worker bee wrote:

The first was the fire marshall who was told I had 'large gasoline
tanks' on the property.

zoning guys dropped by. They said someone complained about an
improper 'accessory structure' used to house gasoline.

Turns out, it was a hazmat inspector who had received a complaint
about a 'primary container' leaking with no 'secondary containment'
in place. There are no storage regulations for private property
other than you can't actually leak gasoline into the ground.

This inspector was from the air quality management district.
He said that organic fuel gas tanks less than 260 gallons were...

The cop seemed amused by the whole story - but he asked a LOT of
questions about the gas cans lying around.

Since I'm only carrying about 50 gallons, I'm exempt from that too!

There is an awful lot about gasoline and gasoline containers in your
story.

Do you keep a lot of gas cans on your property - in full public view?

Do you handle a lot of gas cans (moving them around) on your property?

Is there a constant odor of gasoline hanging around your property that
the neighbor can smell? Or can the neighbor see you and your gas cans
without too much effort?

The average home owner might have a few 5-gallon cans for lawn mowers or
other small gas-powered engines - but it sounds like you dick around
with so much gas that you must make a living out of it somehow. Do you
own/operate a yard-maintainence or landscaping company (lots of lawn
mowers, small tractors, etc)? Or construction equipment (back-hoe,
etc)?

Or maybe you have lots of recreational vehicles? Boats or other
watercraft? Dirt bikes or ATV's?