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Default Transporting 20 gallons of gas in your trunk and storing in your back yard in the open air question

On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:14 -0700, Steve B wrote:

I also personally wouldn't carry that much gas in the trunk.


OSHA regulations exerpts from
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...able=STANDARDS

1926.152(a)(1): Approved safety cans or Department of Transportation
approved containers shall be used for the handling and use of flammable
liquids in quantities of 5 gallons or less ...

1926.152(b)(1): No more than 25 gallons of flammable or combustible liquids
shall be stored in a room outside of an approved storage cabinet ...

1926.152(b)(2): Quantities of flammable and combustible liquid in excess of
25 gallons shall be stored in an acceptable or approved cabinet meeting the
following requirements ...

1926.152(b)(3): Not more than 60 gallons of flammable or 120 gallons of
combustible liquids shall be stored in any one storage cabinet. Not more
than three such cabinets may be located in a single storage area.
Quantities in excess of this shall be stored in an inside storage room.