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UKLPG Updates Lpg Codes of Practice

UKLPG has announced updates to several of its industry Codes of Practice.

A major revision of Code of Practice 22 – Design, Installation & Testing of LPG Piping Systems reflects changes in industry practice since the 2002 edition, including the avoidance of underground metallic lpg pipework, the clear definition of who owns and who has responsibility for lp gas pipework, the inclusion of an emergency valve and the development of three stage regulation. It also clarifies the precedence of British Standards for installation of lpg pipework at domestic and commercial premises and IGEM documents for pipework in industrial premises and metered estates.

Despite opposition from the UK, the EU has adopted changes to the requirements for safety data sheets in its Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals and Classification, Labelling & Packaging Regulations that are directly implemented in UK law. The changes have necessitated a revision of the safety data sheet guidance in UKLPG’s Code of Practice 29 – Hazard Information & Packaging Labelling for Commercial LPG Cylinders, and a new edition has been produced.

In order to stay up to date with developments in the UN ADR regulations and the EU Inland Carriage of Dangerous Goods Directive, UKLPG has also published amendments to its Code of Practice 2 – Safe Handling & Transport of LPG in Road Tankers and Tank Containers and Code of Practice 27 – Carriage of LPG Cylinders by Road to reflect changes to the Instructions In Writing. Code of Practice 26 – Uplifting of Static LPG Vessels from Site and their Carriage to & from Site by Road has also been amended to reflect the inclusion of the carriage of empty static lpg vessels by road in ADR, which was previously the subject of national regulations but now requires an additional step included in the amendment.

Contact UKLPG via www.uklpg.org

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