(a) All oil shall be stored in tanks suitable for accepted methods of calibration, gauging and sampling as expressed by the American Petroleum Institute Code.(b) Tanks shall be equipped with such safety devices and fire walls as are required in the area in which such tanks are located.(c) Sufficient tankage shall be provided by the lessee.(d) No tank trucks, trailers, tank cars, or vessels will be gauged unless proper certified gauge tables or other adequate evidence of container capacity is presented to the inspector and approved by him in advance of use.(e) Sediment and other material deposited on or near the bottom of tanks shall be removed to permit proper gauging and sampling at the request of the inspector.(f) All gauge tanks shall be strapped and calibrated by a disinterested party. The process shall be in accordance with that expressed in the American Petroleum Institute Code. Strapping and calibration of gauge tanks by a representative of an interested party may be permitted only upon advance notification of such action to and approval by the Division of State Lands.(g) When tanks are to be strapped or restrapped, the inspector shall be notified at least 24 hours in advance to permit him to be a witness to the procedure.(h) All tanks shall be calibrated in barrels (of 42 gallons per barrel) and the volume expressed in gauge tables computed to the nearest one-hundredth of a barrel for each one-eighth of an inch in tank height, or in accordance with the procedure expressed in the American Petroleum Institute Code.(i) Gauge tables in duplicate for each gauge tank shall be furnished to the Division of State Lands immediately upon preparation. Additional sets of gauge tables shall be furnished to the Division of State Lands upon request.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 2103
1. Amendment filed 8-17-55, effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 55, No. 12).