ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE AN INTERNATIONAL CODE Vat RULES FOR Pet CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS PAGO CU GC) Ba Art tt) ESS ty RSL) PRESSURE VESSEL ata SU Tes ae THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Sa SSS NEW YORK, NEW YORK os1woIMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE 1998 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE ADDENDA DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE ‘There is a change in the way the Addenda to the 1998 Edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code are distributed. The 1998 Edition, published July 1, 1998, incompo- rates the 1998 Addenda revisions, additions, or deletions. There will be no separate 1998, ‘Addenda issued in a replacement page format, Two additional Addenda to the 1998 Edition, in the form of replacement pages, willbe issued on July 1, 1999 and July 1, 2000. ‘The Summary of Changes published with the 1998 Edition lists and describes the revisions that are part of the 1998 Addenda. These changes arc identified with a margin note, 98, denoting the affected area. ‘The Addenda for 1999 and 2000 will also have a Summary of Changes and identifiers printed on the replacement pages. The revisions, additions, or deletions will be incorporated directly into the affected pages. It is advisable to retain the ttle sheets and all replaced pages for reference. ‘The effective dates for Code Editions and Addenda are described in the Foreword. No part ofthis document may be reproduce in any fern, in an elecuooie revi system or otherwise, without th prior writen permission ofthe publisher "The American Society of Mechanical Engincers ‘Thre Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990 Copsright © 2000 by ‘THE AMERICAN SOCTETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS All Right Reserved rated in USA.SUMMARY OF CHANGES. ‘Addenda tothe 1998 Edition ofthe Code are issued in the form of replacement pages. Revisions, additions or deletions are incorporated directly into the affected pages tis advisable, however, that all replaced pages be retained for reference. ‘ Replace or insert the pages listed. Changes given below are identified on the pages by a margin note, A00, placed next tothe affected area. Revisions to the 1998 Editon are indicated by 98, and revisions in the 1999 Addenda are indicated by A99. For the listing below, the Page references the affected area. A margin note, A00, placed next to the heading indicates ( Location. Revisions are listed under Change. Page Location change xiii Roster Updated to ellect AO0 3 v2 First paragraph of subparagraph (a) ce- i vised 5 Table U3 (1) ASTM A234 deleted (see also UG- entry inthis Summary of Changes) ; (2) ASME QALI and ASNT ACCP added G) SNT-TC-1A revised (4) Note (3) added 9,10 art UG Contents Updated to reflect AO 16,17 uGa1 First paragraph of subparagraph (2) re- ‘ vised. i 18-2041 uG6 (1) Fist paragraph of subparagraph (b) revised ( (@) Subparagraph (b\5) added © uG-22 Subparagraph (i) added c 42,43 UG-35.2 (1) Subparagraph (b}(1¥a) corrected by Errata ( @) UG-35(0) through UG-35(d)(2) cor- rected by Errata to read UG-35.2(0) c through UG-35.21¢),2) ‘ 51, 54,57, UG-40 Subparagraphs (a), (b\1), (X2), (eX), and (€}2) revised uG-4a2 Subparagraphs (a1), (a2), and () vised 59, 59.1 uG-44 Subparagraph (j) added ‘ 7 uG-77 Subparagraph (c) revised in is entirety 7 Footnote 33, Revised 79, 80 uG-99 Ninth line of subparagraph (h) corrected by Errata 103-105, 105.1 UG-136 (1) Second line of subparagraph (aX9Vb) ‘ ‘corrected by Errata (2) Subparagraph (c)4)(b) added 113, 114 uw Last line of subparagraph (c) corrected » by Errata ‘ ns uws Under subparagraph (642), fourth and ( ninth lines corrected by Errata ( 116,118 uwat (1) Subparagreph (@)2) revi . (2) Subparagreph (g) added ( ro)