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HS&E MAP practice question: Preventing pollution (1 of 4)
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You are setting up a diesel tank on site.
Where does GPP6 say oil should not be stored?
Choose one answer.
- AA. Anywhere at all near the site welfare cabins
- BB. More than 10 metres from a drain
- CC. On a concrete base
- DD. Within 10 metres of a watercourse, ditch or drainage channel
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Answer: D
- A. Wrong: Wrong. The GPP6 distance rules are about water: watercourses, drains, springs, wells and boreholes.
- B. Wrong: Wrong. That is where it should be stored, not where it shouldn't.
- C. Wrong: Wrong. A hard, bunded base is good practice.
- D. Right: Right. GPP6 says don't store oil within 10 metres of a watercourse, ditch or drainage channel.
Explanation
Store oil at least 10 metres from watercourses, ditches and drains, and 50 metres from springs, wells and boreholes.
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