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Dated: March 4, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. E6–3521 Filed 3–10–06; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
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Information Security and Privacy
Advisory Board (ISPAB) will meet
Tuesday, March 21, 2006, from 8:30
a.m. until 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 22,
2006, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and
Thursday, March 23, 2006 from 8:30
a.m. until 12 p.m.. All sessions will be
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—Welcome and Overview.
—Privacy Act Framework Effort.
—Briefing on Suite B Cryptography.
—IDA Report on NIAP.
—Briefing on Department of Homeland
Security National Common Body of
Knowledge Initiative.
—Briefing on Software Assurance.
—Briefing on Department of
Transportation ‘‘Real ID’’ Project.
—Status Reports on ISPAB Work Plan
Items.
—Agenda Development for June 2006
ISPAB Meeting.
—Wrap-Up.
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not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral
comments and questions from the
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be appreciated if 25 copies of written
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to the Board and attendees no later than
March 17, 2006. Approximately 15 seats
will be available for the public and
media.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Pauline Bowen, Board Secretariat,
Information Technology Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930,
telephone: (301) 975–2938.
Dated: February 28, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Announcement of the American
Petroleum Institute’s Standards
Activities
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.
AGENCY:
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.
SUMMARY:
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American Petroleum
Institute, 1220 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202)
682–8000, https://www.api.org.
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:
ADDRESSES:
Background
The American Petroleum Institute
develops and publishes voluntary
standards for equipment, materials,
operations, and processes for the
petroleum and natural gas industry.
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
1165, 1st Edition: SCADA Display
Standard.
1110, 5th Edition: Pressure Testing of
Liquid Petroleum Pipelines.
1113, 4th Edition: Developing a
Pipeline Supervisory Control Center.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrea Johnson, Standards Department,
e-mail: johnsona@api.org.
Committee on Marketing
1631, 6th Edition: Interior Lining and
Periodic Inspection of Underground
Storage Tanks.
1637, 3rd Edition: Using the API
Color-Symbol System to Mark
Equipment and Vehicles for Product
Identification at Service Stations and
Distribution Terminals.
1646, 1st Edition: Safety Practices for
Service Station Contractors.
16xx, 1st Edition: Recommended
Practice for Tank Truck Handling of
ULSD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Soffrin, Standards Department, email: soffrind@api.org.
Committee on Refining
Inspection
510, 9th Edition: Pressure Vessel
Inspection Code: Maintenance
Inspection, Rating, Repair, and
Alteration.
Pressure Vessel and Tanks
650, 11th Edition: Welded Steel Tanks
for Oil Storage.
653, 4th Edition: Tank Inspection,
Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction.
Electrical Equipment
500, 3rd Edition: Recommended
Practice for Classification of Locations
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for Electrical Installations at Petroleum
Facilities as Classified as Class I,
Division 1 and Division 2.
505, 2nd Edition: Recommended
Practice for Classification of Locations
for Electrical Installations at Petroleum
Facilities Classified as Class I, Zone 0,
Zone 1 and Zone 2.
Mechanical Equipment
618, 5th Edition: Reciprocating
Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical
and Gas Industry Services.
674, 3rd Edition: Positive
Displacement Pumps—Reciprocating.
677, 3rd Edition: General-purpose
Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical and
Gas Industry Services.
Heat Transfer Equipment
535, 2nd Edition: Burners for Fired
Heaters in General Refinery Services.
537, 2nd Edition: Flare details for
General Refinery and Petrochemical
Service.
Potential Safety and Fire Protection
Reaffirmations
2023, 3rd Edition: Guide for Safe
Storage and Handling of Heated
Petroleum-Derived Asphalt Products
and Crude-Oil Residua.
2210, 4th Edition: Flame Arresters for
Vents of Tanks Storing Petroleum
Products.
2218, 3rd Edition: Fireproofing
Practices in Petroleum and
Petrochemical Processing Plants.
