)

 

Actual measurement shows approximately 1.5 cm of oil on water surface		Dip stick with water/oil paste, note yellow paste turns crimson red when in contact with water