§ 8327-01 Storage of Hazardous Materials in Pre-Existing Facilities.
RCNY § 8327-01
(a)Scope. This section consolidates the New York City Fire Prevention Code and former Fire Department rules in effect on June 30, 2008, that are applicable to the design and installation of hazardous material installations in pre-existing facilities.
(b)Definitions. The following terms shall, for purposes of this section and as used elsewhere in 3 RCNY Chapter 83, have the meanings shown herein: Retail drug store. A store or building used for the compounding and dispensing, usually in the form of physicians' prescriptions, or for the selling of small quantities of medicinal preparations, proprietary articles, drugs, chemicals, oils, volatile solvents and other substances which, alone or in combination with any other article or substance, are of a highly combustible, flammable or explosive nature. (Fire Prevention Code, former Administrative Code § 27-4002(35)) Technical establishment. A building or place where explosive, flammable or highly combustible substances are produced, used or stored for use, or where chemicals or other materials entering into the production of such substances are stored or used, excepting those establishments which are specifically treated under other classifications in Subchapters 1 through 27 of this chapter. (Fire Prevention Code, former Administrative Code § 27-4002(39)) Tenement house. A class A multiple dwelling as defined in subdivision four of section four of the multiple dwelling law. (Fire Prevention Code, former Administrative Code § 27-4002(40)) (c) General Provisions. Pre-existing facilities with hazardous material installations the design and installation of which would not be allowed or approved under the Fire Code, but which, pursuant to FC 102.3 and 3 RCNY § 102-01, may be continued with respect to such hazardous material installations under the applicable laws, rules and regulations in effect prior to the Fire Code, and shall continue to comply with the provisions of such laws, rules and regulations, including former Administrative Code §§ 27-4234, 27-4236, 27-4237, 27-4238, 27-4240, 27-4241, 27-4242 and 27-4246, and former Fire Department Rules §§ 10-01, 15-05 and 34-01, as applicable, until such time as such facilities may be required to comply with the Fire Code and the rules with respect to their design and installation.
(d)Technical Establishments.
(1)Former Administrative Code § 27-4234. § 27-4234 Restrictions. It shall be unlawful to store for use, or to use in any technical establishment any liquid acetylene, acetylide of copper or other metallic acetylide; fulminate of mercury, or any other fulminate or fulminating compound; nitroglycerine; chloride of nitrogen; amide or amine; blasting powder; smokeless powder; or gunpowder in any form; or any volatile product of petroleum (except rhigoline) having a boiling point lower than sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
(e)Wholesale Drug Stores and Drug and Chemical Supply Houses.
(2)Former Administrative Code § 27-4238. § 27-4238 Laboratory. a. Construction. The operation of compounding medicinal preparations, proprietary articles and similar materials, or analyzing or testing drugs, chemicals, medicinal preparations, proprietary articles and similar materials, when explosive or flammable substances are required, shall be conducted only in a room or part of the premises designed and constructed in accordance with all applicable provisions of the building code. . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Former Administrative Code § 27-4240. § 27-4240 Prohibited materials. It shall be unlawful to manufacture or store in a wholesale drug store or drug and chemical supply house any of the following substances: 1. Acetylide of copper; 2. Amide or amine explosive; 3. Chloride of nitrogen; 4. Colored fire in any form; 5. Cymogene or any volatile product of petroleum (except rhigoline) or coal tar having a boiling point lower than sixty degrees Fahrenheit; 6. Flashlight powders; 7. Fulminate or any fulminating compound; 8. Guncotton; 9. Gunpowder in any form; 10. Liquid acetylene; 11. Nitro-glycerine, except in official U. S. pharmacopoeia solution, or in the form of pills, tablets, or granules containing not more than one-fiftieth of a grain each; 12. Picrates; 13. Potassium chlorate in admixture with organic substances or with phosphorus or sulphur; provided that this restriction shall not apply to the manufacture or storage of tablets of chlorate of potash intended for use solely for medicinal purposes; 14. Rubber shoddy.
(4)Former Administrative Code § 27-4241. § 27-4241 Quantities of supplies allowed. No permit shall be issued for the storage in a wholesale drug store or drug and chemical supply house of any of the following substances in quantities greater than those set forth in the following schedule: 1. Explosives. Amyl nitrate in bottles 25 poundsAmyl nitrate in pearls 100 grossCarbon bisulphide 50 poundsCollodions 100 pounds in allGases, liquefied: Anhydrous ammonia 2 cylinders Carbon dioxide 2 cylinders Nitrous oxide 2 cylinders Oxygen 2 cylinders Sulphur dioxide 2 cylindersNitroglycerine, one percent solution in alcohol 20 poundsPicric acid 25 poundsSoluble cotton 25 pounds in all2. Volatile flammable liquids (insoluble). Benzine, benzole or naphthas of any kind 150 gallons in allCoal tar 1 barrelCoal tar oils (heavy) 10 barrelsCrude petroleum 1 barrelEthyl chloride and other ethers 200 pounds in allEther, nitrous 100 pounds in five pound packages or less Ether, sulphuric 500 poundsRhigoline 2 dozen one pound tinsVarnishes, lacquers, etc. 275 gallons in allWood creosote 5 barrels 3. Volatile flammable liquids (soluble). Acetone 1 barrelAlcohol, denatured 10 barrelsAlcohol, ethyl 10 barrelsAlcohol, methyl 10 barrelsAldehyde, ethyl 5 gallons 4. Non-volatile flammable liquids (insoluble). Amyl acetate 10 barrelsAmyl alcohol 10 barrelsAniline oil 5 drumsCumol 5 barrelsEssential oils 10,000 pounds in all Kerosene 1 barrelNitrobenzole 5 drumsTerebene 100 poundsToluol 350 poundsTurpentine 10 barrelsXylol 100 pounds5. Non-volatile flammable liquids (soluble). Glycerine 5,000 pounds6. Combustible solids. Metallic magnesium 100 poundsPhosphorus 11 poundsPhosphorus, red 11 poundsSulphur 25 barrels in all7. Gums, resins, pitch, etc. Burgundy pitch 5,000 poundsCamphor 8,000 poundsGum thus 5 barrelsNaphthaline 50 barrels in allPitch (coal tar pitch) 2 barrelsResins, balsams and other varnish gums 8,000 pounds in allRosin 5 barrelsShellac 2,500 poundsStockholm tar 1,000 poundsTar, refined (wood) 10 barrelsVenice turpentine 2,000 pounds8. Combustible fibres and powders (vegetable). Cotton, absorbent 2,000 poundsCotton batting 10 balesExcelsior 25 balesFlax 20 balesJute 25 balesLampblack 10 barrelsLycopodium 2,000 poundsOakum 2 balesPulverized charcoal 10 barrelsSawdust 15 bagsStraw, packing 10 bales9. Dangerously corrosive acids. Anhydrous acetic 500 poundsCarbolic 15,000 poundsGlacial acetic 2,000 poundsHydrochloric 15 carboysHydrofluoric 500 poundsSulphuric 15 carboys10. Acids. Chromic 100 poundsIodic 5 poundsNitric 3 carboysNitric, fuming 25 poundsPeriodic 2 pounds11. Peroxides. Barium 2 casksCalcium 100 poundsHydrogen, U.S.P. 5,000 poundsOther hydrogen peroxides, over three percent, not to exceed fifteen percent 500 pounds Potassium 10 poundsSodium 25 pounds12. Chlorates. Barium 500 poundsOther metallic 100 pounds in allPotassium 1,000 poundsSodium 1,000 pounds13. Perchlorates. Potassium 10 poundsOther metallic perchlorates 10 pounds in all14. Permanganates. Potassium 1,000 poundsSodium 100 poundsOther metallic permanganates 100 pounds in all15. Nitrates. Barium 1,200 poundsBismuth subnitrate 2,500 poundsCobalt 1,000 poundsCopper 100 poundsIron, ferric 200 poundsMercury (mercuric) 100 poundsMercury (mercurous) 10 poundsPotassium 2,000 poundsSilver 50 poundsSodium 1,000 poundsStrontium 1,200 poundsOther metallic 500 pounds in all16. Metallic oxides. Lead binoxide 25 poundsLead (litharge) 1,200 poundsLead (red) 500 poundsMercury; yellow precipitate (mercurous) 200 poundsMercury; red precipitate (mercuric) 100 poundsSilver 10 pounds17. Substances made dangerous by contact with other substances. Calcium carbide 60 poundsMetallic potassium 5 poundsMetallic sodium5 poundsAll other metals of the alkalies or alkalone earths5 pounds in allPhosphides 10 poundsUnslaked lime 2 barrelsZinc dust 100 pounds The commissioner may, in his or her discretion and when no unusual hazard is presented thereby, authorize the storage of greater quantities than those set forth in the foregoing schedule, or the storage of other substances not specified therein.
(5)Former Administrative Code § 27-4242. § 27-4242 Storage. . . . . . . . . . . b. Liquids. The storage of acids or liquid chemicals which may cause explosions or combustion by flowing into, upon or among chemicals or other substances, shall be provided with safety catch basins or a similar device, so that, in case of the leakage of such acids or liquids, no danger to life or property will result. Carboys containing nitric acid shall be stored only in premises designed and constructed in accordance with all applicable provisions of the building code; and it shall be unlawful to permit sawdust, hay, excelsior, or any organic substance, or other acids or chemicals in close proximity to such carboys or stocks of nitric acid. A sufficient quantity of sand or infusorial earth shall be provided for absorbing all waste liquids from floors. . . . . . . . . . .
(6)Former Fire Department Rule § 15-05. § 15-05 Fire Protection in Wholesale Drug and Chemical Supply Houses. The following shall be deemed to be in compliance with § 27-4237(3) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York: . . . . . . . . . .
(f)When the building exceeds four stories, an automatic sprinkler system is required.
(g)In any building where explosives and flammable substances are used or handled, if the area exceeds 5,000 square feet per floor an automatic sprinkler system is required.
(h)In any building exceeding 10,000 square feet per floor, an automatic sprinkler system is required.
(9)Storage rooms shall be of a minimum 2 hour rated construction and shall be provided with: (i) a constant mechanical exhaust system to the exterior capable of providing at least six changes of air per hour; (ii) a sill at the doorway (except that no sill shall be required at doorways of flammable gas storage rooms); (iii) a sprinkler system providing at least one head per 90 sq. ft. . . . . . . . . . .
(13)All fixed electrical equipment within cold rooms where flammable liquids or flammable gases are used shall be explosion proof in accordance with subdivision (f)(3) of this section. Cold rooms shall not be used for storage of principal stock of flammable gases or flammable liquids.
(ii)Where flammable gases or explosives are stored or used.
(7)Fume hoods shall be located away from doors, windows that may be opened, principal traffic lanes or room air outlets or returns which may cause drafts sufficient to interfere with exhaust operations of fume hoods.
(8)Every fume hood used for handling perchloric acids, strong oxidizing agents or highly reactive chemicals shall be served by an independent duct.
(10)Exhaust ducts shall have the minimum number of turns, bends or obstructions as is practical, and shall have adequate air movement in the duct for the number of hoods vented by that duct and sufficient to prevent any back up into the hood.
(11)Washdown provisions shall be provided for hoods and ducts in which perchloric acid is heated above ambient temperature and in which vapors are not trapped or scrubbed before entering the hood exhaust system.
(12)Exhaust fans for ducts shall, wherever possible, be located outside the building and as close as possible to the terminal so that negative pressure is maintained in ducts within the building.
(iii)Highly exothermic reactions which also involve rapid increases in pressure, such as certain polymerizations, oxidations, nitrations, peroxidations, hydrations, or organometallic reactions.
(iv)Use or formation of materials whose chemical structure or functional group indicate potential hazard, but whose properties have not been established. Examples would be triple bonds, epoxy radicals, nitro and [nitroso] nitrous compounds, and peroxides.
(14)The commissioner shall evaluate the method of explosion hazard control, on an individual basis, considering in each instance the following criteria: (i) The nature and quantity of the constituent material(s); (ii) The nature of the process; (iii) The potential energy release; (iv) Isolation of the equipment; (v) The particular physical location and exposures. . . . . . . . . . .
(c)No more than twenty-five (25) pounds of potassium and/or sodium chlorate is permitted to be stored.
(i)The storage of dangerous chemicals, volatile flammable oils and liquids shall be confined to metal cabinets vented at top and bottom. A cardholder should be provided for a visible record of the contents and maximum amount stored therein; also, a caution sign, if applicable to read: "In case of fire do not use water." . . . . . . . . . . Note: The foregoing rules shall be the basis for the issuance of Fire Department permits to schools throughout the City of New York.
(l)Listed below are the maximum quantities of combustibles and dangerous chemicals which may be stored in [public high] schools through the twelfth grade: Explosives Picric Acid 1 lb. Carbon Bisulphide 10 lbs.Carbon Dioxide 1 lb.Anhydrous Ammonia 1 lb.Sulphur Dioxide 1 lb.Nitrous Oxide 1 lb.Oxygen 1 lb. Volatile Flammable Liquids (Insoluble) Crude Petroleum 2 lbs. Benzine, Benzola or Naphthas of any kind 2 lbs.Ether, Sulphuric 10 lbs.Varnishes, Lacquers, etc. 2 lbs. Volatile Flammable Liquids (Soluble) Acetone 1 lb. Alcohol, Denatured 5 gals.Aylcohol, Methyl 5 gals. Non-Volatile Flammable Liquids (Insoluble) Amyl Acetate 2 lbs. Amyl Alcohol 2 lbs.Aniline Oil 1 lb. Non-Volatile Flammable Liquids (Insoluble) Kerosene 2 lbs. Turpentine 1/2 gal.Tuluol 1 gal.Xylol 1 gal.Essential Oils 2 lbs. Non-Volatile Flammable Liquids (Soluble) Glycerine 5 lbs. Combustible Solids Phospherous 1/4 lb. Phospherous, Red 5 lbs.Sulphur 15 lbs.Metallic Magnesium 1 lb. Gums, Resins, Pitch, Etc. Camphor 1 lb. Resin 11 lb.Venice Turpentine 1 lb.Naphthaline 1 lb.Shellac 1 lb. Combustible Fibres and Powders (Vegetable) Pulverized Charcoal 5 lbs. Cotton, Absorbent 5 lbs.Lampblack 2 lbs.Lycopodium 1 lb. Dangerously Corrosive Acids Glacial Acetic Acid 5 gals. Hydrofluoric Acid 1 lb.Hydrochloric Acid 12 gals.Sulphuric Acid 12 gals.Carbolic Acid 1 lb. Acids Acid, Chromic 1 lb. Acid, Nitric 12 gals. Peroxides Hydrogen Peroxide, U.S.P. 0 lbs. Sodium Peroxide 2 lbs.Barium Peroxide 2 lbs.Other Hydrogen Peroxides over 3 percent, not to exceed 15 percent5 lbs. Chlorates Potassium Chlorate 15 lbs. Permanganates Potassium Permanganates 1 lb. Nitrates Barium Nitrate 1 lb. Stontium Nitrate 1 lb.Cobalt Nitrate 1 lb. Copper Nitrate 1 lb.Iron Nitrate, Ferric Mercury Nitrate (mercuric)1 lb.Mercury Nitrate (mercurous)lb.Potassium Nitrate 10 lbs.Silver Nitrate 5 lbs.Sodium Nitrate 15 lbs.Other Metallic Nitrates 5 lbs. Metallic Oxides Lead Oxide (red) 5 lbs. Lead Oxide (Litharge) 10 lbs.Oxide of Mercury red precipitate (mercuric)10 lbs.Oxide of Mercury; yellow precipitate (mercurous)5 lbs. Substances Made Dangerous by Contact with Other Substances Calcium Carbide 5 lbs. Metallic Potassium 1/2 lb.All other Metals of the Alkalies or Alkaline Earths2 lbs.Metallic Sodium 1/2 lb.Zinc Dust 5 lbs.Slaked Lime 25 lbs. (Renumbered City Record 9/20/2023, eff. 10/20/2023)
