SpecificationforCarbonManganeseSteelPlatewithImprovedToughnessforOffshoreStructuresAPISPECIFICATION2MT1(SPEC2MT1)SECONDEDITION,SEPTEMBER2001EFFECTIVEDATE:MARCH2002REAFFIRMED,FEBRUARY2012SpecificationforCarbonManganeseSteelPlatewithImprovedToughnessforOffshoreStructuresUpstreamSegmentAPISPECIFICATION2MT1(SPEC2MT1)SECONDEDITION,SEPTEMBER2001EFFECTIVEDATE:MARCH2002REAFFIRMED,FEBRUARY2012SPECIALNOTESAPIpublicationsnecessarilyaddressproblemsofageneralnature.Withrespecttopartic-ularcircumstances,local,state,andfederallawsandregulationsshouldbereviewed.APIisnotundertakingtomeetthedutiesofemployers,manufacturers,orsupplierstowarnandproperlytrainandequiptheiremployees,andothersexposed,concerninghealthandsafetyrisksandprecautions,norundertakingtheirobligationsunderlocal,state,orfed-erallaws.Informationconcerningsafetyandhealthrisksandproperprecautionswithrespecttopar-ticularmaterialsandconditionsshouldbeobtainedfromtheemployer,themanufacturerorsupplierofthatmaterial,orthematerialsafetydatasheet.NothingcontainedinanyAPIpublicationistobeconstruedasgrantinganyright,byimplicationorotherwise,forthemanufacture,sale,oruseofanymethod,apparatus,orprod-uctcoveredbyletterspatent.Neithershouldanythingcontainedinthepublicationbecon-struedasinsuringanyoneagainstliabilityforinfringementofletterspatent.Generally,APIstandardsarereviewedandrevised,reafÞrmed,orwithdrawnatleasteveryÞveyears.Sometimesaone-timeextensionofuptotwoyearswillbeaddedtothisreviewcycle.ThispublicationwillnolongerbeineffectÞveyearsafteritspublicationdateasanoperativeAPIstandardor,whereanextensionhasbeengranted,uponrepublication.StatusofthepublicationcanbeascertainedfromtheAPIUpstreamSegment[telephone(202)682-8000].AcatalogofAPIpublicationsandmaterialsispublishedannuallyandupdatedquar-terlybyAPI,1220LStreet,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.ThisdocumentwasproducedunderAPIstandardizationproceduresthatensureappropri-atenotiÞcationandparticipationinthedevelopmentalprocessandisdesignatedasanAPIstandard.Questionsconcerningtheinte...