Register September 2013 No. 693
Chapter SPS 340
GAS SYSTEMS
Subchapter I — Purpose, Scope and Application
SPS 340.11 Scope and application.
SPS 340.12 Local requirements.
Subchapter II — Definitions
Subchapter III — Administration and Enforcement
SPS 340.30 Plan examination and approval.
SPS 340.31 Certificate of installation.
SPS 340.32 Revisions, alterations and piping upgrades.
SPS 340.33 Revocation of approval.
SPS 340.34 Enforcement and inspections.
SPS 340.37 Petition for variance.
SPS 340.39 Reporting of accidents.
Subchapter IV — Standards and General Requirements
SPS 340.40 Adoption of standards by reference.
SPS 340.41 Secondhand pressure vessels.
SPS 340.42 Vehicle-fuel dispensing systems.
SPS 340.43 Dispensing to vehicle fuel tanks, recreational equipment and containers.
SPS 340.44 U.S. department of transportation vessels.
SPS 340.45 Welded repairs and alterations for containers and pressure vessels.
Subchapter V — Liquefied Petroleum Gas Systems
SPS 340.51 Design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas systems.
SPS 340.52 Amendments to NFPA standards.
SPS 340.53 Fuel supply tanks for liquefied petroleum cargo tank trucks.
Subchapter VI — Liquefied Natural Gas Systems
SPS 340.61 Design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of liquefied natural gas systems.
Subchapter VII — Compressed Natural Gas Systems
SPS 340.71 Design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of compressed natural gas systems.
Subchapter VIII — Gaseous Hydrogen Systems
SPS 340.81 Design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of gaseous hydrogen systems.
Subchapter IX — Liquefied Hydrogen Systems
SPS 340.91 Design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of liquefied hydrogen systems.
Ch. SPS 340 Note
Note: Chapters Comm 11, 12 and 13 as they existed on October 31, 1999 were repealed and a new chapter Comm 40 was created effective November 1, 1999; Chapter Comm 40 was repealed and recreated,
Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11. Chapter Comm 40 was renumbered chapter SPS 340 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats.,
Register December 2011 No. 672.
SPS 340.10
SPS 340.10 Purpose. This chapter establishes minimum safeguards for fuel gas systems.
SPS 340.10 History
History: CR 11-002: cr.
Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11.
SPS 340.11(1)(a)(a) This chapter applies to the design, construction, installation, inspection, operation, testing, maintenance, repair and alteration of gas systems for fueling purposes, such as for heating appliances or engines.
SPS 340.11(2)(a)(a) This chapter does not apply to a gas system or any portion of a gas system that is within a building or structure, or downstream of a pressure-regulator valve which reduces a gas pressure to a level used within a building or structure, except as specified in
pars. (b) to
(d).
SPS 340.11(2)(b)
(b) This chapter applies to every vehicle-fuel dispensing system that fits any of the following descriptions:
SPS 340.11(2)(b)2.
2. If for compressed natural gas, it has a capacity exceeding 5 cubic feet per minute.
SPS 340.11(2)(b)3.
3. If for gaseous hydrogen, it has a capacity exceeding 18 cubic feet per minute.
SPS 340.11(2)(c)
(c) This chapter applies to every gas system that is used for filling containers.
SPS 340.11(2)(d)
(d) This chapter applies downstream of the point specified in
par. (a) if the conveyed gas is burned in an industrial process, which includes heating appliances or equipment that is used for other than space heating for human comfort.
SPS 340.11 Note
Note: See chapter SPS 341 for requirements relating to pressure vessels for gases that are not used to fuel industrial processes, or heating appliances or equipment. See chapter SPS 345 for requirements relating to gasses that are used in mechanical refrigeration systems.
SPS 340.11(3)
(3) Vehicles and watercraft. This chapter does not apply to vehicles or watercraft that use or transport the gases addressed in this chapter, except as specified in
s. SPS 340.43 (1) and subch.
V.
SPS 340.11(4)
(4) Exclusions. This chapter does not nullify any exclusions specified in the standards adopted under
s. SPS 340.40.
SPS 340.11(5)(a)(a) The design, construction and installation rules of this chapter, including the applied criteria from the standards adopted in
s. SPS 340.40, do not apply retroactively to gas systems or components existing prior to September 1, 2011, unless specifically stated in the rule or standard.
SPS 340.11(5)(b)
(b) The operation, testing, maintenance and inspection requirements of this chapter apply to all gas systems that exist on or after September 1, 2011.