API 570 Responsibilities

Overall responsibility for complying with API 570?

Responsible for developing and implementing a QA inspection/repair management system?

Perform audit of owner/users to assure compliance with API 570?

Responsible for implementing an effective MOC process?

Responsible to develop program Integrity Operating Windows?

Responsible for QC during repairs or alterations?

Assure owner that QA, testing, inspection, and examination meet code?

Extend scope of inspection when justified by findings?

Timely notify owner of Non-conformances?

Evaluate and accept NDE examination results?

Set requirements for NDE techs competency and certification

Maintain certification records of NDE examiners?

Has access to NDE certification records?

Develop an inspection plan for a piping system?

Also involved in making inspection plans for pipe that operates >750°F?

Choose to conduct RBI assessments?

Review RBI assessments

Get familiar with prior piping history before an inspection?

Understand operating conditions and damage mechanisms affecting pipe?

Approve revisions to the Inspection plan

Perform on-stream inspections

Approve on-stream inspection work performed by examiners?

Take thickness measurements?

Ensure individuals taking thickness measurements are trained and qualified?

Determine cause if short-term corrosion rate varies significantly

Perform external inspections?

Involved if the # of CML's will be significantly reduced or eliminated?

Select or adjust the # of CMLs

Select CMLs for pipe systems subject to localized corrosion or cracking?

Should be aware of causes of thickness measurement errors?

To understand damage mechanisms, select type and extent of NDE, the Inspector consults with?

Determine surface prep for NDE exam. Inspector may need to consult with?

Perform UT flaw detection for finding ID surface breaking flaws?

Determine pressure for leak tests (non-code tests)

Consulted when a component pressure test is conducted?

Prior to  hydrotest determine if structure will support weight?

Determine risk of brittle fracture prior to performing a pressure test?

Approve substituting NDE for a pressure test after an alteration?

Perform UT as a substitute for a pressure test?

Determien if PMI program is needed for existing aloy facilities?

Determine schedule for replacing incorrect components found during PMI exam?

Periodically inspect components found during PMI survey that are wrong materials?

Verify that new alloy material during repairs and alterations meet specifications?

When verifying new materials, determine the sampling percentage to PMI

PMI new materials during repairs and alterations?

Incorrect material found in existing pipe, determine amount of further verification

Determine if crack-like weld flaws are the result of original weld fabrication?

Assess crack-like flaws and environmental cracking?

Assess preferential weld corrosion

Determine inspection intervals for thickness measurements and externals?

Establish the rules for maximum inspection intervals for class 4 piping?

Maintain a record of the piping classification for each process fluid?

Determine # of CMLs to examine during thickness inspection, inspector consults with?

Determine the amount of inspection to perform on secondary Class 3 and 4 small bore piping?

Consult about placement of CMLs on deadlegs?

PRDs tested and repaired by?

Determine the inspection interval for pressure relief devices

Determines how corrosion rates are established: point to point or statistics

Select corrosion rates (ST or LT) that best reflects the conditions?

Maintain piping records

Review and approve an interval deferral?

Perform deferral that does not extend interval more than 6 months

Revise an existing interval that has unusual degradation issues, Inspector and?

Perform piping repairs and alterations?

Authorize all repairs?

Authorize all alterations?

Designate hold points for repairs and alterations?

Provide general authorization for limited or routine repairs?

At repair & alterations; approve all methods of design, materials, WPS, NDE, testing, etc

Approve use of on-stream welding?

Approve repair welding or cracks

Approve all repair and alteration work at hold points?

Approve all repair and alteration work at completion of work?

Design temporary repairs?

Determine longitudinal cracks wont grow beyond a fillet weld patch?

Approve using lap patches with a material different than the pipe?

Determine that wall thickness is adequate prior to on-stream welding?

Assure on-stream temp welded repairs can be safely done on higher risk systems?

Allow temporary welded repairs to remain in place past "next opportunity"?

Determine which non-welded repair methods are acceptable?

Allow temp leak sealing devices to remain in place past "next opportunity"?

Review leak sealing procedures?

Maintain record of qualified WPS/WPQs?

Allow exceptions to required preheat temperature for temporary repairs?

Exceptions to PWHT on temporary repairs?

Review the use of a local PWHT in lieu of a full encirclement PWHT?

Review the use of a preheat or CW in lieu of PWHT?

Determine whether a pressure test is needed after repairs?

Approve substituting NDE in lieu of a pressure test?

Perform rerating calculations

Keep an piping cathodic protection records?