Penetrating containment wall around hydrocarbon tankage?

[11echo]

I'm working on a project where the engineers want me to penetrate the masonry containment wall of a diesel with a fill line. Now if this was a dirt berm type containment wall I know we can't do that ...could compromise the integrity in an earthquake. BUT I don't know if this holds true with a masonry wall? The engineers (young, REAL young) say "No Problem" but I have that gut feeling.
Can anybody give me some direction on this?

 

[GL431]

So settling = vertical forces, and quake = horizontal forces. Therefore settling does not cover quake as I proposed further above. But the piping penetrating the wall should be able to handle both stresses by design.

 

[BigInch]

I can't explain, because I don't understand, why vertical movements of earthquake effects are not specifically included. It makes no sense to me, unless you figure the earth moves uniformly in the vertical direction during an earthquake. I can't see how that is reasonable. In any case, if I thought vertical earthquake loads/movements were significant to the piping, I would include them regardless of what you can quote from the code. Codes are minimum requirements and do not supercede engineering judgement.

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