New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 8 - PLUMBING CODES
Part 2 - 2021 NEW MEXICO PLUMBING CODE
Section 14.8.2.22 - CHAPTER 12 FUEL PIPING
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
See this chapter of the UPC except as provided below.
A. 1208.6.3.2 Copper and copper alloy pipe. Delete this section of the UPC and substitute: Copper and brass pipe shall not be used. Threaded aluminum alloy pipe shall not be used with gases corrosive to such material.
B. 1208.6.10.5 Metallic pipe fittings (including valves, strainers, filters). See this section of the UPC except delete "(3) fittings used with copper or copper alloy pipe shall be copper or copper alloy."
D. 1210.9.3 Emergency shutoff valves. See this section of the UPC except delete the following: "The emergency shutoff valves shall be plainly marked as such and their locations posted as required by the authority having jurisdiction" and replace with the following text: "For purposes of isolation and safety, an additional approved gas shut off valve shall be installed downstream of the serving supplier gas meter prior to any distribution of gas into the gas piping system."
E. 1211.0 Electrical bonding and grounding. Delete this section of the UPC and see 14.10.4 NMAC the New Mexico electrical code (NMEC).
F. 1212.11 Liquefied petroleum gas facilities and piping. Delete this section of the UPC and substitute the following: Liquefied petroleum gas facilities shall comply with Sections 70-5-1 through 70-5-23 NMSA 1978, the LPG and CNG Act and with 19.15.40 NMAC, liquefied petroleum gas standards.
G. 12.13.3 Test pressure. See this section of the UPC except add the following: Exception: An existing gas piping system may be tested at a test pressure equal to one and one-half times the operating pressure of the system, but in no case shall it be tested at less than 3 psi.