2015, 7th Edition: Requirements for
Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum
Storage Tanks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact: David
Soffrin, Standards Department, e-mail:
soffrind@api.org.
Committee on Petroleum Measurement
Manual of Petroleum Measurement
Standards
Piping & Valves
Liquid Measurement
622, 1st Edition: Type Testing of
Process Valve Packing for Fugitive
Emissions.
Chapter 2.2E (ISO 12917–1:2000), 2nd
Edition: Calibration of Horizontal
Cylindrical Tanks—Part 1: Manual
Methods
Chapter 2.2F (ISO 12917–2:2000), 2nd
Edition: Calibration of Horizontal
Cylindrical Tanks—Part 2: Internal
Electro-Optical Distance-Ranging
Method
Chapter 4.5, 3rd Edition: Master-meter
Provers
Chapter 4.7, 3rd Edition: Field-Standard
Test Measures
Chapter 4.8, 2nd Edition: Operation of
Proving Systems
Chapter 4.9.4, 1st Edition:
Determination of the Volume of
Displacement and Tank Provers by
the Gravimetric Method of Calibration
Chapter 5.1, 4th Edition: General
Consideration for Measurement by
Meters
Chapter 6.1, 3rd Edition: Lease
Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT)
Systems
Chapter 6.4, 2nd Edition: Metering
Systems for Aviation Fueling
Facilities
Pressure Relieving Systems
521, 5th Edition: Guide for Pressurerelieving and Depressuring Systems.
Instrument & Control Systems
554, 2nd Edition: Process
Instrumentation and Control.
557, 2nd Edition: Guide to Advanced
Control Systems.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT:
David Soffrin, Standards Department, email: soffrind@api.org.
Meetings/Conferences: The Spring
Refining Meeting will be held in Dallas,
Texas, May 1–3, 2006. The Fall Refining
Meeting will be held in San Francisco,
California, October 30–November 1,
2006. Interested parties may visit the
API Web site at https://www.api.org/
events for more information regarding
participation in these meetings.
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Committee on Safety and Fire
Protection
2203, 7th Edition: Protection Against
Ignitions Arising Out of Static,
Lightning, and Stray Currents 2026, 3rd
Edition: Safe Access/Egress Involving
Floating Roofs of Storage Tanks in
Petroleum Service.
2207, 6th Edition: Preparing Tank
Bottoms for Hot Work.
2510A, 3rd Edition: Fire Protection
Considerations for the Design and
Operation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) Storage Facilities.
2021, 5th Edition: Management of
Atmospheric Storage Tank Fires.
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Measurement Quality
Chapter 10.7/D4377, 3rd Edition:
Standard Test method for Water in
Crude Oils by Potentiometric Karl
Fischer Titration
Chapter 11.2.4/GPA TP–27, 1st Edition:
Temperature Correction for NGL &
LPG—Tables 23E, 24E, 53E, 54E, 59E,
60E
Chapter 11.2.5/GPA TP–15, 1st Edition:
A Simplified Vapor Pressure
Correlation for Commercial NGLs
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Gas Fluids Measurement
Chapter 5.9, 1st Edition: Vortex
Shedding Flowmeters for Custody
Transfer—Joint with Liquid
Measurement
Chapter 14.1, 6th Edition: Collecting
and Handling of Natural Gas Samples
for Custody Transfer
Chapter 14.10, 1st Edition: Flare Gas
Meter
Measurement Accountability
Chapter 17.10, 1st Edition:
Measurement of Refrigerated and
Pressurized Cargo on Marine Tank
Vessels
Spanish Translations of Measurement
Accountability Standards
Chapter 17.2 Measurement of Cargoes
on Board Tank Vessels
Evaporative Loss Estimation
Publication 2514A, 3rd Edition:
Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Emissions
from Marine Vessel Transfer
Operations
Potential Reaffirmations of Committee
on Petroleum Measurement Standards
Gas Fluids Measurement
Chapter 14.3.2/AGA Report No. 3/GPA
