ASTM E2256-19
(Guide)Standard Guide for Hydraulic Integrity of New, Repaired, or Reconstructed Aboveground Storage Tank Bottoms for Petroleum Service
Standard Guide for Hydraulic Integrity of New, Repaired, or Reconstructed Aboveground Storage Tank Bottoms for Petroleum Service
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Inspection, repair, and construction of ASTs in petroleum service should follow at a minimum the requirements of API 650 and API 653. These standards describe methods for testing the weld quality and structural and hydraulic integrity of new or repaired ASTs. With increasing emphasis on protecting the environment and with environmental issues related to the storing of petroleum materials in ASTs, owners and operators of such tanks may want or need a guide devoted to existing and enhanced methods for evaluating the hydraulic integrity of new or repaired tank bottoms.
5.2 The consequences of a tank bottom failure include the economic loss of product, cost of repair or replacing the tank bottom, and exposure to the cost of environmental remediation and potential damage or harm to adjacent lands that may give rise to adverse public relations or regulatory action. In addition, releases of petroleum products introduce potential fire or explosive conditions.
5.3 Owners and operators of ASTs or their agents can use this guide to help choose methods of evaluating the hydraulic integrity of their repaired or new tank bottoms. Selection of the methods should be based on regulatory and economic criteria that include operational and cost/benefit considerations.
5.4 This guide is intended for use by an individual experienced in repair and construction of ASTs in petroleum service.
5.5 This guide is intended for use when repairing or building ASTs. This guide does not address suitability for use or imply useful life of an AST bottom.
5.6 This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with and as a supplement to standards provided for hydraulic integrity in API 650 and API 653.
5.7 Procedures or methods included here may be supported by a previously completed and documented performance evaluation(s) that may lend itself as valuable results validation.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide is intended to provide the reader with a knowledge of construction examination procedures and current technologies that can be used to give an owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank (AST) in petroleum service, relevant information on the hydraulic integrity of a new, repaired, or reconstructed tank bottom prior to return to service. This guide does not pertain to horizontal ASTs, manufacture of tanks using UL 142, or to tanks constructed of concrete or other non-ferrous materials.
1.2 The adoption of the methods and technologies presented in this guide are not mandatory, rather they represent options that may be selected to identify the likelihood of product leaking through a new, repaired, or reconstructed tank bottom.
1.3 This guide is not intended to suggest or treat any technology in a preferential manner.
1.4 The person responsible for applying this guide should be a knowledgeable individual with experience in the design, inspection, construction, or combination thereof, of aboveground storage tanks for use in petroleum service, and should also be certified under the requirements of API 653 when use is related to tank bottom repair.
1.5 Refer to API RP 575 for useful information and recommended practices for maintenance and inspection of atmospheric and low pressure stirage tanks.
1.6 This guide is written in metric measure units (SI Units) in accordance with requirements of Practice E621. English measure equivalents are in parentheses.
1.7 The applicability of this guide to the proposed tank configuration and service conditions should be established prior to use.
1.8 This guide complies with ASTM policy for development and subsequent use of a standard.
1.9 This guide is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every five years and if not revised, either reapproved or withdrawn. Your comments are invited either for revision of this guide or for additional standards and should be addressed to ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor ...
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: E2256 − 19
Standard Guide for
Hydraulic Integrity of New, Repaired, or Reconstructed
1
Aboveground Storage Tank Bottoms for Petroleum Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2256; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 1.9 This guide is subject to revision at any time by the
responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every
1.1 This guide is intended to provide the reader with a
five years and if not revised, either reapproved or withdrawn.
knowledgeofconstructionexaminationproceduresandcurrent
Your comments are invited either for revision of this guide or
technologies that can be used to give an owner or operator of
for additional standards and should be addressed to ASTM
an aboveground storage tank (AST) in petroleum service,
International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, W. Conshohocken, PA
relevant information on the hydraulic integrity of a new,
19428.
repaired, or reconstructed tank bottom prior to return to
service. This guide does not pertain to horizontal ASTs, 1.10 This guide is not intended for use as a model code,
manufacture of tanks using UL142, or to tanks constructed of ordinance or regulation.
concrete or other non-ferrous materials.
