NATA’s final petition attempt to overturn the decision to enforce new NFPA 407 requirements for automatic fuel overfill protection systems was dismissed.
For FBOs and other fuel providers required to operate under the tenets of NFPA 407, the dismissal of NATA's petition over the requirements for redundant automatic overfill protection devices at airport tank farms and on refuelers may mean having to outlay thousands of dollars in retrofits and scramble for compliance with the measure, which takes effect next week.
