1. Specification on float equipment
API Spec 10F
Specification on float equipment
Washington DC
June 2016

2. Results of Final Letter ballot
22 Ballots issued
14 affirmative
0 negative
0 abstention
8 did not vote
Number Voting = 14 = 64% (must be > 50%)
Approval Rate = 14/14 = 100% (must be > 66.7%)

3. Comments 18 Comments Received 9 Editorial 1 General 5 Technical
All comments addressed
Responses sent to work group members
One comment required additional action

4. Comment resolution Editorial Comments (9) 4 Not Accepted
USC units not presented for flow through volume (50 or 750 mL)
USC units not presented for 0.5 gm calibration requirement
4 Accepted
Spelling, Punctuation, Add a section on abbreviations,
1 referred to API (formatting)

5. Comment resolution General Comments (4) 2 Not Accepted
Remove API Monogram from document
1 Required additional action from work group
Add section on scaling
1 editorial – no USC units after 50 mL

6. Comment resolution Technical Comments (5) 2 Not Accepted
Remove API Monogram from document
1 “Partially Accept”
Changed wording of suggestion on verification timing
2 accepted
Fix error in figures 1 – 3
Remove “shall” statement in scope (not allowed by API)

7. Verification timing Current wording:
Float equipment shall be either tested or recertified a minimum of once every 5 years.
Revision
A Design and Development Review, Verification and Validation according to API Specification Q1 shall be conducted at least once every 5 years.

8. Verification timing
A Design and Development Review, Verification and Validation according to API Specification Q1 shall be conducted at least once every 5 years.
Validation requires physical testing according to Q1
a) Prototype tests, b) functional and/or operational tests of production products c) tests specified by industry standards and/or regulatory requirements; d) field performance tests and reviews.
May move to Design and Development along with Verification but not Validation

9. Scaling of results (add a section)
Little or no guidance found in other API documents Search was not exhaustive, but exhausting Working to resolve issue by developing a scaling section Requested input from pipe manufacturer

10. Forward plan
Once all comments are resolved and final document will be sent to SC10 Chair for any action needed by Publications Task Group
Recommended implementation date to be determined by work group and sent to Chair
Send to API for final review, addition of table of contents, etc. and publication