5561415 Documents, Office of - Errata Notice - Correction to Final Rulemaking published January 2, 2015 at 62 DCR 103, by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

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, as amended (82 Stat. 1203; D.C. Official Code § 2-559 (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of corrections to the 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 3251, as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register on January 2, 2015 at 62 DCR 103.

 

The rulemakings adopt the District of Columbia Construction Codes Supplement of 2013, Title 12 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

District of Columbia Fire Code Supplement of 2013, 12 DCMR Subtitle H, Chapter 1, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT, Section 105, PERMITS.

 

Correct the formatting and list numbering in Section 105.6.16 to replace numbers 2.3 through 2.11 with number 3 through 11, to read as follows:

 

105.6.16 Flammable and Combustible Liquids. An operational permit is required:

 

1.         To use or operate a pipeline for the transportation within facilities of flammable or combustible liquids. This requirement shall not apply to the off-site transportation in pipelines regulated by the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT), nor does it apply to piping systems.

 

2.         To store, handle or use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons (19 L) in a building or in excess of 10 gallons (37.9 L) outside of a building, except that a permit is not required for the following:

 

2.1.      The storage or use of Class I liquids in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, aircraft, motorboat, mobile power plant or mobile heating plant, unless such storage, in the opinion of the code official, would cause an unsafe condition.

 

2.2.      The storage or use of paints, oils, varnishes or similar flammable mixtures when such liquids are stored for maintenance, painting or similar purposes for a period of not more than thirty (30) days.

 

2.3.      To store, handle or use Class II or Class IIIA liquids in excess of 25 gallons (95 L) in a building or in excess of 60 gallons (227 L) outside a building, except for fuel oil used in connection with oil-burning equipment.

 

2.4.      To store, handle or use Class IIIB liquids in tanks or portable tanks for fueling motor vehicles at motor fuel-dispensing facilities or where connected to fuel-burning equipment.

 

Exception: Fuel oil and used motor oil used for space heating or water heating.

 

2.5.      To remove Class I or II liquids from an underground storage tank used for fueling motor vehicles by any means other than the approved, stationary on-site pumps normally used for dispensing purposes.

 

2.6.      To operate tank vehicles, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, wells, fuel-dispensing stations, refineries, distilleries and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are produced, processed, transported, stored, dispensed or used.

 

2.7.      To place temporarily out of service (for more than ninety (90) days) an underground, protected above-ground or above-ground flammable or combustible liquid tank.

 

2.8.      To change the type of contents stored in a flammable or combustible liquid tank to a material that poses a greater hazard than that for which the tank was designed and constructed.

 

2.9.      To manufacture, process, blend or refine flammable or combustible liquids.

 

2.10.    To engage in the dispensing of liquid fuels into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles at commercial, industrial, governmental or manufacturing establishments.

 

2.11.    To utilize a site for the dispensing of liquid fuels from tank vehicles into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles, marine craft and other special equipment at commercial, industrial, governmental or manufacturing establishments.

 

 

This Errata Notice’s correction to the final rulemaking published in the D.C. Register on March 28, 2014, as amended by the Notice of Final Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register on January 2, 2015, is non-substantive in nature and does not alter the intent, application, or purpose of the rules.  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].