4870872 Documents, Office of - Errata Notice - Correcting the DCRA Notice of Final Rulemaking in Chapters 2A (Definitions) and 13A (Green Building Act Requirements) of the Building Code Supplement

OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES

 

ERRATA NOTICE

 

The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (ODAI), pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 309 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1203; D.C. Official Code § 2-559 (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of a correction to two Notices of Final Rulemaking issued by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) and published in the D.C. Register on March 28, 2014, Part 2,  at 61 DCR 3048 and 61 DCR 3060.

 

The rulemakings amend Chapters 2A and 13A of Subtitle A (Building Code Supplement of 2008) of Title 12 (D.C. Construction Codes of 2008) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). These amendments are grandfathered into the Building Code Supplement of 2013 pursuant to Section 123 of the District of Columbia Building Code Supplement, 12 DCMR A.

 

In the table of contents (page i of the March 28, 2014 D.C. Register), the rulemakings are incorrectly identified as amendments to the Building Code Supplement of 2013; the rulemakings actually amend the Building Code Supplement of 2008. The table of contents should be revised to read as follows:

 

Subtitle A (Building Code Supplement of 2008)

amending Chapter 2A (Definitions) and Chapter

13A (Green Building Promotion)                                                                   003048-003059

 

Subtitle A (Building Code Supplement of 2008)

amending Chapter 13A (Green Building

Requirements)                                                                                                 003060-003062

 

In addition, in the Notice of Final Rulemaking, 61 DCR 3060, one line under Section 1301.1.12 (Transitory Provisions Applicable to Certain Projects) mistakenly cites to Sections 1301.1.1.12.1, 1301.1.1.12.2, and 1301.1.1.12.3. These citations should be to Sections 1301.1.12.1, 1301.1.12.2, and 1301.1.12.3, so that the section reads as follows:

 

Chapter 13A (Green Building Act Requirements) of Subtitle A (Building Code Supplement) of Title 12 (D.C. Construction Codes Supplement of 2008) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations is amended as follows:

 

Insert new Section 1301.1.12 in the Building Code to read as follows.

 

1301.1.12 Transitory Provisions Applicable to Certain Projects.  Privately-financed Group R-1 projects shall be permitted to utilize the definition of residential in the Green Building Act regulations (Chapter 13A) adopted on November 14, 2012 and published in the D.C. Register on November 30, 2012 (59 DCR 13942) for the purposes specified in Sections 1301.1.12.1 through 1301.1.12.3.  Privately-financed Group R-1 projects that do not meet the requirements of Sections 1301.1.12.1, 1301.1.12.2, or 1301.1.12.3 are required to utilize the definition of residential in the Green Building Act regulations (Chapter 13A) in the emergency and proposed rulemaking adopted on July 1, 2013 and effective as of August 2, 2013 (60 DCR 11287).

 

The rules are effective upon the original publication date of March 28, 2014. 

               

Any questions or comments regarding this notice shall be addressed by mail to Victor L. Reid, Esq., Administrator, Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 520 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, email at [e-mail], or via telephone at [phone].