8185–00 Part 2, 4th Edition:
Specification and Installation
Requirement—Concentric—Squareedged Orifice Meters
Chapter 14.3.4/GPA 8173–91, 3rd
Edition: Background, Development,
Implementation Procedures and
Subroutine Documentation—need
errata in relation to the updated 14.3.1
Chapter 14.2/AGA Report NO. 8/GPA
8185–90, 2nd Edition:
Compressibility Factors of Natural
Gas and Other Related Hydrocarbon
Gases
Chapter 14.4/GPA 8173–91, 1st Edition:
Converting Mass of Natural Gas
Liquids and Vapors to Equivalent
Liquid Volumes
Chapter 14.6, 2nd Edition: Continuous
Density Measurement
Chapter 14.7/GPA 8182–95, 2nd
Edition: Mass Measurement of Natural
Gas Liquids
Chapter 14.8, 2nd Edition: Liquefied
Petroleum Gas Measurement—with
errata
Liquid Measurement
Standard 2552, 1st Edition:
Measurement and Calibration of
Spheres and Spheroids
Chapter 3.2, 1st Edition: Tank
Gauging—Gauging Petroleum and
Petroleum Products in Tank Cars
Chapter 3.4, 1st Edition: Standard
Practice for Level Measurement of
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Liquid Hydrocarbons on Marine
Vessels by Automatic Tank Gauging
Chapter 12.3, 1st Edition: Calculation of
Volumetric Shrinkage from Blending
Light Hydrocarbons with Crude Oil
Chapter 13.1, 1st Edition: Statistical
Concepts and Procedures in
Measurement
Chapter 13.2, 1st Edition: Statistical
Methods of Evaluating Meter Proving
Data
Chapter 21.2A—Addendum 1 to Flow
Measurement—Electronic Liquid
Measurement—will be incorporated
into 21.1 when that standard is
revised
Measurement Quality
Chapter 8.1, 3rd Edition: Manual
Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum
Products
Evaporative Loss Estimation
Chapter 19.1A: Evaporation loss from
Low-pressure Tanks (Previously
Bulletin 2516)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrea Johnson, Standards Department,
e-mail: johnsona@api.org.
Meetings/Conferences: The Spring
Committee on Petroleum Measurement
meeting will be held in Dallas, Texas,
March 20–24, 2006. The Fall Committee
on Petroleum Measurement meeting
will be held in Denver, Colorado,
October 9–12, 2006. Interested parties
may visit the API Web site at https://
www.api.org/events for more
information regarding participation in
these meetings.
Committee on Exploration and
Production
Production Equipment
RP 6DR, 1st Edition: Repair and
Remanufacture of Pipeline Valves.
Spec 6DSS, 1st Edition (National
Adoption of ISO 14723): Subsea
Pipeline Valves. SC6 Technical Report
Metallic material limits for wellhead
equipment used in high temperature
applications for API 6A and 17D
applications.
Spec 14H, 5th Edition: Installation
Maintenance and Repair of Surface
Safety Valves and Underwater Safety
Valves Offshore, 5th Ed.
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Oil Country Tubular Goods
RP 5C8 1st Edition: Inspection, Care,
and Maintenance of Coiled Tubular
Product.
5LCP 2nd Edition: Specification on
Coiled Line Pipe.
7–1 1st Edition (National Adoption of
10424–1): Rotary drilling
equipment—Part 1: Rotary drill stem
elements (spec 7)
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7NRV 1st Edition Spec on Non-return
Valves
RP 15S, 1st Edition: Qualification of
Spoolable Reinforced Plastic Line
Pipe
Offshore Structures, Drill Through
Equipment, and Subsea Production
Equipment
2FB, 1st Edition: Design of Offshore
Facilities against Fire and Blast
Loading
2H, 9th Edition: Spec 2H, Carbon
Manganese Steel Plate for Offshore
Platform Tubular Joints
2SK, Addendum/Bulletin on MODU
Mooring Design
2T, 3rd Edition: Planning, Designing
and Constructing Tension Leg
Platforms
2W, 5th Edition: Steel Plates for
Offshore Structures, Produced by
Thermo-Mechanical Control Processing
(TMCP).
