HazardousLiquidPipelineFacilitiesIntegrityManagementAPIRECOMMENDEDPRACTICE1188FIRSTEDITION,JANUARY,2022-------SpecialNotesAPIpublicationsnecessarilyaddressproblemsofageneralnature.Withrespecttoparticularcircumstances,local,state,andfederallawsandregulationsshouldbereviewed.TheuseofAPIpublicationsisvoluntary.Insomecases,thirdpartiesorauthoritieshavingjurisdictionmaychoosetoincorporateAPIstandardsbyreferenceandmaymandatecompliance.NeitherAPInoranyofAPI’semployees,subcontractors,consultants,committees,orotherassigneesmakeanywarrantyorrepresentation,eitherexpressorimplied,withrespecttotheaccuracy,completeness,orusefulnessoftheinformationcontainedherein,orassumeanyliabilityorresponsibilityforanyuse,ortheresultsofsuchuse,ofanyinformationorprocessdisclosedinthispublication.NeitherAPInoranyofAPI’semployees,subcontractors,consultants,orotherassigneesrepresentthatuseofthispublicationwouldnotinfringeuponprivatelyownedrights.APIpublicationsmaybeusedbyanyonedesiringtodoso.EveryefforthasbeenmadebytheInstitutetoensuretheaccuracyandreliabilityofthedatacontainedinthem;however,theInstitutemakesnorepresentation,warranty,orguaranteeinconnectionwiththispublicationandherebyexpresslydisclaimsanyliabilityorresponsibilityforlossordamageresultingfromitsuseorfortheviolationofanyauthoritieshavingjurisdictionwithwhichthispublicationmayconflict.APIpublicationsarepublishedtofacilitatethebroadavailabilityofproven,soundengineeringandoperatingpractices.Thesepublicationsarenotintendedtoobviatetheneedforapplyingsoundengineeringjudgmentregardingwhenandwherethesepublicationsshouldbeused.TheformulationandpublicationofAPIpublicationsisnotintendedinanywaytoinhibitanyonefromusinganyotherpractices.AnymanufacturermarkingequipmentormaterialsinconformancewiththemarkingrequirementsofanAPIstandardissolelyresponsibleforcomplyingwithalltheapplicablerequirementsofthatstandard.APIdoesnotrepresent,warrant,orguaranteethatsuchproductsdoinfactconformtotheapplicableAPIstandard.Classifiedareasmayvarydependingontheloca...
