API 521 recommended practice?
API 521 recommended practice?
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The previous edition of API 521 was listed as a recommended practice, the new one not, is this code mandatory?
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The previous edition of API 521 was listed as a recommended practice, the new one not, is this code mandatory?
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RE: API 521 recommended practice?
David
RE: API 521 recommended practice?
Here's a link to the API website that explains some things about API publications....
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Whether you consider API 521 as mandatory or not depends on who sets the rules for you (your company, business, country, regulating authority, etc.)
RE: API 521 recommended practice?
I got that straight from the horse's mouth (OSHA). This came up during a discussion of this topic. We were discussing if there's any significance, from an enforcement perspective, between an API document being called an RP or a standard. The OSHA enforcement leader from Washington DC responded saying it doesn't matter what you call it. They view API 520 and 521 as established RAGAGEP, which means compliance is necessary. Those who have been through an OSHA NEP audit knows this already, because OSHA's citations are full of specific references to API521 and 520.
RE: API 521 recommended practice?
RAGAGEP = "Recognized And Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices"‚ and is specific language in Federal Statutes from OSHA . . "
In the USA, the only Recognized and Generally Accepted methodology is from API.