2Y, 5th Edition: Steel Plates,
Quenched-and-Tempered, for Offshore
Structures.
RP 17A (National Adoption of ISO
13628–1), 4th Edition: Design and
Operation of Subsea Production
Systems.
Spec 17F (National Adoption of ISO
13628–6), 2nd Edition: Subsea
Production Control Systems (ISO FDIS
expected by Jan 2006).
RP 17G (National Adoption of ISO
13628–7), 2nd Edition: Design &
Operation of Completion/Workover
Riser Systems (API ballot closes Jan ’06).
Drilling Operations and Equipment
4F, 3rd Edition (National Adoption of
13626): Drilling and production
equipment—Drilling and well-servicing
structures.
Spec 11AX: Subsurface Sucker Rod
Pumps and Fittings.
May be a new edition or just an
addendum.
13D, 5th Edition: Recommended
Practice on Drilling Fluids Processing
Systems Evaluation.
13N 1st Edition (National Adoption of
13504–4): Procedures for measuring
gravelpack leakoff under static
conditions.
16C, 2nd Edition: Choke and Kill
Systems.
19B, 2nd Edition: Evaluation of Well
Perforators.
Potential Reaffirmations of Committee
on Exploration & Production Standards
Spec 2MT1, As-Rolled Carbon
Manganese Steel Plate With Improved
Toughness for Offshore Structures,
Second Edition, September 2001.
RP 2N, Planning, Designing, and
Constructing Structures and Pipelines
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for Arctic Conditions, Second Edition,
December 1995, Reaffirmed: January
2001.
Bull 2S, Design of Windlass Wildcats
for Floating Offshore Structures, Second
Edition, November 1995, Reaffirmed:
January 2001.
RP 2SM, Recommended Practice for
Design, Manufacture, Installation, and
maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes
for Offshore Mooring, First Edition,
March 2001.
Spec 5D, Specification for Drill Pipe,
5th edition, October 2001.
TR 6AF1, Temperature Derating of
API Flanges Under Combination of
Load, 2nd edition, Nov. 1998.
TR 6AF2, Capabilities of API Integral
Flanges Under Combination of Load,
2nd edition, Apr. 1999.
Spec 6H, End Closures, Connectors,
and Swivels, 2nd edition, May 1998.
TR (Bull) 6J, Testing of Oilfield
Elastomers (A Tutorial), 2nd edition,
Reaffirmed Jan. 2000.
TR 6J1, Elastomer Life Estimation
Testing Procedures, 1st edition, Aug.
2000.
TR 6F1, Performance of API and ANSI
End Connectors in a Fire Test According
to API. Specification 6FA, 3rd edition,
Apr. 1999.
TR 6F2, Fire Resistance
Improvements for API Flanges, 3rd
edition, Apr. 1999.
Spec 6FA, Fire Test for Valves, 3rd
edition, Apr. 1999.
Spec 6FB, Fire Test for End
Connectors, 3rd edition, May 1998.
Spec 6FC, Fire Test for Valves with
Automatic Backseats, 3rd edition, Apr.
1999.
RP 13K, Chemical Analysis of Barite,
2nd Edition, February 1996, Reaffirmed
November 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andy Radford, Standards Department,
e-mail: radforda@api.org.
Meetings/Conferences: The 2006
Summer Standardization Conference on
Oilfield Equipment & Materials will take
place in Atlanta, Georgia, June 12–16,
2006. Interested parties may visit the
API Web site at https://www.api.org/
events for more information regarding
participation in this meeting.
Executive Committee on Drilling and
Production Operations
RP 65—Part 2, 1st Edition: Isolating
Potential Flow Zones in Well Drilling
and Cementing Operations.
