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STD.API/PETRO PUBL 4692-ENGL 1999 0732290 0627400 283FOREWORDAPI PUBLICATIONS NECESSARILY ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF A GENERALNATURE.WITH RESPECT TO PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES,LOCAL,STATE,AND FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS SHOULD BE REVIEWEDAPI IS NOT UNDERTAKING TO MEET THE DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS,MANUFAC-TURERS,OR SUPPLIERS TO WARN AND PROPERLY TRAIN AND EQUIP THEIREMPLOYEES,AND OTHERS EXPOSED,CONCERNING HEALTH AND SAFETYRISKS AND PRECAUTIONS,NOR UNDERTAKING THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDERLOCAL,STATE,OR FEDERAL LAWS.NOTHING CONTAINED IN ANY API PUBLICATION IS TO BE CONSTRUED ASGRANTING ANY RIGHT,BY IMPLICATION OR OTHERWISE,FOR THE MANU-FACTURE,SALE,OR USE OF ANY METHOD,APPARATUS,OR PRODUCT COV-ERED BY LETTERS PATENT.NEITHER SHOULD ANYTHING CONTAINED INTHE PUBLICATION BE CONSTRUED AS INSURING ANYONE AGAINST LIABILITY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF LETTERS PATENT.All rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system.or transmitted by anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without prior written permission from thepublisher.Contact the publisher,API Publishing Services,1220 L Street,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.Copyright1999 American Petroleum InstitutePrevious page is blank.Not for Resale