This standard covers protective exterior coatings that consist of cold-applied primers and prefabricated tapes and their applications to special sections, connections, and fittings to be used with underground and underwater steel water pipelines protected with organic coatings, such as those covered by ANSI/AWWA C203, ANSI/AWWA C210, ANSI/AWWA C213, ANSI/AWWA C214, ANSI/AWWA C215, and ANSI/AWWA C216. Such primers and tapes are not intended for use with exposed steel joints or sections of steel pipe where coatings of cement mortar or concrete have been applied directly onto the bare steel pipe. Tape coatings conforming to this standard may be field or shop applied.