Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XIII - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Safety
Subpart 5 - Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards
Chapter 77 - Operations [49 CFR Part 193 Subpart F]
Section XIII-7703 - Operating Procedures [49 CFR 193.2503]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XIII-7703
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Each operator shall follow one or more manuals of written procedures to provide safety in normal operation and in responding to an abnormal operation that would affect safety. The procedures must include provisions for:
1. monitoring
components or buildings according to the requirements of LAC 43:XIII.7707; [
49 CFR
193.2503(a)]
2. startup and shutdown, including for
initial startup, performance testing to demonstrate that components will
operate satisfactory in service; [
49 CFR
193.2503(b)]
3. recognizing abnormal operating conditions;
[
49 CFR
193.2503(c)]
4. purging and inerting components according
to the requirements of LAC 43:XIII.7717; [
49 CFR
193.2503(d)]
5. in the case of vaporization, maintaining
the vaporization rate, temperature and pressure so that the resultant gas is
within limits established for the vaporizer and the downstream piping; [
49 CFR
193.2503(e)]
6. in the case of liquefaction, maintaining
temperatures, pressures, pressure differentials and flow rates, as applicable,
within their design limits for:
a. boilers; [
49 CFR
193.2503(f)(1)]
b. turbines and other prime movers; [
49 CFR
193.2503(f)(2)]
c. pumps, compressors, and expanders; [
49 CFR
193.2503(f)(3)]
d. purification and regeneration equipment;
and [
49 CFR
193.2503(f)(4)]
e. equipment within cold boxes; [
49 CFR
193.2503(f)(5)
]
7. cooldown of
components according to the requirements of LAC 43:XIII.7705. [
49 CFR
193.2503(g)
]
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:551.C.
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