draft mexican official standard proy-nom-013-secre-2003. safety requirements for the design construction operation and maintenance of liquified natural gas lng storage plants with systems equipment and installations for the reception piping vaporization and delivery of lng. 104 pages in spanish . this draft mexican official standard establishes the minimum safety requirements for the design construction operation and maintenance of liquified natural gas lng storage plants with systems equipment and installations for the reception piping regasification and delivery of lng. the design construction operation and maintenance of the lng plant shall fulfil the minimum requirements established in this draft standard. this does not preclude the use of systems equipment methods or instruments the quality resistance fire resistance effectiveness structural integrity durability and safety of which are equivalent or superior to that specified in this same standard. as regards areas not covered in this draft standard such as systems and equipment of a recent design offshore plants or installations or general technological innovations with insufficient operational experience at international level the applicant must propose and adequately justify before the energy regulatory commission the technology it will apply for such purposes by providing documentation and technical references reflecting internationally recognized practices and by satisfying where appropriate the requirements set out in this standard. 6. description of content contd compliance with this draft mexican official standard is mandatory throughout mexican territory for all lng storage plants with systems equipment and installations for the reception piping regasification and delivery of lng. it should be noted that this draft mexican official standard was preceded by emergency mexican official standard nom-em-001-secre-2002 notified to the members of the committee on technical barriers to trade in g tbt n mex 33 and g tbt n mex 33 add.1 of september 2002 and february 2003 respectively