Minnesota Legislature
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Minnesota Administrative Rules
1346.0101 SCOPE.
This code shall regulate the design, installation, maintenance, alteration, and inspection of mechanical systems that are permanently installed and utilized to provide control of environmental conditions and related processes within buildings. Fuel gas piping systems, fuel gas utilization equipment and appliances, and related accessories shall be regulated by parts 1346.5050 through 1346.6000.
This code shall also regulate those mechanical systems, system components, equipment, and appliances specifically addressed in the IMC as amended in this chapter. This code shall also regulate process piping installed within, or in conjunction with, buildings or structures. For the purposes of this section, the term "process piping" includes piping or tubing which conveys gas, liquid, or fluidized solids and which is used directly in research, laboratory, or production processes. Process piping and tubing shall be installed in accordance with ASME B31.3, Process Piping Code, or ASME B31.9, Building Services Piping, as applicable. Refer to Minnesota Rules, chapter 1300, for additional administrative provisions of the Minnesota State Building Code. Refer to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.7911, for data classification of biotechnology process piping systems.
History:
29 SR 299; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4; 34 SR 537; 39 SR 690
Published Electronically:
January 28, 2015
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