A Guide to the Organization of Underground Corrosion-Control Coordinating Committees

Underground corrosion control coordinating (electrolysis) committees (UCCC) are composed of technical personnel who represent a variety of companies concerned with underground metallic cables, pipelines, or tanks. Many companies, such as those that operate direct current (DC) traction systems and which could introduce DC into the earth, possibly causing electrolytic corrosion on underground metallic structures, are also interested participants in the corrosion control coordinating committee program. Corrosion control coordinating committees are not components of NACE International, nor does this publication contain required procedures for establishing and operating committees. Rather, it is intended to serve as a guide for existing committees and for the establishment of new committees where none exist. As numerous corrosion control coordinating committees were formed, the need to catalogue the committees, their territories, their present officers, and other vital data arose. As an international corrosion control organization, NACE met the qualifications for accomplishing this task. In response to the need for such information, NACE established Task Group T-10B-1 to develop and maintain information on existing corrosion control coordinating committees and to prepare this publication. The purpose of NACE is NOT to infringe upon the autonomy of individual committees, but rather to act as a clearinghouse for information between corrosion control coordinating committees and to supply administrative support services when needed.