Responsibilities
(1) Owner. The owner of a piping installation shall
have overall responsibility for compliance with this
Code, and for establishing the requirements for design,
construction, examination, inspection, and testing
which will govern the entire fluid handling or process
installation of which the piping is a part. The owner is
also responsible for designating piping in certain fluid
services and for determining if a specific Quality System
is to be employed. [See paras. 300(d)(4), (d)(5), (e), and
Appendix Q.]