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Diesel Compliance: Navigating DSEAR & Pollution Regulation

I Ensure Businesses Are DSEAR & Pollution Regulation Compliant

Navigating fuel storage regulations can be complex. I provide a comprehensive, “boots-on-the-ground service to ensure your site is safe, legal and environmentally sound

Is Your Fuel Installation Compliant?

To compliant you need:

  1. DSEAR risk assessment covering diesel storage and use on site.
  2. Hazardous area classification around tanks, pipework and dispensing points (following EI 15 or equivalent guidance.
  3. Oil storage controls: 110% secondary containment, no uncontrolled outlets, protection from drains and watercourses.

Regulations change, and equipment degrades. A professional audit is the only way to ensure your business is protected from both fire risk and environmental prosecution

If any of these are missing, outdated or poorly documented you are carrying avoidable legal, safety and financial risk

What You Get: Four-Step Compliance Process

1. Site Visit & Technical Review

I inspect your fuel tanks, fill points, bunds, venting and dispensing systems to understand how diesel actually moves through your site-not just what is on the drawings.

2. Clear Prioritised Report

You receive a concise assessment of your compliance status, key risks and exactly what needs to change – ranked by urgency and cost impact.

3. Formal DSEAR & EI 15 Assessment

I apply current guidance on high flashpoint fuels to classify hazardous areas proportionately. I use temperature and mist-formation criteria, where necessary to avoid unnecessary zoning where evidence supports this.

4. Zoning Drawings & Action Plan

You get defensible hazardous area drawings, where necessary plus practical recommendations for hardware, procedures and testing that your team, insurers and regulators can understand.

This Service Is For You If:

  • You manage backup generators, fuel tanks or standby power systems
  • You need current DSEAR documentation for compliance or insurance
  • You run depots, workshops, plant yards or data centres with diesel storage
  • You have been quoted eye-watering sums for ATEX upgrades and want a second opinion
  • You are facing an audit, inspection or insurance review and your paperwork is out of date

What Makes This Different

Evidence-based, not box ticking. I don’t copy-paste generic templates. Every assessment is built around how your site actually operates.

Cost-aware, I prioritise findings by risk and impact so you can make informed decisions about what to fix first-and what can wait.

Defensible, my assessments stand up to insurer scrutiny, HSE questions and technical challenge because they are based on current guidance and site-specific evidence.

No unnecessary upselling. If you don’t need ATEX equipment, I won’t tell you to buy it.

Book a no-obligation site visit

+44 (0) 7976 942903

email: simon@smfdesign.co.uk

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Address: 9, Station Approach, Wendover, Bucks. HP22 6BN

simon@smfdesign.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 7976 942903

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