Strike Section 712.3.5 of the International Plumbing Code in its entirety and insert new Section 712.3.5 in the Plumbing Code in its place to read as follows:
712.3.5 Pump connection to the drainage system. Pumps connected to the drainage system shall connect to a building sewer, building drain, soil stack, waste stack or horizontal branch drain. The discharge point shall not be upstream of any backwater valve and shall not generate a condition that could cause flooding at any of the building fixtures. Where the discharge line connects into horizontal drainage piping, the connection shall be made through a wye fitting into the top of the drainage piping and such wye fitting shall be located not less than 10 pipe diameters from the base of any soil stack, waste stack or fixture drain.
authority
Section 10 of the Construction Codes Approval and Amendments Act of 1986 (Act), effective March 21, 1987 (D.C. Law 6-216; D.C. Official Code § 6-1409 (2012 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 2009-22, dated February 25, 2009, as amended.
source
Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 3169 (March 28, 2014 – Part 2); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 61 DCR 5246 (May 23, 2014).
EditorNote
The District of Columbia Plumbing Code (2013), referred to as the “Plumbing Code,” consists of the 2012 edition of the International Plumbing Code as amended by the District of Columbia Plumbing Code Supplement (2013) (12 DCMR F). The International Plumbing Code is copyrighted by the International Code Council and therefore is not republished here. However, a copy of the text may be obtained at: http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/icod/ipc/2012/index.htm?bu=IC-P-2012-000004&bu2=IC-P-2012-000019.
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