[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57315-57317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24459]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Announcement of the American Petroleum Institute's Standards
Activities
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to develop or revise standards and request for
public comment and participation in standards development.
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SUMMARY: The American Petroleum Institute (API), with the assistance of
other interested parties, continues to develop standards, both national
and international, in several areas. This notice lists the
standardization efforts currently being conducted by API committees.
The publication of this notice by the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) on behalf of API is being undertaken as a public
service. NIST does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend the
standards referenced.
ADDRESSES: American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202) 862-8000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All contact individuals listed in the
supplementary information section of this notice may be reached at the
American Petroleum Institute.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The American Petroleum Institute develops and publishes voluntary
standards for equipment, operations, and processes. These standards are
used by both private industry and by governmental agencies. All
interested persons should contact the appropriate source as listed for
further information.
Pipeline Committee
New (1160) Pipe Integrity in High Consequence Areas (HCAs)
New (1133) Guidelines for Onshore Hydrocarbon Pipelines Crossing
Floodplains
1109 Marking Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Facilities
1129 Assurance of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline System Integrity
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Johnson, Standards and Training
Resource Group, email: [email protected].
Committee on Marketing
New Recommended Practice on Loading and Unloading of MC 306/DOT 406
Tank Motor Vehicles
New (1582) Similarity Calculations and Software for Aviation Jet Fuel
Filter/Separators
2610 Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of
Terminal and Tank Facilities
1621 Bulk Liquid Stock Control at Retail Outlets
1584 Four-inch Aviation Hydrant System
1004 Bottom Loading and Vapor Recovery for MC-306 Tank Motor Vehicles
2510 Design and Construction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Installations
1501 Recommended Practice for Retail or Consumer Aviation Fueling
Facilities
1560 Lubricant Service Designations for Automotive Manual
Transmissions, Manual Transaxles, and Axles
1631 Interior Lining of Underground Storage Tanks
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Soffrin, Standards and Training
Resource Group, email: [email protected].
Committee on Refining
New (577) Welding Inspection and Metallurgy
New (580) Risk Based Inspection
New (621) Reconditioning of Metallic Gate, Globe, and Check Valves
New (687) Repair of Special Purpose Rotors
New (934) Materials and Fabrication Requirements for 2\1/4\ CR & 3Cr
Steel Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels for High Temperature, High Pressure
Hydrogen Service
New Standard on Lightning Protection for Storage Tanks
510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code
570 Piping Inspection Code
575 Inspection of Atmospheric & Low Pressure Storage Tanks
530 Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
560 Fired Heaters for General Refinery Service
662 Plate Heat Exchanger Specification Sheets for General Refinery
Service
534 Heat Recovery Steam Generator Burners for Fired heaters in General
Refinery Service
599 Metal Plug Valves-Flanged and Welding Ends
603 Class 150, Cast, Corrosion-Resistant, Flanged-End Gate Valves
598 Valve Inspection and Testing
602 Compact Steel Gate Valves-Flanged, Threaded, Welding and Extended
Body Ends
608 Metal Ball Valves-Flanged, Threaded, and Butt-Welding Ends
620 Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage
Tanks
650 Welded Steel Ranks for Oil Storage
653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction
610 Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Chemical, and Heavy Duty Chemical
and Gas Industry Services
617 Centrifugal Compressors for petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry
Services
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682 Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps
612 Special Purpose Steam Turbines for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas
Industry Services
673 Fans
674 Positive Displacement Pumps-Reciprocating
541 Form-Wound Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors-250 Horsepower and
larger
554 Process Instrument and Control
526 Flanges Steel Pressure Relief Valves
520 Sizing, Selection and Installation of Pressure-Relieving Devices
in Refineries, Part II-Installation
Meetings/Conferences: The Storage Tank Management and Technology
Conference will be held in Austin, Texas at the Austin Marriott Hotel
from September 19 through September 21, 2000. The Fall Refining Meeting
will be held October 30 through November 1, 2000, at the Wyndham Palace
Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Fitness for Service Training will be
offered November 14-16, in San Antonio, Texas, at the Doubletree Hotel.
Interested parties may visit the API Events calendar at http://www.api.org/events for more information regarding participation in
these meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Miller, Standards and Training
Resource Group, e-mail: [email protected].