RP 67, 2nd Edition: Oilfield Explosive
Safety.
RP 90, 1st Edition: Annular Casing
Pressure Management for Offshore
Wells.
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Tim
Sampson, Upstream Department, e-mail:
sampson@api.org.
For additional information on the
overall API standards program, contact:
David Miller, Standards Department,
e-mail: miller@api.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: March 3, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. E6–3519 Filed 3–10–06; 8:45 am]
Administrator for Fisheries. The group
will be briefed on the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act reauthorization,
offshore aquaculture, and the NOAA
budget.
March 29, 2006
In the morning, the group will be
given a briefing on the National
Research Council’s independent review
of NOAA’s recreational fishing data
collection program. In the afternoon, the
group will be updated on a proposal to
create a saltwater angler registry.
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March 30, 2006
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Joint State Fish and Game Department
Directors and Saltwater Sportfishing
Community Public Meeting
The group will reconvene to receive
an update on progress made on the
implementation of NOAA’s recreational
fisheries strategic plan.
Special Accommodations
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of NMFS with the state fish and
game department directors and
saltwater sportfishing community. This
3-day meeting is held to solicit
stakeholder and constituent input on
NOAA’s recreational fishing data
collection program. Agenda topics are
provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice. All
sessions will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held March
28, 2006, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., March
29, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
March 30, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Double Tree Hotel, 300 Army-Navy
Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202; Phone:
(703) 416–4100.
Requests for special accommodations
may be directed to Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Meyers, State/Federal Liaison;
telephone: (301) 713–2334.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given of
meetings between NOAA and members
of the public.
Matters to be Considered
March 28, 2006
The meeting will begin with remarks
from Dr. William T. Hogarth, Assistant
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These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Steve Meyers,
State/Federal Liaison; telephone: (301)
713–2334.
Dated: March 7, 2006.
Alan Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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) 682-8000, https://www.api.org.
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, materials, operations, and processes for the
petroleum and natural gas industry. 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
1165, 1st Edition: SCADA Display Standard.
1110, 5th Edition: Pressure Testing of Liquid Petroleum Pipelines.
1113, 4th Edition: Developing a Pipeline Supervisory Control
Center.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Johnson, Standards Department,
e-mail: johnsona@api.org.
Committee on Marketing
1631, 6th Edition: Interior Lining and Periodic Inspection of
Underground Storage Tanks.
1637, 3rd Edition: Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark
Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification at Service Stations
and Distribution Terminals.
1646, 1st Edition: Safety Practices for Service Station
Contractors.
16xx, 1st Edition: Recommended Practice for Tank Truck Handling of
ULSD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Soffrin, Standards Department,
e-mail: soffrind@api.org.
Committee on Refining
Inspection
510, 9th Edition: Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance
Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration.
Pressure Vessel and Tanks
650, 11th Edition: Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage.
653, 4th Edition: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and
Reconstruction.
Electrical Equipment
500, 3rd Edition: Recommended Practice for Classification of
Locations
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for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities as Classified as
Class I, Division 1 and Division 2.
505, 2nd Edition: Recommended Practice for Classification of
Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities
Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2.
Mechanical Equipment
618, 5th Edition: Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical
and Gas Industry Services.
674, 3rd Edition: Positive Displacement Pumps--Reciprocating.
677, 3rd Edition: General-purpose Gear Units for Petroleum,
Chemical and Gas Industry Services.
Heat Transfer Equipment
535, 2nd Edition: Burners for Fired Heaters in General Refinery
Services.
537, 2nd Edition: Flare details for General Refinery and
Petrochemical Service.
Piping & Valves
622, 1st Edition: Type Testing of Process Valve Packing for
Fugitive Emissions.
Pressure Relieving Systems
521, 5th Edition: Guide for Pressure-relieving and Depressuring
Systems.
