NFPA 0059A - 2001 - Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).pdf

NFPA 59A
Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
2001 Edition
Copyright © 2001 NFPA, All Rights Reserved
This edition of NFPA 59A, Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), was prepared by the mittee on Liquefied
Natural Gas and acted on by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., at its November
Meeting held November 12-15, 2000, in Orlando, FL. It was issued by the Standards
Council on January 13, 2001, with an effective date of February 9, 2001, and supersedes all
previous editions.
This edition of NFPA 59A was approved as an American National Standard on February 9,
2001.
Origin and Development of NFPA 59A
mittee of the American Gas Association began work on a standard for liquefied
natural gas circa 1960. In the autumn of 1964, a draft was submitted to the NFPA with the
request that it be considered as the basis for an NFPA standard. The mittee on
Utility Gas prepared a standard that was adopted tentatively at the 1966 NFPA Annual
Meeting at the mendation of mittee on Gases.
With the formation of mittee on Fuel Gases in the summer of 1966, this standard
was assigned to mittee and its mittee on Utility Gas Plants. The first
official edition was adopted at the 1967 NFPA Annual Meeting under the sponsorship of the
Committee on Fuel Gases.
By early 1969, it was apparent that the use of LNG was expanding considerably beyond the
utility gas plant applications covered by the 1967 edition. The American Petroleum Institute
suggested that its standard PUBL 2510A, Design and Construction of Liquefied Petroleum
Gas (LPG) Installations, be used to help develop a standard having a broader scope. The
Committee on Liquefied Natural Gas was established for this purpose. The 1971 edition was
the first edition developed under the broadened scope. Subsequent editions were adopted in
1972, 1975, 1979, 1985, 1990, 1994, and 1996.
The 2001 edition was developed