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1406.2 – 1407.2 UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE
1406.2 Required Inspections. The Authority HPP piping shall be identified in accordance
Having Jurisdiction shall make the following inspec- with nationally recognized standards to indicate
tions and shall either approve that portion of the the material being transported. All liquid HPP
work as completed or shall notify the permit holder piping shall have an approved means for
wherein the same fails to comply with this code. directing any spilled materials to an approved
1406.2.1 Rough Piping Inspection. This containment or drainage system.
inspection shall be made after all process piping All liquid HPP waste or drainage systems
authorized by the permit has been installed and shall be installed in accordance with the
before any such piping has been covered or Plumbing Code.
concealed. This inspection shall include a deter- 1407.2.2 Installation in Exit Corridors and
mination that the piping size, material, and Above Other Occupancies. Hazardous process
installation meet the requirements of this code. supply pipe shall not be located within exit
1406.2.2 Final Piping Inspection. This inspec- corridors, within any portion of a means of
tion shall be made after all piping authorized by egress required to be enclosed in fire-resistive
the permit has been installed and after all construction, or in concealed spaces in or above
portions thereof that are to be covered or areas not classified as Group H Occupancies,
concealed are so concealed. This inspection shall except as permitted by this subsection.
include a pressure test, at which time the piping Hazardous production material piping and
shall stand a pressure of not less than 1.5 times tubing may be installed within the space defined
the maximum designed operating pressure by the walls of exit corridors and the floor or
when hydraulic testing is conducted or 110 roof above, or in concealed spaces above other
percent when testing is conducted pneumati- occupancies under the following conditions:
cally. Test pressures shall be held for a length of
1407.2.2.1 Automatic sprinklers shall be
time satisfactory to the Authority Having Juris-
installed within the space, unless the space
diction, but in no case for less than thirty (30)
is less than six (6) inches (152 mm) in least
minutes with no perceptible drop in pressure.
dimension.
HPM drain, waste, and vent piping shall be
tested in accordance with the Plumbing Code. 1407.2.2.2 Ventilation at not less than six (6)
Tests shall be made in the presence of the air changes per hour shall be provided. The
Authority Having Jurisdiction. Necessary appa- space shall not be used to convey air from
ratus for conducting tests shall be furnished by any other area.
the permit holder. 1407.2.2.3 When the piping or tubing is
1406.3 Other Inspections. In addition to the inspec- used to transport HPP liquids, a receptor
tions required by this section, the Authority Having shall be installed below such piping or
Jurisdiction may require a special inspector, as speci- tubing. The receptor shall be designed to
fied in the Building Code, during installation of collect any discharge or leakage and drain it
piping systems. In cases where the work authorized to an approved location. The one (1) hour
was installed in accordance with plans and specifica- enclosure shall not be used as part of the
tions prepared by an engineer, the Authority Having receptor.
Jurisdiction may require a final signed report stating 1407.2.2.4 All HPP supply piping and
that the work was installed in accordance with the tubing and HPP nonmetallic waste lines
approved plans and specifications and the applicable shall be separated from the exit corridor and
provisions of this chapter. from any occupancy other than a semi-
conductor fabrication facility classified as a
Group H Occupancy by construction, as
1407.0 Piping and Tubing. required for walls or partitions that have a
1407.1 General. Process piping and tubing shall fire-protection rating of not less than one (1)
comply with this subsection and shall be installed in hour. When gypsum wallboard is used,
accordance with nationally recognized standards. joints on the piping side of the enclosure
Piping and tubing systems shall be metallic unless need not be taped, provided the joints occur
the material being transported is incompatible with over framing members. Access openings
such system. into the enclosure shall be protected by
1407.2 Hazardous Process Piping (HPP). approved fire assemblies.
1407.2.1 General. HPP supply piping or tubing 1407.2.2.5 Readily accessible manual or
in service corridors shall be exposed to view. automatic remotely activated fail-safe emer-
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