ASTM_E_2256_-_13.pdf

Designation:E225613Standard Guide forHydraulic Integrity of New,Repaired,or ReconstructedAboveground Storage Tank Bottoms for Petroleum Service1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2256;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide is intended to provide the reader with aknowledge of construction examination procedures and currenttechnologies that can be used to give an owner or operator ofan aboveground storage tank(AST)in petroleum service,relevant information on the hydraulic integrity of a new,repaired,or reconstructed tank bottom prior to return toservice.This guide does not pertain to horizontal ASTs,manufacture of tanks using UL 142,or to tanks constructed ofconcrete or other non-ferrous materials.1.2 The adoption of the mathods and technologies presentedin this guide are not mandatory,rather they represent optionsthat may be selected to identify the likelihood of productleaking through a new,repaired,or reconstructed tank bottom.1.3 This guide is not intended to suggest or treat anytechnology in a preferential manner.1.4 The person responsible for applying this guide should bea knowledgeable individual with experience in the design,inspection,construction,or combination thereof,of aboveg-round storage tanks for use in petroleum service,and shouldalso be certified under the requirements of API 653 when useis related to tank bottom repair.1.5 This guide is written in metric measure units(SI Units)in accordance with requirements of Practice E621.Englishmeasure equivalents are in parentheses.1.6 The applicability of this guide to the proposed tankconfiguration and service conditions should be establishedprior to use.1.7 This guide complies withASTM policy for developmentand subsequent use of a standard.1.8 This guide is subject to revision at any time by theresponsible technical committee and must be reviewed everyfive years and if not revised,either reapproved or withdrawn.Your comments are invited either for revision of this guide orfor additional standards and should be addressed to ASTMInternational,100 Barr Harbor Drive,W.Conshohocken,PA19428.1.9 This guide is not intended for use as a model code,ordinance or regulation.1.10 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2A6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for RolledStructural Steel Bars,Plates,Shapes,and Sheet PilingA20/A20M Specification for General Requirements for SteelPlates for Pressure VesselsA36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural SteelA53/A53M Specification for Pipe,Steel,Black and Hot-Dipped,Zinc-Coated,Welded and SeamlessA106/A106M Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipefor High-Temperature ServiceA333/A333M Specification for Seamless and Welded SteelPipe for Low-Temperature Service and OtherApplicationswith Required Notch ToughnessD3282 Practice for Classification of Soils and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures for Highway Construction PurposesE165 Practice for Liquid Penetrant Examination for GeneralIndustryE621 Practice for Use of Metric(SI)Units in BuildingDesign and Construction(Committee E06 Supplement toE380)(Withdrawn 2008)3E709 Guide for Magnetic Particle TestingE1209 Practice for Fluorescent Liquid Penetrant TestingUsing the Water-Washable Process1This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E50 on EnvironmentalAssessment,Risk Management and Corrective Action and is the direct responsibil-ity of Subcommittee E50.01 on Storage Tanks.Current edition approved Oct.1,2013.Published January 2014.Originallyapproved in 2003.Last previous edition approved in 2008 as E2256 03(2008).DOI:10.1520/E2256-13.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 E1219 Practice for Fluorescent Liquid Penetrant TestingUsing the Solvent-Removable ProcessE1220 Practice for Visible Penetrant Testing Using Solvent-Removable Process2.2 Other Documents:ASME Section V and IX Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code4SNT TC-1A Society for Nondestructive Testing Recom-mended Practice5AWS B1.10 Guide for the Nondestructive Inspection ofWelds6AWS QC1-96 Standard for AWS Certification of WeldingInspectors6API Publication 322 An Enginee