Instrument & Control Systems
554, 2nd Edition: Process Instrumentation and Control.
557, 2nd Edition: Guide to Advanced Control Systems.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: David Soffrin, Standards Department, e-
mail: soffrind@api.org.
Meetings/Conferences: The Spring Refining Meeting will be held in
Dallas, Texas, May 1-3, 2006. The Fall Refining Meeting will be held in
San Francisco, California, October 30-November 1, 2006. Interested
parties may visit the API Web site at https://www.api.org/events for
more information regarding participation in these meetings.
Committee on Safety and Fire Protection
2203, 7th Edition: Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of
Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents 2026, 3rd Edition: Safe Access/
Egress Involving Floating Roofs of Storage Tanks in Petroleum Service.
2207, 6th Edition: Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work.
2510A, 3rd Edition: Fire Protection Considerations for the Design
and Operation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Storage Facilities.
2021, 5th Edition: Management of Atmospheric Storage Tank Fires.
Potential Safety and Fire Protection Reaffirmations
2023, 3rd Edition: Guide for Safe Storage and Handling of Heated
Petroleum-Derived Asphalt Products and Crude-Oil Residua.
2210, 4th Edition: Flame Arresters for Vents of Tanks Storing
Petroleum Products.
2218, 3rd Edition: Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and
Petrochemical Processing Plants.
2015, 7th Edition: Requirements for Safe Entry and Cleaning of
Petroleum Storage Tanks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact: David
Soffrin, Standards Department, e-mail: soffrind@api.org.
Committee on Petroleum Measurement
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards
Liquid Measurement
Chapter 2.2E (ISO 12917-1:2000), 2nd Edition: Calibration of Horizontal
Cylindrical Tanks--Part 1: Manual Methods
Chapter 2.2F (ISO 12917-2:2000), 2nd Edition: Calibration of Horizontal
Cylindrical Tanks--Part 2: Internal Electro-Optical Distance-Ranging
Method
Chapter 4.5, 3rd Edition: Master-meter Provers
Chapter 4.7, 3rd Edition: Field-Standard Test Measures
Chapter 4.8, 2nd Edition: Operation of Proving Systems
Chapter 4.9.4, 1st Edition: Determination of the Volume of Displacement
and Tank Provers by the Gravimetric Method of Calibration
Chapter 5.1, 4th Edition: General Consideration for Measurement by
Meters
Chapter 6.1, 3rd Edition: Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT)
Systems
Chapter 6.4, 2nd Edition: Metering Systems for Aviation Fueling
Facilities
Measurement Quality
Chapter 10.7/D4377, 3rd Edition: Standard Test method for Water in
Crude Oils by Potentiometric Karl Fischer Titration
Chapter 11.2.4/GPA TP-27, 1st Edition: Temperature Correction for NGL &
LPG--Tables 23E, 24E, 53E, 54E, 59E, 60E
Chapter 11.2.5/GPA TP-15, 1st Edition: A Simplified Vapor Pressure
Correlation for Commercial NGLs
Gas Fluids Measurement
Chapter 5.9, 1st Edition: Vortex Shedding Flowmeters for Custody
Transfer--Joint with Liquid Measurement
Chapter 14.1, 6th Edition: Collecting and Handling of Natural Gas
Samples for Custody Transfer
Chapter 14.10, 1st Edition: Flare Gas Meter
Measurement Accountability
Chapter 17.10, 1st Edition: Measurement of Refrigerated and Pressurized
Cargo on Marine Tank Vessels
Spanish Translations of Measurement Accountability Standards
Chapter 17.2 Measurement of Cargoes on Board Tank Vessels
Evaporative Loss Estimation
Publication 2514A, 3rd Edition: Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Emissions from
Marine Vessel Transfer Operations
Potential Reaffirmations of Committee on Petroleum Measurement
