N.M. Admin. Code § 14.8.2.22 - CHAPTER 12 FUEL PIPING
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.
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