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SECTION XIII FUELING AND DEFUELING OF AIRCRAFT <br /> 1. GENERAL <br /> <br /> ~ (a) No person shall smoke on any apron or near an aircraft being <br /> fueled or defueled, or within fifty feet of any plane, at any <br /> time. <br /> (b) Persons engaged in the fueling and defueling of aircraft shall <br /> exercise care to prevent overflow of fuel. <br /> (c) No person shall use any material during fueling or defueling <br /> of aircraft which is likely to cause a spark or be a source <br /> of ignition. <br /> (d) Adequate fire extinguishers shall be within ready reach of all <br /> persons engaged in fueling or defueling operations. <br /> (s) All fueling and defueling of aircraft shall be conducted at <br /> least fifty feet from any hanger or other building. r <br /> (f) Comparable precautions as established in this regulation will <br /> apply to defueling as well, as fueling. <br /> 2. SERVICE EQUIPMENT <br /> (a) Storage and servicing equipment must comply with state laws and <br /> regulations. <br /> ~ (b) The truck, when servicing aircraft, must be positioned so that <br /> it can be readily driven away without backing up, to an open <br /> area in an emergency and will not be positioned on the main <br /> exit side of the aircraft in such a manner as to interfere <br /> with the discharge of persons from the aircraft iii case of <br /> emergency. <br /> (c) Gas trucks will proceed slowly with caution, on the apron. <br /> (d~ At all times during fueling operations, in addition to the <br /> serviceman on the wing of the aircraft, there will be an <br /> attendant who is fully trained and competent to operate the <br /> emergency pump controls in case of emergency, stationed near <br /> the servicing vehicle. <br /> (e) During refueling the aircraft, and the fueling, dispensing <br /> apparatus shall be electrically bonded and one or both shall <br /> be grounded to a point or points of zero electrical potential. <br /> (f) Filler nozzles must be of a dead man self-closing type and <br /> blocking open the self-closer is strictlyvforbidden. Nozzle <br /> will be equipped with approved bonding connectors which shall <br /> be clipped or otherwise, or positively engaged with bonding <br /> attachment on the aircraft. All bonding and grounding con- <br /> -10- <br /> <br />