ASTM Int'l Plastic Piping Systems Committee to Develop Gas Distribution System Standard - ASTM WK19571
September 9, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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According to Hitesh Patadia, general manager, TEJ Group Inc. and ASTM International Committee F17 member, a mandatory comprehensive process is not currently in place to provide end-users (gas utility companies) and the regulatory community (state and federal level) the degree of confidence that would ensure all that the necessary technical due diligence was taken into account for various new piping systems.
The proposed standard will provide this confidence, claims ASTM International.
"One key tenet of this proposed effort will be to ensure that effective minimum material specifications, performance-based requirements for the intended application and in-plant quality control requirements have been resolved and memorialized in independent standards for each new respective piping material and system," said Patadia.
Patadia said that the proposed standard will provide a better understanding of the overall process, time/resource commitments and necessary requirements that must be established when developing new products for gas distribution systems.
ASTM WK19571 is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F17.60 on Gas, part of ASTM International Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems.
Source: ASTM International.