Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09100025
Permit Number 09100025
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2009-10-23 11:35:00REVIEW #: 1ST **PLAN CHECK ONLY**
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 FBC 2007 CODE FAMILY W/ 2009 SUPPLEMENTS
 FBC CH.1 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
  
 1. THE INSTALLATION OF LIQUID-FUELED STATIONARY
 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND GAS TURBINES, INCLUDING
 FUEL STORAGE AND PIPING, SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 NFPA 37 IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC-M 915.1.
  
 2. PLANS INDICATE THIS GENERATOR WILL SERVE ALL
 BUILDING SYSTEMS DURING POWER OUTAGES INCLUDING
 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS. GENERATORS USED FOR EMERGENCY POWER
 SUPPLIES SHALL ALSO COMPLY WITH NFPA 110, STANDARD FOR
 EMERGENCY AND STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS.
  
 3. PROVIDE GENERATOR MANUFACTURER???S SPECIFICATIONS
 INDICATING THE MINIMUM FREE-AREA OPENING REQUIRED FOR
 RADIATOR EXHAUST. THE AIR SUPPLY SHALL BE DESIGNED TO
 MEET AT LEAST THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBUSTION,
 COOLING, AND VENTILATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 37-02
 SECTION 4.1.1.2. VENTILATION AIR SUPPLY AND DISCHARGE
 FOR RADIATOR COOLED EPS SHALL HAVE A MAXIMUM STATIC
 RESTRICTION OF 0.5 INCHES OF WATER COLUMN (125 PA) IN
 THE DISCHARGE DUCT AT THE RADIATOR OUTLET IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH NFPA 110-02 SECTION 7.7.4.1.
  
 4. WITH THE EPS RUNNING AT RATED LOAD, VENTILATION AIR
 FLOW SHALL BE PROVIDED TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM AIR
 TEMPERATURE IN THE EPS ROOM TO THE MAXIMUM AMBIENT AIR
 TEMPERATURE REQUIRED BY THE EPS MANUFACTURER IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 110-02 SECTION 7.7.1.
 CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO ALL THE HEAT REJECTED
 TO THE EPS EQUIPMENT ROOM BY THE ENERGY CONVERTER,
 UNINSULATED OR INSULATED EXHAUST PIPES, AND OTHER HEAT
 PRODUCING EQUIPMENT.
  
 5. PLANS INDICATE A 5000 GALLON FUEL TANK. FUEL TANKS
 WITHIN A STRUCTURE BUT NOT IN A ROOM BY THEMSELVES
 SHALL NOT EXCEED 660 GALLONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA
 37-02 SECTION 6.3.2.2 UNLESS ALL CONDITIONS OF THE
 EXCEPTION TO THIS SECTION ARE MET.
  
 EXCEPTION: FUEL TANKS OF ANY SIZE SHALL BE PERMITTED
 WITHIN ENGINE ROOMS OR MECHANICAL SPACES, PROVIDED THE
 ENGINE OR MECHANICAL ROOM IS DESIGNED USING RECOGNIZED
 ENGINEERING PRACTICES WITH SUITABLE FIRE DETECTION,
 FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND CONTAINMENT MEANS TO PREVENT THE
 SPREAD OF FIRE BEYOND THE ROOM OF ORIGIN.
  
 6. THE AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF ALL FUEL TANKS IN A
 STRUCTURE SHALL NOT EXCEED 5000 L (1320 GAL) UNLESS
 THAT PORTION EXCEEDING 5000 L (1320 GAL) IS ENCLOSED IN
 A ROOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 6.3.6 PER NFPA 37-02 SECTION
 6.3.2.3.
  
 7. THE ENGINE ROOM SHALL BE PROPERLY VENTILATED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 37-02 SECTION 6.3.6.5.
  
 8. FUEL TANKS WITHIN STRUCTURES SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 SPILL CONTAINMENT CONSISTING OF EITHER A WALL, A CURB,
 OR A DIKE HAVING A CAPACITY AT LEAST EQUAL TO THAT OF
 THE LARGEST SURROUNDED TANK IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA
 37-02 SECTION 6.3.2.4.
  
 9. ENGINE ROOMS LOCATED WITHIN STRUCTURES SHALL HAVE
 INTERIOR WALLS, FLOORS, AND CEILINGS OF AT LEAST 1-HOUR
 FIRE RESISTANCE RATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 37-02
 SECTION 4.1.2.3.
  
 10. ENGINE ROOMS SHALL HAVE VENTILATION THAT IS
 ADEQUATE TO PREVENT A HAZARDOUS ACCUMULATION OF
 FLAMMABLE VAPORS OR GASES, BOTH WHEN THE ENGINE IS
 OPERATING AND WHEN IT IS SHUT DOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 NFPA 37-02 SECTION 4.1.2.5.
  
 11. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY BE APPLICABLE UPON
 DETERMINATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF THIS SYSTEM AS A
 LEVEL 1 OR LEVEL 2 EPSS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 110-02
 SECTION 4.4.
  
 12. ABOVE GROUND FUEL TANK INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE
 APPROVED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY DERM PRIOR TO PERMIT
 ISSUANCE. PROVIDE TWO SETS OF PLANS APPROVED BY PBC
 DERM AT TIME OF PERMIT APPLICATION.
  
 13. ALL PLANS SHALL BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE DESIGN
 PROFESSIONAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC-B SECTION 106.1.
  
 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:
 RONALD J. REGUEIRO
 561.805.6719
 [email protected]


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