Standard Guide for Storage, Use, and Handling of Liquid Rocket Propellants

Importancia y uso:

3.1 Applicability—This guide shall apply to the storage, use, and handling of liquid rocket propellants.

3.2 Exemptions—This guide shall not apply to the following:

3.2.1 Storage, use, or handling of solid rocket propellant;

3.2.2 Storage, use, or handling of pyrotechnics;

3.2.3 Storage, use, or handling of hypergolic liquid rocket propellants; and

3.2.4 Storage, use, or handling of extremely hazardous rocket propellants [those listed as an extremely hazardous substance in the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Section 302 (40 CFR Part 355)].

3.3 Equivalency—Nothing in this guide is intended to discourage the use of systems, methods, or devices of equivalent or superior quality, strength, fire resistance, debris protection, effectiveness, durability, or safety over those prescribed by this guide.

3.4 General—The standards or portions thereof listed in this guide are advisory. Compliance with referenced standards is an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with this guide.

3.5 Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)—If any provision of this guide conflicts with a requirement of the AHJ, the requirement of the AHJ shall take precedence over this guide.

Subcomité:

F47.04

Volúmen:

15.09

Número ICS:

75.160.20 (Liquid fuels)

Palabras clave:

handling; liquid rocket propellants; storage;