Standards
Gas Fluids Measurement
Chapter 14.3.2/AGA Report No. 3/GPA 8185-00 Part 2, 4th Edition:
Specification and Installation Requirement--Concentric--Square-edged
Orifice Meters
Chapter 14.3.4/GPA 8173-91, 3rd Edition: Background, Development,
Implementation Procedures and Subroutine Documentation--need errata in
relation to the updated 14.3.1
Chapter 14.2/AGA Report NO. 8/GPA 8185-90, 2nd Edition: Compressibility
Factors of Natural Gas and Other Related Hydrocarbon Gases
Chapter 14.4/GPA 8173-91, 1st Edition: Converting Mass of Natural Gas
Liquids and Vapors to Equivalent Liquid Volumes
Chapter 14.6, 2nd Edition: Continuous Density Measurement
Chapter 14.7/GPA 8182-95, 2nd Edition: Mass Measurement of Natural Gas
Liquids
Chapter 14.8, 2nd Edition: Liquefied Petroleum Gas Measurement--with
errata
Liquid Measurement
Standard 2552, 1st Edition: Measurement and Calibration of Spheres and
Spheroids
Chapter 3.2, 1st Edition: Tank Gauging--Gauging Petroleum and Petroleum
Products in Tank Cars
Chapter 3.4, 1st Edition: Standard Practice for Level Measurement of
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Liquid Hydrocarbons on Marine Vessels by Automatic Tank Gauging
Chapter 12.3, 1st Edition: Calculation of Volumetric Shrinkage from
Blending Light Hydrocarbons with Crude Oil
Chapter 13.1, 1st Edition: Statistical Concepts and Procedures in
Measurement
Chapter 13.2, 1st Edition: Statistical Methods of Evaluating Meter
Proving Data
Chapter 21.2A--Addendum 1 to Flow Measurement--Electronic Liquid
Measurement--will be incorporated into 21.1 when that standard is
revised
Measurement Quality
Chapter 8.1, 3rd Edition: Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum
Products
Evaporative Loss Estimation
Chapter 19.1A: Evaporation loss from Low-pressure Tanks (Previously
Bulletin 2516)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Johnson, Standards Department,
e-mail: johnsona@api.org.
Meetings/Conferences: The Spring Committee on Petroleum Measurement
meeting will be held in Dallas, Texas, March 20-24, 2006. The Fall
Committee on Petroleum Measurement meeting will be held in Denver,
Colorado, October 9-12, 2006. Interested parties may visit the API Web
site at https://www.api.org/events for more information regarding
participation in these meetings.
Committee on Exploration and Production
Production Equipment
RP 6DR, 1st Edition: Repair and Remanufacture of Pipeline Valves.
Spec 6DSS, 1st Edition (National Adoption of ISO 14723): Subsea
Pipeline Valves. SC6 Technical Report Metallic material limits for
wellhead equipment used in high temperature applications for API 6A and
17D applications.
Spec 14H, 5th Edition: Installation Maintenance and Repair of
Surface Safety Valves and Underwater Safety Valves Offshore, 5th Ed.
Oil Country Tubular Goods
RP 5C8 1st Edition: Inspection, Care, and Maintenance of Coiled
Tubular Product.
5LCP 2nd Edition: Specification on Coiled Line Pipe.
7-1 1st Edition (National Adoption of 10424-1): Rotary drilling
equipment--Part 1: Rotary drill stem elements (spec 7)
7NRV 1st Edition Spec on Non-return Valves
RP 15S, 1st Edition: Qualification of Spoolable Reinforced Plastic Line
Pipe
Offshore Structures, Drill Through Equipment, and Subsea Production
Equipment
2FB, 1st Edition: Design of Offshore Facilities against Fire and Blast
Loading
2H, 9th Edition: Spec 2H, Carbon Manganese Steel Plate for Offshore
Platform Tubular Joints
2SK, Addendum/Bulletin on MODU Mooring Design
2T, 3rd Edition: Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg
Platforms
2W, 5th Edition: Steel Plates for Offshore Structures, Produced by
Thermo-Mechanical Control Processing (TMCP).
