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willg83 · Joined: 06 Mar 2011 Posts: 1

what is the larget amout of E85 i can store on my residental property
i live on a acre. who can i get to full it there is enogh room for a tanker to
enter and exit the property. I live in Albuquerque NM and E85 is scarse

hotrod · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 872 Location: Colorado

Welcome to the forum:

In most jurisdictions that sort of thing is controlled by local fire authorities or your equivalent to the EPA. Large quantities of flammable liquid typically need a berm around them to control any leakage/rupture, and in many cases specific zoning requirements.

In my location farmers can store fuel for use on their property and they I believe are 250 gallon tanks. The most hassle free would probably be to quietly store a couple 55 gallon drums and fill them yourself periodically from a pickup truck bed tank like the construction guys use.

Look around to see if local farmers have small above ground tanks on a tower for gravity feed to fuel their farm equipment and if they do, find out who has to approve that sort of thing and what the requirements are.

Check to see if Albuquerque has their local statutes on line and do some searching for fuel tanks, flammable liquid, and fire regulations. Many fire regulations limit how much flammable liquid you can store in a garage for fueling snow blowers, lawn mowers etc. If you go over that limit you are probably in the same regulation class as a small gas station of industrial plant.

Good luck finding a solution to local storage.

Larry