New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XXXIII - State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council › Subchapter A - Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code › Part 1229 - Abandonment or Removal of Heating Oil Storage Tanks › Subpart 1229-3 - Abandonment or Removal of Heating Oil Storage Tanks › Section 1229-3.5 - Amendments to the 2015 IRC

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Section M2201.7 of the 2015 IRC shall be deemed amended to read as follows:
M2201.7
Tanks abandoned or removed.
Tank
						abandonment and removal shall be in accordance with the International Fire Code
						and Appendix J of this code.
(b) Section AJ202 of Appendix J of the 2015
					 IRC is amended to add the following definition:
Heating oil storage tank.
A tank used
						for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where
						stored.
(c) Appendix J of
					 the 2015 IRC is amended to add a new section AJ12 to read as follows:
AJ12
Abandonment or Removal of Heating Oil Storage
						Tanks
Section AJ1201
General
The abandonment or removal of heating oil storage tanks
						and related piping shall be in accordance with all of the following:
1. The entire contents of the heating oil
					 storage tank and related piping shall be emptied, cleaned, and purged of all
					 vapor. The contents of the heating oil storage tank and related piping shall be
					 removed from the premises and disposed of in accordance with applicable local,
					 State or Federal rules and regulations.
2. The suction, inlet, gauge, vapor return,
					 and vapor lines shall be disconnected.
3. All fill piping and other related piping
					 shall either be permanently removed or filled with concrete. All other
					 remaining piping shall be capped or plugged. Exception: Piping that is reused
					 for the installation of a new heating oil storage tank and meets the applicable
					 requirements for the new installation.
4. If abandoned in place, underground heating
					 oil storage tanks shall be filled completely with an approved inert solid
					 material. Above-ground heating oil storage tanks may either be filled with an
					 approved inert solid material or if not filled with an approved inert solid
					 material then the vent line shall remain open and intact. A record of tank
					 size, location, and date of abandonment shall be retained by the property
					 owner.
5. If removed, heating oil
					 storage tanks shall be disposed of in accordance with applicable local, State,
					 or Federal rules and regulations.
6. An inspection by the building official or
					 by an approved inspector is required to be made of the abandonment or removal
					 of the heating oil storage tank. If an approved inspector performs such
					 inspection, no approval of such abandonment or removal shall be granted by the
					 building official unless written proof of the heating oil storage tank"TMs oil
					 fill pipe having been removed or filled with concrete in accordance with this
					 section and the applicable provisions of the Uniform Code has been provided by
					 the property owner to the building official.
7. When conversion to an alternate fuel has
					 taken place and prior to the commencement of the new home heating service,
					 property owners shall provide written notice to their home heating oil supplier
					 or suppliers informing them of such conversion and instructing them to
					 discontinue deliveries.