Notices. Notice of intent to develop or revise standards and request for public comment and participation in standards development
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BILLING CODE 3510-DT-M 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. 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: johnsona@api.org. 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: soffrind@api.org. 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 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: miller@api.org. 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: soffrind@api.org. 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: noxonj@api.org. 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: spanhelm@api.org. Dated: September 15, 2000. Karen Brown, Deputy Director. [FR Doc. 00-24459 Filed 9-21-00; 8:45 am]