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Code of Federal Regulations Title 43. Public Lands:  Interior § 43.3175.61 Grandfathering

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Meter tubes. Meter tubes installed at high- and low-volume FMPs before January 17, 2017 are exempt from the meter tube requirements of API 14.3.2, Subsection 6.2 (incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30), and § 3175.80(f) and (k). For high-volume FMPs, the BLM will add an uncertainty of ±0.25 percent to the discharge coefficient uncertainty when determining overall meter uncertainty under § 3175.31(a), unless the PMT reviews, and the BLM approves, data showing otherwise. Meter tubes grandfathered under this section must still meet the following requirements:

(1) Orifice plate eccentricity must comply with AGA Report No. 3 (1985), Section 4.2.4 (incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30).

(2) Meter tube construction and condition must comply with AGA Report No. 3 (1985), Section 4.3.4 (incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30).

(3) Meter tube lengths.

(i) Meter tube lengths must comply with AGA Report No. 3 (1985), Section 4.4 (dimensions “A” and “A” from Figures 4–8) (incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30).

(ii) If the upstream meter tube contains a 19–tube bundle flow straightener or isolating flow conditioner, the installation must comply with § 3175.80(g);

(b) EGM software.

(1) EGM software installed at very-low-volume FMPs before January 17, 2017 is exempt from the requirements in § 3175.103(a)(1). However, flow-rate calculations must still be calculated in accordance with AGA Report No. 3 (1985), Section 6, or API 14.3.3 (1992), and supercompressibility calculations must still be calculated in accordance with PRCI NX 19 (all incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30).

(2) EGM software installed at low-volume FMPs before January 17, 2017 is exempt from the requirements at § 3175.103(a)(1)(i) if the differential-pressure to static-pressure ratio, based on the monthly average differential pressure and static pressure, is less than the value of “xi” shown in API 14.3.3 (1992), Annex G, Table G.1 (incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30). However, flow-rate calculations must still be calculated in accordance with API 14.3.3 (1992) (incorporated by reference, see § 3175.30).

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