By Merrill E. Bishop, President
Trans Environmental Systems, Inc.
Forklift Transportable Spill Containment pan in use.
To prevent contaminating the
groundwater and soil around
their tank unloading sites,
Buffalo Color needed spill
containment pans. Rail sidings
make it a difficult task to install permanent
track spill pans and, moreover, the railroads would
not spot tankcars in the proper place so the plant workers
would have to relocate
some of their pump-off
equipment every time a
different tankcar was
delivered. They needed
containment pans that
could be relocated to wherever
the tankcars ended up.
They selected the
unique, patented Forklift
Transportable Spill Containment
pans made by
Trans Environmental Systems,
Inc. of Charlottesville,
Virginia, for the job.
Not only did these containment
pans actually hold a
liquid spill (approximately 300
US gallons), they were equipped with NPT hose connection
hubs so that this portable pan could be connected to a
full volume containment vessel, or moat, to comply with
the US EPA 40 CFR 112 regulation on Spill Prevention,
Containment and Countermeasures
(SPCC).
These track pans have the additional
benefit that they can be
closed up between uses and not collect
rainwater or need to have snow
removed from them. The model FLT has large, hinged flap
panels that close over the top for storage yet open out to
protect an area 10 ft. by 12
ft. These containment pans
weigh only 1,600 lbs. and
can be easily maneuvered
by light duty forklift
trucks. The Model FLT,
when closed, is only 10 ft.
by 6 ft. and they are
designed to be stacked outside
for storage.
Buffalo Color uses three
of these Forklift Transportable
track pans either
under the received tankcars
or under tanker trucks to
keep any accidental release
from contaminating the
ground or requiring expensive
cleaning of a concrete slab. The Trans Environmental
Systems pans have saved hundreds of man-hours of cleanup,
rainwater pumping, and snow removal over the last five
years. For more information visit www. transenvsys.com.
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