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Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and Petrochemical Processing Plants API Recommended Practice 2218 Third EDITION, XX-XX 2010 THIS DRAFT DOCUMENT IS FOR REVIEWER USE ONLY. FURTHER DISTRIBUTION [INTERNAL, EXTERNAL OR PUBLIC] MAY BE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! SOME REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS ON NEXT PAGE Seventh Revision Review Draft for API 2218 3rd Edition Revised by API Working Team Kendall C. Crawford, PE, CSP for the American Petroleum Institute  Considerations for Update of RP 2218 API received a “recommendation” from CSB suggesting changes in API 2218 largely directed toward jet fires. Annex C discusses Jet Fire Considerations” while RP 2218 remains a pool fire standard. CSB Recommendation 2007-5-I-TX-2 (with 2218 revision response in italics) Revise API 2218, Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and Petrochemical Processing Plants, so that conformance with the standard: addresses jet fire scenarios, -- This is the subject of Annex C requires more protective fireproofing radii for pipe rack support steel -- addressed specifically in the Foreword, Sections 4.2.3 and and in Annex C and other measures (e.g., emergency isolation valves, depressuring systems) for pipe rack support steel near process units containing highly pressurized flammables. Use of isolation is in Sections 1.3, 3.2, 4.1, and especially Section 5.1.9 “Emergency Valves Within A Fire Scenario Envelope” .  SPECIAL NOTES This section will be updated by API to use current terminology Special Notes API publications necessarily address problems of a general nature. With respect to particular circumstances, local, state, and federal laws and regulations should be reviewed. API is not undertaking to meet the duties of employers, manufacturers, or suppliers to warn and properly train and equip their employees, and others exposed, concerning health and safety risks and precautions, nor undertaking their obligations to comply with authorities ha