National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International. Houston, TХ. Approved December 11, 2008. 60p. ISBN: 1-57590-156-
1. This standard covers the NACE external corrosion direct assessment (ECDA) process for buried onshore ferrous piping systems. This standard is intended to serve as a guide for applying the NACE ECDA process on typical pipeline systems. This standard was written to provide flexibility for an operator to tailor the process to specific pipeline situations.