API 14C

Analysis, Design, Installation and Testing of Safety Systems for Offshore Production Facilities

Published by American Petroleum Institute (API)

The CFR incorporates API 14C by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.

The edition the CFR requires

API RP 14C, Eighth Edition, February 2017, including Errata 1 (May 2018)

As the CFR lists it: “API Recommended Practice 14C, Analysis, Design, Installation and Testing of Safety Systems for Offshore Production Facilities, Eighth Edition, February 2017, including Errata 1 (May 2018) (“API RP 14C”)”

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