On August 15, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) published the sixth revision to its Directive D-G5 051201 2 (Rev 6) entitled “Approved Certification Marks for Gas Appliances“.
This Directive clarifies the various certification marks for gas appliances which are acceptable for use in British Columbia.
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On August 14, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) published Information Bulletin IB-GA 2017-04 entitled “Electrical Bonding Requirements for Gas Piping or Tubing Systems“.
This Directive clarifies the requirements for the bonding of gas systems as per the 2015 edition of the B149.1 Natural Gas and Propane Installation Code.
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On July 14, 2017, Technical Inspection Services of New Brunswick issued a notice to Gas Industry Stakeholders adopting the most recent versions of CSA codes and standards within their Propane, Natural and Medical Gas Regulations. This includes the 2015 versions of the B149 series and the 2014 edition of the B51 Boiler, pressure vessel, and pressure piping code.
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In June 2017, Alberta Municipal Affairs – Safety Services issued the second revision to its Gas Safety Information Bulletin G-01-03-B149 [Rev 2] entitled “Replacement Parts for Gas Fired Appliance”.
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On April 10, 2017, TSSA published an updated amendment to their Propane Code Adoption Document. This document adopts the 2015 versions of the B149 codes into regulation and provides additional requirements specific to compliance with theses national codes in Ontario. This Code Adoption Document (CAD) revokes previously published versions, including the CAD published on February 1, 2017.
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On February 25, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) issued the third revision to Information Bulletin B-G5 051206 4 (Rev. 03) entitled “Clearance to Regulator or Over Pressure Relief Device”.
This revised bulletin clarifies the clearance requirements for a regulator or over pressure relief device as indicated in Table 5.2 of the B149.1 Natural Gas & Propane Installation Code, the code requirements prevail unless otherwise approved.
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On February 25, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) issued the first revision to Information Bulletin IB-GA 2013-01 (Rev. 01) entitled “Pipe Sizing and Pressure Drop Requirements”.
This revised bulletin clarifies the requirement that when a conflict arises between the manufacturer’s installation instructions and the B149.1 Natural Gas & Propane Installation Code, the code requirements prevail unless otherwise approved.
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On February 25, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) issued the first revision to Information Bulletin IB-GA 2013-02 (Rev. 01) entitled “Portable Appliance and Fan Effects on Buildings”.
This revised bulletin clarifies the potential of carbon monoxide accumulation when using portable air conditioning units, clothes dryers, or circulating fans that continuously exhaust warm air to the outside without fresh air being brought in to replace it.
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On February 25, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) issued the first revision to Information Bulletin IB-GA 2013-03 (Rev. 01) entitled “Hazardous Location Requirements – Gas Equipment Installations”.
This revised bulletin clarifies what must be done a gas appliance not certified for a hazardous location has been installed in a hazardous location as defined by the B149.1 and B149.2 codes.
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On February 23, 2017, the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) issued a revision to Information Bulletin B-G5 071108 5 (Rev. 01) entitled “Gas line Pressure Regulator Sizing Requirements.”
This revised bulletin outlines the requirements for gas line pressure regulator sizing in order to maintain a constant downstream pressure in the system.
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