Journeyman Oil Maine Fuel Board Rules
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS || RECENT VERSION
1. Where three or more tanks are installed as part of a fuel storage system each
appliance line shall have what? - ANSWER ✅ Own shutoff valve
Venting system
Own gauge device
2. Any unused opening in a tank shall be closed with what? - ANSWER ✅ A
vapor tight threaded plug or cap
3. Where a tank or tank system is not located in a dedicated room the max
capacity shall not exceed how many gallons for non-engineered? How many
for engineered? - ANSWER ✅ 1320
1375
4. An auxiliary tank shall not exceed how many gallons? - ANSWER ✅ 60
gallons
5. How and where should auxiliary tanks be filled? - ANSWER ✅ Pump
transfer from supply tank
6. Where should auxiliary tanks be located? - ANSWER ✅ At a level above
the top of the supply tank from which they are filled
,7. A tank who's capacity does not exceed 660 gallons shall be permited to be
installed outside and adjacent to a building provided they are separated from
the adjoining property by what distance?
Tanks 275 and under?
Tanks over 275? - ANSWER ✅ 5 feet
10 feet
8. Where tanks are heated by steam coils the steam coils shall not exceed what
gauge pressure? - ANSWER ✅ 15 PSI
9. Where tanks are heated by hot water coils the hot water shall be provided by
indirect heaters and water shall be limited to what temp? - ANSWER ✅ 250
10.Where tanks are electrically heated the heater shall be equipped with what? -
ANSWER ✅ Approved thermostat designed to prevent fuel from exceeding
minimum flash point
11.For above ground fill and vent piping what material shall be used? -
ANSWER ✅ Schedule 40 steel
Schedule 40 brass
12.For underground fill and vent pipes what material shall be used? - ANSWER
✅ Listed nonmetallic
Listed metallic
Steel
Brass
13.What distance from tank or fuel pump does the fuel supply line not have to
be coated? - ANSWER ✅ 6 inches
, 14.What type of fitting shall not be used - ANSWER ✅ Cast Iron
15.Where shall connections to an underground tank be made? - ANSWER ✅
Top of the tank
16.How should fuel not be transferred? - ANSWER ✅ Pressurization of the
tank
17.The fill pipe shall be what size? Pitched where? Without what? - ANSWER
✅ 1/ 1/4 in Pitched towards the tank
Without sags or traps where liquid can collect
18.For tanks that directly supply a fuel burning appliance and are intended to be
filled by hose from a vehicle shall terminate how? - ANSWER ✅ 2 feet
from any building opening
In a manner that prevents spilling
19.How far from building opening shall vent pipe terminate? - ANSWER ✅ 2
feet
20.Vent pipes shall terminate not more than how many feet from the fill pipe
and a point visible from the fill point? - ANSWER ✅ 12 feet
21.Vent caps shall have a minimum free open area equal to the cross sectional
area of the vent pipe and shall have what size screens? - ANSWER ✅ No.4
mesh or coarser
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS || RECENT VERSION
1. Where three or more tanks are installed as part of a fuel storage system each
appliance line shall have what? - ANSWER ✅ Own shutoff valve
Venting system
Own gauge device
2. Any unused opening in a tank shall be closed with what? - ANSWER ✅ A
vapor tight threaded plug or cap
3. Where a tank or tank system is not located in a dedicated room the max
capacity shall not exceed how many gallons for non-engineered? How many
for engineered? - ANSWER ✅ 1320
1375
4. An auxiliary tank shall not exceed how many gallons? - ANSWER ✅ 60
gallons
5. How and where should auxiliary tanks be filled? - ANSWER ✅ Pump
transfer from supply tank
6. Where should auxiliary tanks be located? - ANSWER ✅ At a level above
the top of the supply tank from which they are filled
,7. A tank who's capacity does not exceed 660 gallons shall be permited to be
installed outside and adjacent to a building provided they are separated from
the adjoining property by what distance?
Tanks 275 and under?
Tanks over 275? - ANSWER ✅ 5 feet
10 feet
8. Where tanks are heated by steam coils the steam coils shall not exceed what
gauge pressure? - ANSWER ✅ 15 PSI
9. Where tanks are heated by hot water coils the hot water shall be provided by
indirect heaters and water shall be limited to what temp? - ANSWER ✅ 250
10.Where tanks are electrically heated the heater shall be equipped with what? -
ANSWER ✅ Approved thermostat designed to prevent fuel from exceeding
minimum flash point
11.For above ground fill and vent piping what material shall be used? -
ANSWER ✅ Schedule 40 steel
Schedule 40 brass
12.For underground fill and vent pipes what material shall be used? - ANSWER
✅ Listed nonmetallic
Listed metallic
Steel
Brass
13.What distance from tank or fuel pump does the fuel supply line not have to
be coated? - ANSWER ✅ 6 inches
, 14.What type of fitting shall not be used - ANSWER ✅ Cast Iron
15.Where shall connections to an underground tank be made? - ANSWER ✅
Top of the tank
16.How should fuel not be transferred? - ANSWER ✅ Pressurization of the
tank
17.The fill pipe shall be what size? Pitched where? Without what? - ANSWER
✅ 1/ 1/4 in Pitched towards the tank
Without sags or traps where liquid can collect
18.For tanks that directly supply a fuel burning appliance and are intended to be
filled by hose from a vehicle shall terminate how? - ANSWER ✅ 2 feet
from any building opening
In a manner that prevents spilling
19.How far from building opening shall vent pipe terminate? - ANSWER ✅ 2
feet
20.Vent pipes shall terminate not more than how many feet from the fill pipe
and a point visible from the fill point? - ANSWER ✅ 12 feet
21.Vent caps shall have a minimum free open area equal to the cross sectional
area of the vent pipe and shall have what size screens? - ANSWER ✅ No.4
mesh or coarser
