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Friday, July 8, 1949
truck .scales for weighing the materials received need not be furnished. If the industrial alcohol plant is equipped with meal hoppers mounted on scales, the meal may be weighed therein. Beams or dials of scales used to weigh packages must indicate weight in half-pound grad uations : Provided, That if packages con taining exactly 1, 2, 5, and 10 wine gal lons, which would require weighing in terms of pounds and ounces, are filled or received, scales indicating weight in ounce graduations must be provided.
The beams or dials of weighing tank scales must indicate weight in 5-pound graduations for scales up to and includ ing 25 tons capacity; in 10-pound gradua tions for scales exceeding 25 tons ca pacity, but not exceeding 60 tons capac ity; and in 20-pound graduations for scales having a capacity of more than 60
tons. Secs. 2808, 3105, 3124 a 6 , 3176,1. R. C.
182.72 Washwater receiving tanks.
If carbon dioxide is recovered and the washwater is used in the manufacture of alcohol, there must be provided a suffi cient number of washwater receiving tanks, which shall be constructed of metal and be of uniform dimensions from top to bottom. Each such tank shall be equipped with a suitable measuring de vice whereby the actual contents will be correctly indicated. There must be painted on each tank the words Washwater Receiving Tank, followed by its serial number and capacity in wine gal lons. The outlet valve must be equipped for the reception of Government lock.
Such tanks, if connected with low-wine tanks, stills, or other distilling apparatus, shall be connected by means of fixed metal pipe lines for the purpose of trans ferring the washwater. If the washwater is not used in the manufacture of alcohol, as provided by 182.391, washwater receiving tanks need not be in stalled. Secs. 2823, 2829, 3105, 3124
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182.73 Stills. The stills must be of substantial construction, and must have a clear space of not less than 1 foot around them. The steam or fuel line to each still shall be equipped with a valve so constructed that it may be locked with a Government lock, as provided in 182.67. The drain and wash-out pipes of stills must also, wherever practicable, be equipped with valves so constructed th at they may be locked with Govern ment locks. If there is a furnace under the stills or doublers, the door thereto must, as provided in 182.67, be so con structed that it may be secured with a Government lock. There must be a clear space of not less than 2 feet around every doubler and condenser or worm tank.
The doubler and worm tanks must be elevated not less than 1 foot from the floor. Every still must be numbered, commencing with number 1, and have painted thereon its designated use, such as Beer Still," Doubler," Rectifying Column," etc., and its number. The ca pacity of stills and doublers shall be de termined in accordance with 182.915
and marked thereon. Where the still is insulated or the manufacturers serial number is otherwise obscured, such num ber and capacity will likewise be painted No. 130------2

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on the covering of the still. Secs. 3103, 3105, 3124 a 6 , 3176,1. R. C.
182.74 General requirements for tanks and other equipment. All tanks used as receptacles for spirits between the outlet of the first condenser or worm and the receiving tanks shall be con structed of metal, and shall be of uni form dimensions from top to bottom.
Each such tank shall be equipped with a suitable measuring device whereby the actual contents will be correctly indi cated. All tanks must be so constructed as. to permit examination of every part thereof, and so arranged as to leave an open space of not less than.3 feet between the top and the roof or floor above.
Where tanks are equipped with manholes or valves in the top, which are required to be locked with Government locks, suit able walks or landings with steps or stair ways leading thereto, must be provided near the top of such tanks in order that ready access may be had by Government officers to the manholes. District super visors may require such walks or land ings, with steps or stairways leading thereto, to be installed at plants now operating, where the tanks have man holes or valves in the top, which are re quired to be locked with Government locks, and the present method of gaining access to the top of the tanks is hazard ous or unsafe to Government officers who are required to open and close the locks on such manholes or valves, or to inspect the contents of the tanks from time to time. All tanks, such as low-wine tanks, high-wine tanks, heads and tails tanks, fusel oil tanks, distilled watr tanks, and similar equipment, shall each have plainly and legibly painted thereon its designated use, serial number, and ca pacity in wine gallons. Manheads, in lets, and outlets of the tanks and all necessary openings in the distilling ap paratus and equipment, except column stills, whereby access may be had to the alcohol, must be provided with facilities for locking with Government locks: Pro vided, That distilled water storage tanks need not be so equipped unless a pipe line is connected therewith for the convey ance of distilled water to contiguous establishments, as provided in 1Ó2.76.
All openings in tanks and other distill ing apparatus and equipment, which are not absolutely necessary and which can be permanently closed without interfer ence with plant operations, shall be closed by brazing, welding, or otherwise securely fastening and sealing. Tanks used as receptacles for alcohol may be permanently connected with pipe lines for the conveyance thereto of air and dis tilled water, but the distilled water pipe line must be affixed to the top of the tank, and may not extend into the tank. Such pipe lines must be equipped with a control valve which may be locked with a Gov ernment lock. Pipe lines used for the conveyance of air must also be equipped with a check valve located near the point of entry to the tank in order to effectively prevent any abstaction of alcohol from the tank. Pipe lines, except those indi cated herein and those used for the con veyance of alcohol, may not be perma nently connected with such tanks.

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182.80 Receiving tanks. The pro prietor must provide in the receiving room receiving tanks of sufficient capac ity to hold at least the maximum quan tity of alcohol that can be distilled dur ing a day of 24 hours. Receiving tanks must be constructed and arranged in conformity with the requirements of 182.74, and, in addition thereto, such tanks must be elevated not less than 18
inches from the floor and so separated that Government officers may pass com pletely around each. Each receiving tank must be equipped with a suitable measuring device whereby the actual contents will be correctly indicated, and shall have plainly and legibly painted thereon the words Receiving Tank, fol lowed by its serial number and capacity in wine gallons. Pipe lines connected with receiving tanks must be brazed, welded, or otherwise secured and sealed, to the tanks in such a manner th at they cannot be detached or altered without showing evidence of tampering. Except as provided by 182.74, pipe lines for the conveyance of water, air, or other substance than alcohol may not be permanently connected with receiving tanks. Secs. 2823, 2829, 3103, 3105, 3124
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182.99 Tanks. If the proprietor desires to receive specially denatured al cohol in tank cars, tank trucks, or by pipe line from a denaturing plant on con tiguous premises operated by him, he must provide tanks for the storage of the specially denatured alcohol so received by him. Each such tank must be con structed of metal, and equipped with a suitable measuring device whereby the actual contents will be correctly indi cated : Provided, That wooden tanks may be used for formulas for which metal tanks are unsuitable. Each such tank shall have plainly and legibly painted thereon the words Specially De natured Alcohol Storage Tank," followed by its serial number and capacity in wine gallons. The tanks shall be equipped for locking in such a manner as to pre vent access to the denatured alcohol.
Specially denatured alcohol storage tanks may be placed underground. For such underground storage tanks the identify ing sign shall be placed at a convenient and suitable location. Secs. 2829, 3105, 3124 a 6 , 3176,1. R. C.
8182.110 Description of premises.
The lot or tract of land on which the in dustrial alcohol plant, bonded warehouse, or denaturing plant or any combination thereof is situated, must be described on Form 1431 by courses and distances, in feet and inches, with the particularity required in conveyances of real estate.
If the premises consist of two or more lots or parcels, the condition of the title to which is not the same, the entire premises shall be first described, followed by a separate description by courses and distances, in feet and inches, of each such lot or parcel. The continuity of the premises must be unbroken, except that the premises may be divided by a public street Ox highway if parts of the premises so divided abut on such street or highway opposite each other. The premises may be similarly divided by a railroad right-of-way if the railroad is a