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C. Equipment and Appliances
1. All LPG equipment including such equipment installed at utility gas
plants shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of NFPA 59,
"Liquefied Petroleum Gases at Utility Gas Plant", manufacturer’s
instructions, applicable codes or practices and other internationally
accepted standards, in addition to those explicitly prescribed in this
IRR.
2. LPG shall not be used for operating any device or equipment unless
such equipment or device is approved for use with LPG.
3. Delivery of LPG stove, burner, rotisseries and other LPG appliances to
an end-user shall be accompanied by a technician duly trained and
qualified by the Philippine Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association
(PLPGA), Liquefied Petroleum Gas Industry Association (LPGIA) and/or
the
manufacturer,
who
shall
personally
install
the
equipment/appliance and teach the user on its safe use and
maintenance.
4. LPG shall not be released to the atmosphere except through an
approved liquid level gauge or other approved device.
5. Whenever the use of LPG equipment has been discontinued, they shall
be abandoned in an approved manner within a period of thirty (30)
days after securing a fire clearance from the City/Municipal Fire
Marshal having jurisdiction.
6. Recommended abandonment procedures, which shall have prior
approval of the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction, shall be
as follows:
a. Removal of all LPG equipment.
b. Burn-off of the contents of containers.
c. Venting contents of containers to the atmosphere when the
discharge of gas can lead to a safe point of discharge,
d. All service openings shall be capped or plugged after contents
have been removed from the container.
D. On Fire Protection and Other Safety Measures
1. No person shall smoke nor install nor maintain any open flame devices
outside of buildings within seven and a half meters (7.5 m) of any LPG
container of four thousand five hundred forty liters (4,540 ℓ) capacity or
less, nor within fifteen meters (15 m) of any such container over four
thousand five hundred forty liters (4,540 ℓ) capacity.
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