Does anybody have run into any code references NEC-NFPA, API referring requirement for grounding above ground DIESEL storage tanks? I have heard arguments that Diesel being higher flash point does not have issues of fires due to static discharge.
You ground tanks for structural grounding reasons. This is not NEC. See NFPA 780, or the API standards for storage tanks.
Diesel does not have a vapor problem. Drop a match in it and it puts it out. Also it is not a “dry” liquid...no static charge from transfers. So you ground like you do a building, nothing special for the fuel.
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