Los Angeles Municipal Code § 57.5005 Use, Dispensing and Handling

Section 5005 of the CFC is hereby adopted in its entirety with the following exceptions, modifications and additions.

The filling or transferring of liquid or gaseous hazardous materials stored at ambient temperatures and pressures in excess of 0.5 psig shall be in accordance with the following:

1. No person shall fill any portable container with any material for which it was not designed, nor shall any person fill any portable container beyond its rated capacity, nor fill any unapproved portable container.

2. The transferring or dispensing of liquid or gas into any portable container shall be performed only in a Hazardous Materials Room, in occupancies approved for such use, or entirely outside of any building.

3. The transferring or dispensing of materials from a tank truck to a portable container on any public street, sidewalk, alley or public way, is prohibited.

4. A qualified attendant or operator shall be in constant attendance at the transfer connections between a transportation tank truck, containing hazardous materials, and the portable vessels to be filled, from the time connections are made until connections are finally broken.

5. The transferring or dispensing of materials from one portable container to another is prohibited.