2Y, 5th Edition: Steel Plates, Quenched-and-Tempered, for Offshore
Structures.
RP 17A (National Adoption of ISO 13628-1), 4th Edition: Design and
Operation of Subsea Production Systems.
Spec 17F (National Adoption of ISO 13628-6), 2nd Edition: Subsea
Production Control Systems (ISO FDIS expected by Jan 2006).
RP 17G (National Adoption of ISO 13628-7), 2nd Edition: Design &
Operation of Completion/Workover Riser Systems (API ballot closes Jan
'06).
Drilling Operations and Equipment
4F, 3rd Edition (National Adoption of 13626): Drilling and
production equipment--Drilling and well-servicing structures.
Spec 11AX: Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and Fittings.
May be a new edition or just an addendum.
13D, 5th Edition: Recommended Practice on Drilling Fluids
Processing Systems Evaluation.
13N 1st Edition (National Adoption of 13504-4): Procedures for
measuring gravelpack leakoff under static conditions.
16C, 2nd Edition: Choke and Kill Systems.
19B, 2nd Edition: Evaluation of Well Perforators.
Potential Reaffirmations of Committee on Exploration & Production
Standards
Spec 2MT1, As-Rolled Carbon Manganese Steel Plate With Improved
Toughness for Offshore Structures, Second Edition, September 2001.
RP 2N, Planning, Designing, and Constructing Structures and
Pipelines for Arctic Conditions, Second Edition, December 1995,
Reaffirmed: January 2001.
Bull 2S, Design of Windlass Wildcats for Floating Offshore
Structures, Second Edition, November 1995, Reaffirmed: January 2001.
RP 2SM, Recommended Practice for Design, Manufacture, Installation,
and maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, First
Edition, March 2001.
Spec 5D, Specification for Drill Pipe, 5th edition, October 2001.
TR 6AF1, Temperature Derating of API Flanges Under Combination of
Load, 2nd edition, Nov. 1998.
TR 6AF2, Capabilities of API Integral Flanges Under Combination of
Load, 2nd edition, Apr. 1999.
Spec 6H, End Closures, Connectors, and Swivels, 2nd edition, May
1998.
TR (Bull) 6J, Testing of Oilfield Elastomers (A Tutorial), 2nd
edition, Reaffirmed Jan. 2000.
TR 6J1, Elastomer Life Estimation Testing Procedures, 1st edition,
Aug. 2000.
TR 6F1, Performance of API and ANSI End Connectors in a Fire Test
According to API. Specification 6FA, 3rd edition, Apr. 1999.
TR 6F2, Fire Resistance Improvements for API Flanges, 3rd edition,
Apr. 1999.
Spec 6FA, Fire Test for Valves, 3rd edition, Apr. 1999.
Spec 6FB, Fire Test for End Connectors, 3rd edition, May 1998.
Spec 6FC, Fire Test for Valves with Automatic Backseats, 3rd
edition, Apr. 1999.
RP 13K, Chemical Analysis of Barite, 2nd Edition, February 1996,
Reaffirmed November 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Radford, Standards Department, e-
mail: radforda@api.org.
Meetings/Conferences: The 2006 Summer Standardization Conference on
Oilfield Equipment & Materials will take place in Atlanta, Georgia,
June 12-16, 2006. Interested parties may visit the API Web site at
https://www.api.org/events for more information regarding participation
in this meeting.
Executive Committee on Drilling and Production Operations
RP 65--Part 2, 1st Edition: Isolating Potential Flow Zones in Well
Drilling and Cementing Operations.
RP 67, 2nd Edition: Oilfield Explosive Safety.
RP 90, 1st Edition: Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore
Wells.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Sampson, Upstream Department, e-
mail: sampson@api.org.
For additional information on the overall API standards program,
contact: David Miller, Standards Department, e-mail: miller@api.org.
Dated: March 3, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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