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ICC Final Action Hearing Results for the 2004/2005 ICC
Code Development Cycle
Patrick Serfass, National Hydrogen Association
At the ICC Final Action Hearings, the culminating hearing
for modifications to the ICC Family of Codes for the 2004/2005
cycle, hundreds of public safety officials, inspectors, fire
chiefs, specialists, government representatives and industry
experts were present in Detroit to vote on changes to the
model construction modes. Thirty-one code changes involving
hydrogen were heard and the results are shown below. Most
voting ratified the committee's recommendation from the preliminary
Code Development Hearings last March. Those modifications
that were "approved as submitted" or "approved
as modified" will appear in the 2004/2005 I-codes. Those
that were withdrawn or disapproved will not.
Code modifications for the next 18-month cycle (2006/2007)
must be submitted to ICC by March 24, 2006.
For descriptions of a selection of the following hydrogen
code modifications, please review the March 2005 Hydrogen
Safety Report article, "ICC
Hearing Actions Result in Win-Win."
Format: (Result of Public Hearings) Result of Final Action
Hearings
F27 industrial trucks (AS) AS
F186 update 50A/B reference to NFPA 55 (AS) AS
F187 separation distances & barrier walls (AS) AS
F188 cutoff rooms, where required (AS) AS
F189 canopy storage auto vs. manual discharge (D) D
F190 venting, minimum rate of discharge (AS) AS
F191 venting flow rate (AS) AS
F192 "flammable" gas vs. natural gas detection (AS)
AS
F213 DOTn containers for stationary storage (AM) AM
F214 PRD requirements-DOTn exemption? (AM) AM
F215 reformat underground LH2 storage (D) D
F217 seismic vacuum jacket design (AS) AS
F218 corrosion coatings & maintenance logs (AM) AM
F234 pyrophoric gases (AS) AS
F235 h2 systems connected as a building utility service (AS)
AS
F236 delete metal hydride storage provision (AS) AS
F237 roof top storage (D) D
F238 distance to flammable gas containers (AM) AM
F249 use of h2 in "closed system" (AS) AS
F256 cutoff rooms, relocate to IBC 419 (AS) AS
G19 general (AM) AM
FG14 piping protection (AS) AS
FG30 piping construction in other I-codes (Part I-D, Part
II-AS, Part III-AS) Part I-AS,
Part II-AS, Part III-AS
FG31 metal hydrides, references (AS) AS
FG32 natural ventilation, improvements (AS) Part I-AS, Part
II-AS, Part III-AS
FG33 piping, marking and I.D. (AM) AM
FG34 piping, 300 series stainless (AS) AS
FG35 concealed piping not permitted (AM) AM
FG36 welded joints (D) D
FG37 joints and electrical continuity (AS) AS
M38 delete natural ventilation exception (D) D
F* Code modification proposed for the International Fire Code
G* Code modification proposed for the General section of the
International Building
Code
FG* Code modification proposed for the International Fuel
Gas Code
M* Code modification proposed for the International Mechanical
Code
Format: (Result of Public Hearings) Result of Final Action
Hearings
AS - Approved as Submitted
AM - Approved as Modified by the Code Committee at
Code Development Hearing
D - Disapproved
All Final Action Hearing Results:
http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/codes/2004-05cycle/
FAA/FinalResults.pdf
For information on the next ICC Code Development Cycle
2006/2007, visit:
http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/codes/2006-07cycle/
2006-07CDSch032405.pdf
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