1.11 Thisguidedoesnotcovereverytankbottominspection
1.2 Theadoptionofthemethodsandtechnologiespresented procedure that may be properly applied.
in this guide are not mandatory, rather they represent options
1.12 This standard does not purport to address all of the
that may be selected to identify the likelihood of product
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
leaking through a new, repaired, or reconstructed tank bottom.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
1.3 This guide is not intended to suggest or treat any
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
technology in a preferential manner.
1.13 This international standard was developed in accor-
1.4 Thepersonresponsibleforapplyingthisguideshouldbe
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
a knowledgeable individual with experience in the design,
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
inspection, construction, or combination thereof, of aboveg-
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
round storage tanks for use in petroleum service, and should
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
also be certified under the requirements of API 653 when use
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
is related to tank bottom repair.
1.5 Refer toAPI RP575 for useful information and recom- 2. Referenced Documents
All documents refer to the latest edition.
mended practices for maintenance and inspection of atmo-
spheric and low pressure stirage tanks. 2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
A6/A6MSpecification for General Requirements for Rolled
1.6 This guide is written in metric measure units (SI Units)
in accordance with requirements of Practice E621. English Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
A20/A20MSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforSteel
measure equivalents are in parentheses.
Plates for Pressure Vessels
1.7 The applicability of this guide to the proposed tank
A36/A36MSpecification for Carbon Structural Steel
configuration and service conditions should be established
A53/A53MSpecification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-
prior to use.
Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
1.8 ThisguidecomplieswithASTMpolicyfordevelopment
A106/A106MSpecification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe
and subsequent use of a standard.
for High-Temperature Service
A333/A333MSpecification for Seamless and Welded Steel
PipeforLow-TemperatureServiceandOtherApplications
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ThisguideisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeE50onEnvironmental
Assessment, Risk Management and CorrectiveAction and is the direct responsibil-
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ity of Subcommittee E50.01 on Storage Tanks. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2019. Published February 2019. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2013 as E2256–13. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/E2256-19. the ASTM website.
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Designation: E2256 − 13 E2256 − 19
Standard Guide for
Hydraulic Integrity of New, Repaired, or Reconstructed
1
Aboveground Storage Tank Bottoms for Petroleum Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2256; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide is intended to provide the reader with a knowledge of construction examination procedures and current
technologies that can be used to give an owner or operator of an aboveground storage tank (AST) in petroleum service, relevant
information on the hydraulic integrity of a new, repaired, or reconstructed tank bottom prior to return to service. This guide does
not pertain to horizontal ASTs, manufacture of tanks using UL 142, or to tanks constructed of concrete or other non-ferrous
materials.
1.2 The adoption of the mathodsmethods and technologies presented in this guide are not mandatory, rather they represent
options that may be selected to identify the likelihood of product leaking through a new, repaired, or reconstructed tank bottom.
1.3 This guide is not intended to suggest or treat any technology in a preferential manner.
1.4 The person responsible for applying this guide should be a knowledgeable individual with experience in the design,
inspection, construction, or combination thereof, of aboveground storage tanks for use in petroleum service, and should also be
certified under the requirements of API 653 when use is related to tank bottom repair.
1.5 Refer to API RP 575 for useful information and recommended practices for maintenance and inspection of atmospheric and
low pressure stirage tanks.
1.6 This guide is written in metric measure units (SI Units) in accordance with requirements of Practice E621. English measure
equivalents are in parentheses.
1.7 The applicability of this guide to the proposed tank configuration and service conditions should be established prior to use.
1.8 This guide complies with ASTM policy for development and subsequent use of a standard.
1.9 This guide is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every five years
and if not revised, either reapproved or withdrawn. Your comments are invited either for revision of this guide or for additional
standards and should be addressed to ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428.
1.10 This guide is not intended for use as a model code, ordinance or regulation.
1.11 This guide does not cover every tank bottom inspection procedure that may be properly applied.
1.12 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety safety, health, and healthenvironmental practices and determine the
applicability of regulatory requirementslimitations prior to use.
1.13 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization
established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued
by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
All documents refer to the latest edition.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action and is the direct responsibility
of Subcommittee E50.01 on Storage Tanks.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2013Jan. 1, 2019. Published January 2014February 2019. Originally approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 20082013 as
E2256 – 03E2256 – 13.(2008). DOI: 10.1520/E2256-13.10.1520/E2256-19.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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