Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-6-5-.03 - Fire Prevention Requirements For Public Warehouses

(1) All loose cotton from sampling or from picking damaged cotton must be removed from the warehouse or placed in bags or closed bins as soon as picked or removed from the bale.

(2) All trash and rubbish must be removed from warehouse and not allowed to remain closer than 100 feet from any open area. Cotton stored in the open should be tiered or stacked in an orderly manner and so located as to reduce fire hazards to a minimum.

(3) No Smoking signs must be kept conspicuously posted in the warehouse at all times.

(4) Cotton that has been in a fire, or in which fire originated during the process of ginning, must not be stored in any warehouse for at least five days after such fire.

(5) No warehouseman shall store any article of value, other than for which a public warehouseman's permit has been issued, when the warehouse space is needed for the storage and proper protection of the goods authorized in the warehouseman's permit. When the warehouse space will permit other articles to be stored than that for which a public warehouseman's permit has been issued but storage for such additional article or articles would cause the insurance rate on the goods in the warehouse to increase, then the additional article shall not be stored until after the warehouseman has absorbed the increased insurance on all the goods stored. No nitrate material such as ammonium nitrate shall be stored in warehouses where cotton is stored. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to refuse to approve, or to withdraw his approval of the application of a public warehouseman's permit to store more than one article when it appears that all the storage space is, or will be, needed for the proper protection and accommodation in handling of the principal article represented in the application for a warehouseman's permit.

(6) In addition to the above requirements set out in paragraph no.

(1) through (5) above, all public warehouses must comply with those fire prevention standards as promulgated by regulation of the State Fire Marshal and those standards imposed by the various municipalities where the public warehouse may be located. Failure to comply with the above standards, after warning, will be considered grounds for revocation, suspension or failure to renew the permit for the operation of a public warehouse.

Author: Charles H. Barnes

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-6-5-.03

Filed April 19, 1992.

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 8-15-2.