A Guide to Implementation of API 653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction

This guide serves as an overview & quick reference to the use of American Petroleum Institute Standard 653, (API 653) Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction, to show compliance with N.J.A.C.7:1E-2.2(a)4. and is not intended to replace the API 653 document. The facility must follow the most recent edition of API 653 issued by the American Petroleum Institute. Only carbon and low alloy steel storage tanks built to API 650 standard are covered by this standard. Plastic and fiberglass storage tanks are not addressed by this standard and therefore must follow the integrity testing and internal inspection procedures of N.J.A.C. 7:1E-2.2(a)4, or alternatives approved by the Department.Amendment I, April 199