PIPELINE SPECIFICATIONS

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Scope Comparison
ASME/ANSI DOT

49CFR

Design Materials Construction Assembly Inspection Testing Operations Maintenance Safety

Prescribes minimum safety requirements for pipeline facilities Legal document enacted by Congress

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Format Comparison
ASME/ANSI

B31.4

DOT

49CFR195

Scope & Definitions Design Materials Dimensional Require. Const., Weld, & Assb. Inspection & Testing O&M Procedures Corrosion Control Appendices

A: General B: Reporting Accidents C: Design Requirement D: Construction E: Pressure Testing F: O&M

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Format Comparison: 31.8 vs 192

ASME/ANSI

B31.8

DOT

49CFR192

Materials & Equipment Welding Pip Sys Comp & Fab Design, Inst, and Test. O&M Procedures Corrosion Control Miscellaneous Offshore Gas Trans. Appendices

General Materials Pipe Design Design of Pipeline Components Welding of Steel General Const. Req. Req. for Corrosion Con Test Requirements
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Exceptions

to Code Requirements

AS DEFINED: when Safety considerations in DOT 49CFR 192 or 195 demand tighter controls in ABC Engineering Specification than required in the governing design and construction Codes, i.e. ASME/ ANSI B31.4

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Exceptions to ASME/ANSI B31.4 from DOT 49CFR195 Requirements

Subpart A
Definitions Matter Incorporated by Reference

See Finding Aids in Appendix for DOT 49CFR

Compatibility necessary for transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide Conversion to service Responsibility of operator for compliance

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Subpart B, Reporting Accidents and Safety Related Conditions
Reporting Accidents and Safety Related Conditions
Reporting Accidents Telephonic notice of certain accidents Accident reports Reporting safety-related conditions Filing safety-related condition reports

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Subpart C, Design Requirements
Design Factor, Cold Expanded and Reheated Pipe
B31.4 75% of the allowable stress as determined by para. 402.3.1(a), (b), or (c). [Maximum 0.72x0.75=0.54 195 0.54

195.120, Passage of Internal Inspection Devices

Not included in ASME/ANSI B31.4

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Subpart D, Construction
195.210, Pipeline Location

Minimum 12-inch cover within 50 feet of private dwelling or industrial building or place of public assembly.

195.234, Nondestructive Examination

10% of all production welds for all stress levels. 100% of all girth welds when installing used pipe. Minimum 90% in B31.4 100% for all tie in welds not hydrotested. Minimum 90% in B31.4

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Subpart D, Construction (Continued)
Cathodic Protection Systems
31.4 & 195: Install with one year of commissioning ABC: CP system to be commissioned with pipeline.

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Subpart E, Pressure Testing
General Requirements

Exclude Interstate pipeline constructed before January 8, 1971 Intrastate pipeline constructed before October 21, 1985

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Subpart F, Operations and Maintenance
195.406, Maximum Operating Pressure
Paragraph (a)(1)(i) refers to Appendix N, Recommended Practice for Hydrostatic Testing of Pipelines in Place, ASME/ANSI B31.8, Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping. Appendix N is generic for all pipelines and DOT required a reference in this paragraph to establish criteria for maximum operating pressure. 80% of test pressure=0.8 x 1.25 = 1.00 = design pressure

195.424, Pipeline Movement

Reduce pressure to 50% MAOP.

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Exceptions to ASME/ANSI B31.4 Due to 49CFR192 Requirements

Subpart A, General
Definitions
Administrator Class locations Incorporation by reference Conversion to service subject to this part Rules of regulatory construction

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Subpart B, Materials
Transportation of pipe. (192.65)

Pipe with an outer diameter to wall thickness ratio of 70 to 1 or more may not be used in a pipeline to be operated at a hoop stress of 20% or more of SMYS if the pipe is transported by railroad.

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Subpart C, Pipe Design
Class Location and Design Factor
1. 2. 3. 4.

0.72 (Same as B31.4) 0.60 (Safety Factor Increased by 20% from 1) 0.50 (Safety Factor Increased by 44% from 1) 0.40 (Safety Factor Increased by 80% from 1)

Previous editions of ASME/ANSI B31.8 used the term, Population Density Index with Construction Types A, B, C, and D. The Location Classes 1, 2, 3, and 4 have replaced the above in the definition of design, construction, testing, and operating requirements.
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Subpart D, Design of Pipeline Components
192.145, Valves

Valves must be hydrotested at least 1.5 times the maximum service rating. Each new pipeline must be designed for intelligent pigging. Operators may petition for approval to not comply. Orange-peel bull plugs and/or swages are prohibited on ABC pipelines. Flat closures and fish tails may not be used on piping that either operates at 100 psig or above or is >3 in diameter.

192.150, Passage of internal inspection devices

192.153, Components fabricated by welding

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Subpart E, Welding of Steel in Pipelines
192.233 - Miter Joints
Miter joints are permitted in certain cases for DOT gas pipelines. ABC specifications prohibit these joints, because restrictions are too difficult to follow and enforce in construction and maintenance welding activities.

192.243, Nondestructive testing

B31.4 allows 40% weld inspection in Location Class 3 and 75% in Location Class 4. DOT requires 100% or at least 90% if impractical.

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Subpart G, General Construction Requirements for Transmission Lines and Mains
192.315, Wrinkle Bends in steel pipe.
Wrinkle bends are allowed on steel pipe operating at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 30% SMYS. Wrinkle bends are prohibited on ABC pipelines.

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Subpart J, Test Requirements
192.505 & 192.619
For Location Class 3 which includes all ABC gas transmission pipelines, DOT requires a test pressure equal to 1.5 times the maximum operating pressure. ASME/ANSI B31.8 requires a test pressure equal to 1.4 times the maximum operating pressure.

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