AN ANALYSIS OF DOT REQUIREMENTS FOR CORROSION CONTROL

A survey of corrosion aspects of federal pipeline requirements under the Pipeline Safety Act as set by the U.S. Department of Transportation covers general requirements; coating and cathodic protection of new pipelines; difficulties of getting permission to install new pipelines without coating and cathodic protection; application of cathodic protection to existing coated transmission lines; corrosion surveys and electrical isolation of bare transmission lines; corrosion surveys and electrical isolation of bare and coated distribution lines; requirements for record keeping and monitoring; and the need for judgment in selecting among five applicable criteria setting the required level of cathodic protection.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at 6th Western States Corrosion Seminar, California State Polytechnic College, May 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  Oildom Publishing Company

  1217 Kennedy Boulevard
  Bayonne, NJ  United States  04002
• Authors:
  • Husock, B
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 36-38
• Serial:
  • Pipe Line News
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Oildom Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Pipelines; Preservation; Structural design; Wear
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline design; Pipeline protection
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056116
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM