Section 675IAC25-3-2. Chapter 1; administration

   Delete Chapter 1 and insert to read as follows: (a) 101.1 Title. This rule shall be known as the 2014 Indiana Fuel Gas Code, and shall be published, except incorporated documents, by the Department of Homeland Security for general distribution and use under that title. Wherever the term "this code" is used throughout this rule, it shall mean the 2014 Indiana Fuel Gas Code.

  (b) 101.2 Scope and Application:

This code shall apply to the installation of fuel gas piping systems, fuel gas utilization equipment, and related accessories as follows:

1. Coverage of piping systems shall extend from the point of delivery to the connections with gas utilization equipment. (See "point of delivery".)

2. Systems with an operating pressure of one hundred twenty-five (125) pounds per square inch gauge (psig) (eight hundred sixty-two (862) kPa gauge) or less. Piping systems for gas-air mixtures within the flammable range with an operating pressure of ten (10) psig (sixty-nine (69) kPa gauge). LP-Gas piping systems with an operating pressure of twenty (20) psig (one hundred forty (140) kPa gauge) or less. For undiluted liquefied petroleum gas systems, the point of delivery shall be considered to be the outlet of the final pressure regulator, exclusive of the line gas regulators, in the system.

3. Piping systems requirements shall include design, materials, components, fabrication, assembly, installation, testing, inspection, operation, and maintenance.

4. Requirements for gas utilization equipment and related accessories shall include installation, combustion, and ventilation air and venting.

This code shall not apply to the following:

1. Portable LP-Gas equipment of all types that are not connected to a fixed fuel piping system.

2. Installation of farm equipment such as brooders, dehydrators, dryers, and irrigation equipment.

3. Raw material (feedstock) applications except for piping to special atmosphere generators.

4. Oxygen-fuel gas cutting and welding systems.

5. Industrial gas applications using gases, such as acetylene and acetylenic compounds, hydrogen, ammonia, carbon monoxide, oxygen, and nitrogen.

6. Petroleum refineries, pipeline compressor or pumping stations, loading terminals, compounding plants, refinery tank farms, and natural gas processing plants.

7. Integrated chemical plants or portions of such plants where flammable or combustible liquids or gases are produced by chemical reactions or used in chemical reactions.

8. LP-Gas installations at utility gas plants.

9. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) installations.

10. Fuel gas piping in power and atomic energy plants.

11. Proprietary items of equipment, apparatus, or instruments such as gas generating sets, compressors, and calorimeters.

12. LP-Gas equipment for vaporization, gas mixing, and gas manufacturing.

13. Temporary LP-Gas piping for buildings under construction or renovation that is not to become part of the permanent piping system.

14. Installation of LP-Gas systems for railroad switch heating.

15. Installation of LP-Gas and compressed natural gas (CNG) systems on vehicles.

16. Except as provided in Section 401.1.1, gas piping, meters, gas pressure regulators, and other appurtenances used by the serving gas supplier in the distribution of gas, other than undiluted LP-Gas.

17. Building design and construction, except as specified herein.

  (c) 101.3 Appendices and Standards. Provisions in the appendices are not enforceable unless specifically adopted. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where differences occur between provisions of this code and referenced codes and standards, the provisions of this code shall apply.

Exception: Where enforcement of a code provision would violate the conditions of the listing, labeling, or manufacturer's installation instructions of the equipment or appliance, the conditions of the listing, labeling, or manufacturer's instructions shall apply.

  (d) 101.4 Appeals and Interpretations. Appeals from orders issued by the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission, or the Division of Fire and Building Safety are governed by IC 4-21.5 and IC 22-12-7. Appeals from orders by a local unit of government are governed by IC 22-13-2-7 and local ordinance. Upon the written request of an interested person who has a dispute with a county or municipal government concerning a building rule, the State Building Commissioner may issue a written interpretation of a building law. The written interpretation as issued under IC 22-13-5 binds the interested person and the county or municipality with whom the interested person has the dispute until overruled in a proceeding under IC 4-21.5. A written interpretation of a building law binds all counties and municipalities if the state building commissioner publishes the written interpretation of the building law in the Indiana Register under IC 4-22-7-7(b).

  (e) 101.5 Plans. Plans shall be submitted for Class 1 structures as required by the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12) and the Industrialized Building Systems (675 IAC 15).

  (f) 101.6 Existing Construction. For existing Class 1 structures, see the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12) and local ordinance.

  (g) 101.7 Additions and Alterations: Additions and alterations to any Class 1 structure shall conform to that required of a new structure without requiring the existing structure to comply with all the requirements of this code. Additions or alterations shall not cause an existing structure to become unsafe (see the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12-4).

  (h) 101.8 Alternate Materials, Methods, and Equipment: Alternate materials, methods, equipment, and design shall be as required by the General Administrative Rules (675 IAC 12-6-11) and the rules for Industrialized Building Systems (675 IAC 15). (Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 25-3-2; filed Aug 1, 2014, 10:57 a.m.: 20140827-IR-675130342FRA, eff Dec 1, 2014; errata filed Aug 7, 2014, 8:57 a.m.: 20140827-IR-675130342ACA)