Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Interior Fuel Gas Piping Systems Using Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION
		  I.
Authority
The following regulation is duly adopted and promulgated by the
			 Arkansas State Board of Health pursuant to the authority expressly conferred by
			 the laws of the state of Arkansas in Act 200 of 1951, as amended, and Act 372
			 of 1957 and as amended by Act 555 of 1963 and as amended by Act 385 of 1973 and
			 as amended by 902 of 1975 and as amended by Act 816 of 1987 and as amended by
			 Act 768 of 1987 and as amended by Acts 412 and 330 of 1991 and as amended by
			 Act 638 of 1994 and as amended by act 982 and Act 788 of 1995.
SECTION II.
Purpose
To establish standards of the Arkansas State Gas Code for
			 interior fuel gas piping systems, using corrugated stainless steel tubing,
			 intended for installation in residential or commercial buildings, and including
			 all components supplied or specified by the manufacturer to convey and control
			 fuel gas to all appliances served.
SECTION III.
Definitions
(A) Appliance (Equipment). Any device which
		  utilizes gas as a fuel or raw material to produce light, heat, power,
		  refrigeration, or air conditioning.
(B) Approved. Acceptable to the provisions of
		  this Code or the authority having jurisdiction.
(C) Authority Having Jurisdiction. In this
		  chapter, the administrative authority or authority having jurisdiction is the
		  state of Arkansas that administers or enforces the provisions of this chapter
		  as adopted or amended.
(D)
		  Concealed Gas Piping. Gas Piping, which, when in place in a finished building,
		  would require removal of permanent construction to gain access to the
		  piping.
(E) Exposed Gas Piping. Gas
		  piping which will be in view in the finished structure.
(F) Fuel Gas. A commercially distributed gas
		  used for fuel such as natural gas.
(G) Gas Utilization Equipment. Any device
		  which utilizes gas as fuel or raw material or both.
(H) Listed. Equipment or materials included
		  in a list published by an organization acceptable to the authority having
		  jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic
		  inspection of production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing
		  states either that the equipment or material meets appropriate standards or has
		  been tested and found suitable for use in a specified manner.
(I) Maximum Actual Operating Pressure. The
		  maximum pressure existing in a piping system during a given operating
		  cycle.
(J) Maximum Allowable
		  Operating Pressure. The maximum pressure at which the gas system is allowed to
		  be operated.
(K) Piping System. As
		  used in the regulation, an assembly of corrugated stainless steel tubing and
		  tubing connection fittings intended for field assembly and installation in
		  residential or commercial buildings to distribute fuel gas to gas utilization
		  equipment within the building. The piping system may also include a gas
		  pressure regulator (s), a shut off valve (s), tube shielding devices,
		  distribution manifold (s), termination outlet and other approved devices or
		  components.
(L) Qualified
		  Installer. Any individual, firm, corporation, or company which either in person
		  or through a representative is engaged in and is responsible for the
		  installation or replacement of building gas piping systems, who has been
		  properly trained and is experienced in such work, familiar with all precautions
		  required, and has complied with all of the licensing requirements of the
		  authority having jurisdiction.
(M)
		  Regulator, Pressure. A device placed in a gas line for reducing, controlling,
		  and maintaining the pressure in that portion of the piping system downstream of
		  the device. Installation must comply with the provision 402.13 in the Arkansas
		  State Gas Code.
(N) Shielding
		  Device. A component of the piping system used to protect the installed
		  corrugated tubing from accidental puncture by nails, screws or similar hardware
		  at concealed tubing support points.
(O) State Gas Code. The Arkansas State Gas
		  Code
(P) Striker Plate. A special
		  type of shielding device used when concealed tubing is run through wall studs,
		  wood or metal, floor and ceiling joists or other structural members where
		  tubing movement is restricted.
(Q)
		  Termination Outlet. A component of the piping system used to attach corrugated
		  tubing for final connection to the gas utilization equipment. Reference
		  Arkansas State Gas Code page 46- Section 306.2. - Page 53 - Section
		  309.6.
(R) Strip Wound Metal Hose.
		  A component of the piping system used to protect the corrugated tubing from
		  accidental puncture when running through plates or floors in concealed
		  locations.