Section 18 AAC 34.075 - PlumbingPlumbing must be installed and operated in accordance with the state plumbing code adopted for the state under AS 18.60.705, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 34.010. Except for the toilet and sink requirements specified at 18 AAC 34.085(a) for mobile processing vessels, this code applies statewide to all facilities subject to this chapter, including mobile processing vessels. In addition, plumbing
(1) must carry adequate amounts of hot and cold water under pressure throughout the facility to meet the requirements for (B) equipment and utensil cleaning and sanitizing;(2) must carry wastewater from the facility;(3) may not be a source of contamination to seafood products, food ingredients, packaging materials, water supplies, equipment, or utensils, and may not create an insanitary condition; if necessary to prevent contamination, atmospheric breaks or backflow preventers on water lines must be used;(4) sewer lines, drain lines, and potable and nonpotable waterlines must be color coded, tagged, or otherwise identified;(5) sewer lines, drain lines, and nonpotable water lines may not be cross-connected with drinking and processing water supplies; and(6) sewer lines that are directly over processing areas must be constructed in a manner that will prevent sewage from dripping onto the processing area; for example, pipe may be double-walled, have a wall thickness equivalent to schedule 80 pipe, which is buttwelded steel pipe that meets the specification for wall thickness of the American standard Testing Manufacturing A53, Type f, and which specification was in effect on November 17, 1997, or have a gutter or trough underneath the pipe.Eff. 12/18/97, Register 144; readopt 12/2/99, Register 152Effective 12/2/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 34.075, without change, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 34 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.
The schedule 80 specification referred to in this section is that set out in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards published by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. The specification may be obtained from ASTM or may be reviewed at the department's Anchorage, Juneau, and Kenai offices.
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AS 44.46.020