APPENDIX 2

Equivalent Containment Standards for the Remanufacturing Exclusion:

Background Document in Support of the Definition of Solid Waste Rule
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Below is a list of frequently used storage tank standards and practices from organizations that are 

referenced in 25 PA Code, Chapter 245. These provide an example of what could be referenced in 

guidance for the DSW Remanufacturing Exclusion, where it would be noted that the most recent version

of a publication should be used.

American Petroleum Institute

Construction Standards:

API Std. 620 Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low Pressure Storage Tanks

API Std. 650 Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage (Replaced several API 12 series Spec’s)

API Std. 2000 Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks

API Std. 2610 Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Terminal &

Tank Facilities Inspection Standards: (Includes Construction Alteration, and Reconstruction Standards)

API Std. 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code (Maintenance Inspection, Rating, Repair & Alteration)

API Std. 570 Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Rerating of In-Service Piping Systems

API Std. 653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

API Std. 2015 Requirements for Safe Entry & Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks

Recommended Practices:

API RP 12H Installation of New Bottoms in Old Storage Tanks

API RP 12R Setting, Maintenance, Inspection, Operation, & Repair of Tanks in Production Service

API RP 574 Inspection Practices for Piping System Components

API RP 575 Inspection of Atmospheric and Low Pressure Storage Tanks

API RP 580 Risk Based Inspection

API RP 651 Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks

API RP 652 Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms

API RP 1107 Pipeline Maintenance Welding Practices

API RP 1604 Closure of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks

API RP 2003 Protection against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, Lightning and Stray Currents

API RP 2016 Guidelines for Entering and Cleaning Petroleum Storage Tanks

API RP 2027 Ignition Hazards Involved in Abrasive Blasting of Atmospheric Storage Tanks in

Hydrocarbon Service

API RP 2350 Overfill Protection for Storage Tanks in Petroleum Facilities

Other Publications:

API – 334 A Guide to Leak Detection for Aboveground Storage Tanks

API Pub 2009 Safe Welding, Cutting and Hot Work Practices in the Petroleum and Petrochemical 

Industries

API – 2207 Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work

API Pub 2217A Guidelines for Work in Inert Confined Spaces in the Petroleum Industry

NACE International – The Corrosion Society

Recommended Practices:

NACE 1/SSPC-SP5 Steel Structures Painting Council: “White Metal Blast Cleaning”

NACE 2/SSPC-SP10 Steel Structures Painting Council: “Near White Metal Blast Cleaning”

NACE 3/SSPC-SP6 Steel Structures Painting Council: “Commercial Blast Cleaning”
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NACE 4/SSPC-SP7 Steel Structures Painting Council: “Brush Off Cleaning”

NACE 10/SSPC-PA6 Steel Structures Painting Council: “Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Linings

Applied to Bottoms of Carbon Steel Aboveground Storage Tanks”

NACE RP 0172 Surface Preparation of Steel and Other Hard Materials by Water Blasting Prior

to Coating or Recoating

NACE SP 0177 Mitigation of Alternating Current and Lightning Effects on Metallic Structures 

and Corrosion Control Systems

NACE RP 0178 Design, Fabrication, and Surface Finish of Metal Tanks and Vessels to be lined 

for Chemical Immersion Service

NACE RP 0184 Repair of Lining Systems

NACE RP 0187 Design Considerations for Corrosion Control of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete

NACE RP 0193 External Cathodic Protection of On-Grade Carbon Steel Storage Tank Bottoms

National Fire Protection Association

Construction Standards:

NFPA 70 (NEC) National Electric Code®

NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code

Recommended Practices:

NFPA 77 Static Electricity

NFPA 326 Safeguarding Tanks and Containers for Entry, Cleaning or Repair

Underwriters Laboratories

Construction Standards:

UL Std. 142 Standard for Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids

UL Std. 842 Standard for Valves for Flammable Fluids

UL Std. 860 Standard for Pipe Unions for Flammable/Combustible Fluids and Fire Protection Service

UL Std. 971 Standard for Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable Liquids

UL Std. 2085 Standard for Protected Aboveground Tanks for Flammable & Combustible Liquids

UL Std. 2245 Standard for Below-grade Vaults for Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks

American National Standards Institute

Construction Standards:

ASME B31.3 American Society of Mechanical Engineers: “Process Piping”

ASME B31.4 American Society of Mechanical Engineers: “Liquid Transportation Systems for

Hydrocarbons, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Anhydrous Ammonia and Alcohols”

Recommended Practices:

ASSE Z117.1 American Society of Safety Engineers: “Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces”

American Society for Testing and Materials

Construction Standards:

A182/A182M ASTM Standard Specification for Forged or Rolled Alloy Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges,

Forged Fittings and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service

Recommended Practices:
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ASTM D2794 Standard Test Method for Resistance of Organic Coatings on the Effects of Rapid 

Deformation (Impact)

Steel Tank Institute

Construction Standards:

STI F921® F921® Standard for Aboveground Tanks with Integral Secondary Containment

STI F922 Specification for Permatank®

STI F941 Standards for Fireguard® Thermally Insulated Aboveground Storage Tanks

STI R951 Specification for Tanks Using Low Levels of Pressure in the Tanks Interstice

Inspection Standards:

STI SP001 Standard for Inspection of In-Service Shop Fabricated Aboveground Tanks for

Storage of Combustible and Flammable Liquids

Recommended Practices:

STI SP031 Standard for Repair of In-Service Shop Fabricated Aboveground Tanks for

Storage of Combustible & Flammable Liquids

STI R821 STI-P3 Installation Instructions

STI R891 RP for Hold Down Strap Isolation

STI R892 RP for Corrosion Protection of Underground Piping Networks Associated with

Liquid Storage and Dispensing Systems

STI R912 Installation Instructions for Shop Fabricated Aboveground Storage Tanks for

Flammable, Combustible Liquids

STI R913 Act-100® Installation Instructions

STI R923 Permatank® Installation Instructions

STI R931 F921® Installation Instructions

STI R942 Fireguard® Installation & Testing Instructions for Thermally Insulated,

Lightweight, Double Wall Fireguard Aboveground Storage Tanks

STI R971 ACT-100-U® Installation Instructions

Steel Structures Painting Council

see also NACE International

Recommended Practices:

SSPC Painting Manual volume I

SSPC Painting Manual volume II

American Concrete Institute

Recommended Practices:

ACI 350 Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures