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(a) Filing of application. (1) The application must be signed by the owner.

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Effective: 6/12/2016Last amended: 6/12/2016

§ 2-05 Application for Registration.

RCNY § 2-05

(a)Filing of application.

(1)The application must be signed by the owner. The application must include all essential details pertaining to the equipment as set forth on the application form, and the manner in which new equipment will be installed. All documents must be certified by a professional engineer or registered architect.

(2)Only one type and size of equipment may be included on any one application. For example, applications for a boiler and a furnace, which constitute similar equipment of different sizes, or applications for identical boilers with different (although equivalent) burners must be filed separately.

(3)When filed, the application must include any supplementary data and calculation sheet(s), plans and any additional forms required by the department by rule.

(b)Contents of application. The application must include the following: (1) The authorization of the equipment owner and his or her name, address and signature. The application must be signed by the proprietor where the business is a sole proprietorship. If the business is a partnership, the application must be signed by a partner. In the case of a corporation, the application must be signed by an officer of the corporation. In all instances, the signatory must indicate his or her title after his or her signature.

(c)Unlisted and custom equipment. If the application for the registration is to install custom equipment, or equipment that is not on the department's list of accepted equipment and is not UL, CSA Group, or ETL-listed, a certification of compliance from a professional engineer must be submitted on a form prescribed by the department and available on the department's website.

(ii)burner location.

(iii)breeching layout schematic, including the length, elbows, cross sectional dimensions; and location of "test holes." (iv) location and cross-sectional dimensions of the stack. Only the cross-sectional dimension of the outlet is required for existing stacks.

(v)location of fixed ventilation. Ducts and other such pertinent details must be shown along with their dimensions. Length, elbows, cross-sectional dimensions and inlet and outlet locations must be included for any new ventilation ducts.

(vi)location of smoke alarms, draft controls, fans, cleanouts, when applicable. These locations may be shown schematically.

(vii)locations of all combustion equipment located in the same room or on the same stack and not covered by the subject application, including the manufacturer, model number, and fuel delivery rate when not shown on the application. The fixed ventilation supplied for all combustion equipment must be clearly shown on the plans, even if all such equipment is not covered by the subject application.

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