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IAPMO Makes Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) Available for Public Comment

22 August 2024
IAPMO Makes Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) Available for Public Comment

Ontario, Calif. – In accordance with the IAPMO Regulations Governing Committee Projects, IAPMO would like to announce that a tentative interim amendment (TIA) to the 2024 edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®) is being submitted for public comment.

UMC TIA 003-24 revises text in the 2024 edition of the UMC, Table 1102.3 (Refrigerant Groups, Properties, and Allowable Quantities), regarding values for Refrigerant Concentration Limits (RCLs) and Lower Flammability Limits (LFLs) of listed refrigerants. The comment form is located at:

https://codes.iapmo.org/docs/2024/UMC/TIA/Submit%20Comment%20Form%20(TIA%20003-24).pdf

IAPMO invites all interested parties to review the proposed TIA on the IAPMO website under Uniform Mechanical Code/Proposed TIAs and respond by filling out the comment form.

The deadline to submit comments is Sept. 5.

Completed forms may be emailed to Taylor Duran, the UMC staff liaison, at taylor.duran@iapmo.org.ilable for Public Comment

Krahenbuhl Testifies Before Congressional Committee, Advocates for Improvements to FEMA Communications

Krahenbuhl Testifies Before Congressional Committee, Advocates for Improvements to FEMA Communications

26 September 2024

Addressing the role and effectiveness of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) focus on building codes in mitigating the impact of disasters, Jordan Krahenbuhl, executive director of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC) of Nevada and former IAPMO Board of Directors member, was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to advocate for the inclusion of all national model construction codes in FEMA’s numerous guidance documents

IAPMO Solicits Public Comments on 2027 UPC, UMC

IAPMO Solicits Public Comments on 2027 UPC, UMC

09 September 2024

IAPMO®, developer of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®), is calling for public comments on the Reports on Proposals for the 2027 editions of these codes.

IAPMO, Pace to Publish UMC Chapter 17 as Standalone Document for Geothermal Energy Systems and Ambient Temperature Loops (ATL)

IAPMO, Pace to Publish UMC Chapter 17 as Standalone Document for Geothermal Energy Systems and Ambient Temperature Loops (ATL)

09 September 2024

IAPMO® and the Pace Energy and Climate Center at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (Pace) have agreed to jointly publish Chapter 17 of the Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®) as a standalone document (IAPMO/UMC/Chapter 17-2024) to address the needs for enforceable safety provisions for geothermal district ambient temperature loop systems. Pace advised IAPMO on the development of this document.


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