§ 149.205 - Design standards.

(a) Each fixed marine and floating component of a deepwater port, except hoses, mooring lines, and aids to navigation buoys, must be designed to withstand at least the combined wind, wave, and current forces of the most severe storm that can be expected to occur in any period of 100 years at the port.

Note:

“Recommended Procedure for Developing Deepwater Ports Design Criteria” describes a method to prepare the wind, wave, and current criteria for use in determining the forces of the storm described by this paragraph. This guide may be obtained from the Commandant (G-M).

(b) Each platform must be designed in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute “Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms” (API RP 2A), and the codes and standards in API RP 2A, to the extent that the recommended practice, codes, and standards are consistent with this subchapter.

(c) Each electrical installation on a platform must be designed, to the extent practicable, in accordance with 46 CFR 110-113.

(d) Each boiler and pressure vessel on a platform must be designed in accordance with Sections I, IV, and VIII of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers “ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code” to the extent that the code is consistent with this subchapter.

(e) Main oil transfer piping on a platform must be designed in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI B 31.4) Liquid Petroleum Transportation Piping Systems.