CAN/CSA-B836-05 (R2010)

Preface

This is the second edition of CSA B836, Storage, handling, and dispensing of aviation fuels at aerodromes. It supersedes the first edition published in 2000.

Scope

1.1
This Standard specifies the minimum design, construction, operation, maintenance, and emergency response requirements for the storage, handling, and dispensing of aviation fuels at aerodromes.

1.2
This Standard specifies requirements for
(a) the safety of aerodrome employees and the travelling public;
(b) the provision of clean, dry, and on-specification aviation fuel; and
(c) the protection of property and the environment associated with the storage, handling, and dispensing of aviation fuels.

1.3
In CSA Standards, shall is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; should is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; may is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard; and can is used to express possibility or capability.

Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.

Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.

1.4
The values given in SI (metric) units are the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.