§ 9.35.580. Fueling and defueling.  


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  • (a)

    No person shall fuel or defuel an aircraft while an engine of such aircraft is running. Fueling or defueling of an aircraft is not prohibited during aircraft APU operations, or when an operating jet engine is mounted at the rear of the aircraft or on the wing on the side opposite the fueling point. A single engine may be operated to provide aircraft electrical power during fueling, provided such operations are conducted in accordance with the aircraft manufacturer's recommended procedures manual, are not contrary to the manufacturer's published aircraft limitations, and are not in violation of NFPA or ATA standards.

    (b)

    All handling, maintenance, and storage of hazardous substances and materials by commercial fuel service providers, who provide fuel services to commercial airlines on Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, shall comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 139, Sub Part 321 as currently published, or as may be amended, changed, revised, and promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration, the procedures for which is specifically set forth under the approved Airport Certification Manual, and ATA Spec 103 as currently published or as may be amended, changed or revised.

    (c)

    In accordance with NFPA standards, no person shall place into operation any electrical appliance within fifty (50) feet of an aircraft when the aircraft is being fueled or defueled.

    (d)

    No aircraft shall be fueled or defueled unless the aircraft and the fuel dispensing apparatus shall both be electrically grounded or bonded as required by FAR and NFPA standards.

    (e)

    When a fuel spill of any quantity occurs, fueling operations shall immediately cease and the Airport Police and Fire Division shall be notified immediately, and if necessary and practical, shut-off valves shall be shut down. If the engine of the fueling vehicle is running at the time of the fuel spill, the vehicle shall be removed from the area unless contrary orders are issued by the senior Airport Police and Fire Officer at the scene. If the engine of a fueling vehicle is shut down at the time of the fuel spill, it shall remain shut down unless a fire has already started or until the senior Airport Police and Fire Officer at the scene authorizes or orders the vehicle moved. In no event shall fueling or defueling operations resume following a fuel spill until all areas upon which fuel has spilled or flowed over are contained and removed, and the senior Airport Police and Fire Officer at the spill site has issued an order permitting the resumption of fueling operations. The fueling agent or owner of the mobile fueling vehicle or static fueling device involved in an accidental fuel release shall be responsible for all costs associated with the clean-up, removal, remediation and lawful disposal of fuel, soils, and absorbent material as required by state or federal law.

    (f)

    No passenger shall be permitted in any aircraft during fueling or defueling, unless a cabin attendant is present at or near the cabin door and a passenger boarding ramp or bridge is in place at the cabin door, and in accordance with ATA and NFPA standards.

    (g)

    No person shall use any material within fifty (50) feet of the nearest point of an aircraft during fueling or defueling of the aircraft which may cause a static spark.

    (h)

    No person shall engage in aircraft fueling and defueling operations without adequate fire extinguisher devices as recommended by NFPA and as required by FARs.

    (i)

    No person shall start the engine of any aircraft when there is flammable liquid on the ground in the vicinity of such aircraft.

    (j)

    No person shall fuel or defuel an aircraft with fueling hoses and other equipment or apparatus which are not in safe and serviceable condition in accordance with NFPA standards and FARs.

    (k)

    All hoses, funnels, and appurtenances used in fueling and defueling operations shall be equipped with a positive grounding device in good order to prevent ignition of flammable liquids due to static spark.

    (l)

    The fueling and defueling of aircraft shall be conducted at a distance of no less than fifty (50) feet from any building or structure unless at the commercial passenger terminal building aircraft loading/unloading gate, or fifty (50) feet from any combustion or ventilation air intake to any boiler, heater, or incinerator room in accordance with NFPA standards.

    (m)

    Maintenance and testing of fuel storage, distribution, and delivery systems shall be conducted under controlled conditions, in strict compliance with NFPA 410(C) or subsequent replacement publications.

    (n)

    Refueling vehicles shall be stored and maintained outdoors in areas authorized by the Airport Authority, except for minor adjustments or repairs necessary to move such units to the storage area. No fuel trucks, empty or otherwise, shall be brought into, kept or stored within any building or enclosed structure at an Airport, unless with prior notification and under such conditions as approved by the Airport Police and Fire Division.

    (o)

    If a fire occurs in or near a fuel delivery device while servicing an aircraft, the Airport Police and Fire Division shall be notified immediately, fueling shall be discontinued immediately, emergency valves shall be shut down at once, and the fueling vehicles and equipment shall immediately be removed from the vicinity of the aircraft unless deemed unsafe to do so. Persons on board the aircraft shall be evacuated and other equipment removed from the area unless deemed unsafe to do so. Unless deemed unsafe to do so, the aircraft shall be towed to a position at a safe distance from structures and other aircraft.

    (p)

    No airborne radar equipment shall be operated or ground tested on any Airport property where the directional beam of high intensity radar is within three hundred (300) feet, or the low intensity beam is within one hundred (100) feet of an aircraft fueling operation, aircraft mobile fueling vehicle, or aircraft fuel or flammable liquid storage facility.

    (q)

    Aircraft mobile fueling vehicles shall be equipped with storage tanks which are sectionalized into compartments of not over two thousand (2,000) gallons capacity, or in lieu thereof shall be equipped and operated in accordance with alternate procedures approved, in writing, by the Airport Authority.

    (r)

    No person shall vend, sell, broker, consign, or offer for sale on Airport property any petroleum fuel or lubricating product without written authorization, and a lease and/or operating permit issued by the Airport Authority, and under the requirements of this Code and rules and regulations of the Airport Authority.

    (s)

    No person shall dispense any petroleum fuel or lubricating product to motor vehicles and equipment, for either commercial or non- commercial purposes, without written authorization, and a lease and/or operating permit issued by the Airport Authority, and under the requirements of this Code and rules and regulations of the Airport Authority.

    (t)

    No person shall transport onto Airport property, other than by aircraft, any fuel or lubricating product, without written authorization, and a lease and/or operating permit issued by the Airport Authority, and under the requirements of this Code and rules and regulations of the Airport Authority.

    (u)

    No person shall transport onto Airport property, other than by aircraft, any fuel product or flammable material unless in approved containers or vehicles.

    (v)

    Notwithstanding the above, aircraft owners shall not be denied the right to bring fuel and lubricating products onto Airport property for the purpose of self-fueling, provided the transport and distribution of the fuel and lubricating products onto Airport property for such purposes are otherwise in compliance with this Code, applicable federal, state, and local fire and environmental codes, and as otherwise authorized by the lessee of the premises on which such self-fueling activity occurs.

    (w)

    The applicable standards and recommendations of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), as they are amended from time to time, are incorporated herein by reference.

(Ord. No. 49-273, § 58, 5-22-2012; Ord. No. 50-591, § 9, 9-26-17)