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or oil or wood, should be cleaned and
serviced every year, says Edward.
The problem was, who was going to
enforce it? The benefit of small,
locally -based oil distribution
companies, he says, is that if you call
to get your furnace serviced you get
"I'll -be -right -over -kind of service."
Those distributors who also sell
gasoline and diesel for farms
have a double headache with
the situation with regulations on
these tanks, says Rowe. It has long
been a custom for many distributors
to provide the tanks for their
customers so if large numbers of
tanks need to be replaced, the
financial burden will fall heavily on
these businesses.
"We've spend months and months
and months of man-hours and vehicle
time" moving tanks and removing
tanks and putting in new tanks, says
Edward. Now with the home heating
tank situation on top of the farm fuel
situation, resources are being
stretched.
Right now the concern of the
suppliers is more with informing
their customers about the furnace oil
tank situation than the farm fuel tank
situation because there has been
much more information available on
the fuel storage issue, Edward said,
pointing out the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture has been active in
getting the message out regarding the
regulations on on-farm fuel storage.
Generally that message has been
not to panic as expressed by Ron
Bonnett, OFA vice-president earlier
this year. Information is available
from OFA field staff on what
conditions must be met for farm
storage tanks including protection
from vehicular traffic, proper
distances from buildings and other
tanks and proper precautions against
spills (for more information see the
Grey County Federation of
Agriculture's Newsletter on page 44).
Those who have completed an
Ontario Environmental Farm Plan
also complete a segment on their on-
farm storage including suggestions
on what to do if current storage
doesn't meet the requirements.
While some customers get upset
by both sets of regulations most
people want to do the right thing,
Edward says.0
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