In accordance with the IAPMO Regulations Governing Committee Projects, two Tentative Interim Amendments (TIAs) to the 2015 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code® (UPC) are being submitted for public comment. TIA UPC 002-15 revises text in UPC Sections 205.0 and 911.0 regarding circuit venting. TIA UMC 004-15 revises text in UMC Section 505.1 regarding ducts containing hazardous emissions. IAPMO invites all interested parties to review the proposed TIA on the IAPMO website under Uniform Plumbing Code/Proposed TIAs and respond by filling out the appropriate comment form (click on links above). The deadline to submit a comment is February 3. Completed forms may be emailed to enrique.gonzalez@iapmo.org.
Please contact Enrique Gonzalez, Code Development Administrator, IAPMO, 4755 E. Philadelphia Street, Ontario, CA 91761; (909) 230-5535; or enrique.gonzalez@iapmo.org with questions.
The IAPMO Group’s product testing laboratory and certification facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, has achieved ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation from Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN), Indonesia’s national accreditation body, an important milestone following the facility’s opening last May. PT IAPMO Group Indonesia’s state-of-the-art laboratory and certification office in east Jakarta’s Lippo Cikarang, offers testing and certification services for plumbing product manufacturers in support of the implementation of Indonesia’s national plumbing standard, SNI 8153:2015, Plumbing Systems for Buildings, which was developed with the support of IAPMO utilizing the provisions of IAPMO’s flagship Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®). To read the full press release, click here.