Committee on Safety and Fire Protection
2015 Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks
2021 Fire Fighting In and Around Flammable and Combustible Liquid
Atmosphere Storage Tank
2028 Flame Arrestors in Piping Systems
For Further Information Contact: David Soffrin, Standards and Training
Resource Group, email: [email protected].
Committee on Petroleum Measurement
1.0 Vocabulary
2.2A Measurement and Calibration of Upright Cylindrical Tanks by the
Manual Strapping Method
2.8A Calibration of Tanks on Ships and Oceangoing Barges
4.5 Master-Meter Provers
6.2 Loading Rack and Tank Truck Metering for Non-LPG Products
8.1 Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
8.2 Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
8.3 Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum
Products
8.4 Manual Sampling and Handling of Fuels for Volatility Measurement
10.1 Determination of Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the
Extraction Method
10.3 Determination of Water and Sediment in Crude Oil by the
Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure)
10.7 Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oil by Karl Fischer
Titration (Potentiometric)
New Draft Standard, On Line Water Monitoring Automatic Sampling
11.1 ``C'' Language and VCF Software
12.1 Calculation of Static Petroleum Quantities, Part 1, Upright
Cylindrical Tanks and Marine Vessels
14.1 Collecting and Handling Natural Gas Samples for Custody Transfer
14.3 Part 1 General Equations and Uncertainty Guidelines
14.3 Part 2 Specifications and General Installation Requirements
14.3 Part 3 Natural Gas Applications
14.3 Part 4 Natural Gas Applications--Software Program
14.3 Part 4 Background, Development, Implementation Procedures and
Subroutine Documentation
14.7 Mass Measurement of Natural Gas Liquid
16.2 Mass Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons in Vertical Cylindrical
Storage Tanks by Hydrostatic Tank Gaging
17.1 Guidelines for Marine Cargo Inspection (Spanish Version)
17.2 Measurement of Cargoes on Board Tank Vessel (Spanish Version)
17.5 Guidelines for Cargo Analysis and Reconciliation
17.7 Recommended Practices for Developing Barge Control Factors
(Volume Ratio)
19.1D Documentation File for API Manual of Petroleum Measurement
Standards Chapter 19.1--Evaporative Loss from Fixed Roof Tanks
20.1 Allocation Measurement
New Multi-Phase Meters
New Ultrasonic Meters
New Alternative Meters
Meetings/Conferences: The Committee on Petroleum Measurement Fall
Meeting will be held September 25-29, 2000, at the Wyndham Palace
Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Interested parties may visit the API
Events calendar at http://www.api.org/events for more information
regarding attending this meeting.
For Further Information Contact: Jon Noxon, Standards and Training
Resource Group, email: [email protected].
Committee on Exploration and Production
New (2FPS) Recommended Practice on Floating Production Systems
2C Specification for Offshore Cranes
2MT1 Specification for As-Rolled Carbon Manganese Steel Plate with
Improved Toughness for Offshore Structures
2N Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing
Structures and Pipelines in Arctic Conditions
2S Design of Windlass Wildcats for Floating Offshore Structure
New (2SM) Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring
5B Threading, Gaging, and Thread Inspection of Casing, Tubing, and
Line Pipe Threads
5CT Specification on Casing and Tubing
7 Specification for Rotary Drill Stern Elements
7K Specification for Drilling Equipment
7L Recommended Practice for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair and
Remanufacture of Drilling Equipment
9A Specification for Wire Rope
10D Specification for Bow-Spring Casing Centralizers
10F Recommended Practice for Performance of Cementing Float Equipment
11AR Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps
New (11IW) Independent Wellhead
New Specification for Packers
13A Specification for Drilling Fluid Materials
14A Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment
16C Specification for Choke and Kill Systems
16D Specification for Control Systems for Drilling Well Control
Equipment
17C Recommended Practice for TFL (Through Flowline) Systems
New 17K Bonded Flexible Pipe
New 17L Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment
New Specification for Well Perforators
14J Recommended Practice for Design and Hazard Analysis for Offshore
Production Facilities
14G Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Open Type
Offshore Production Platforms
49 Recommended Practice for Analysis of Oilfield Waters
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Spanhel, Standards and Training
Resource Group, email: [email protected].
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Dated: September 15, 2000.
Karen Brown,
Deputy Director.
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