GasTransmissionandDistributionPipingSystemsASMECodeforPressurePiping,B31ANINTERNATIONALPIPINGCODE®ASMEB31.8-2020(RevisionofASMEB31.8-2018)ASMEB31.8-2020(RevisionofASMEB31.8-2018)GasTransmissionandDistributionPipingSystemsxASMECodeforPressurePiping,B31ANINTERNATIONALPIPINGCODE®TwoParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USAxDateofIssuance:May31,2021ThenexteditionofthisCodeisscheduledforpublicationin2022.ThisCodewillbecomeeffective6monthsaftertheDateofIssuance.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisCode.InterpretationsarepublishedontheCommitteewebpageandunderhttp://go.asme.org/Interpretations.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB31CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesarepublishedontheASMEwebsiteundertheB31CommitteePageathttp://go.asme.org/B31committeeastheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEwebsiteundertheCommitteePagesoftheassociatedcodesandstandardstoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheB31CommitteePagecanbefoundathttp://go.asme.org/B31committee.TheassociatedB31CommitteePagesforeachcodeandstandardcanbeaccessedfromthismainpage.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThisinternationalcodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandardsanditisanAmericanNationalStandard.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“ap...
