Revisions to the California Plumbing Code to Allow the Use of

Perfluoroalkoxy in Dialysis Branch Lines and Plastic Pipe in Plumbing

Applications in OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 Facilities

Initial Study

April 2015

Prepared for

Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development 400 R Street

Sacramento, CA 95811-6213

Prepared by

Horizon Water and Environment, LLC 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1405

Oakland, California 94612 Contact: Tom Engels, Ph.D.

510/227-0291

Revisions to the California Building A. Project Description Code to Allow for Use of Plastic Pipe In Plumbing Applications in OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 Facilities

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Revisions to the California Plumbing Table of Contents Code to Allow for Use of Plastic Pipe In Plumbing Applications in OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 Facilities

Table of Contents

A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................... A-1 1.0 Project Background................................................................... A-1 2.0 Project Objectives ..................................................................... A-2 3.0 Proposed Project ...................................................................... A-2 4.0 Proposed Plumbing Materials ................................................... A-6 5.0 Project Location and Setting ..................................................... A-9 6.0 Permits and Approvals .............................................................. A-9 7.0 Topics to be Analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report A-10 8.0 Environmental Procedures ...................................................... A-10 9.0 Contact Information................................................................. A-11

B. ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST ......................................................... B-1 1.0 Overview ................................................................................... B-1 2.0 Environmental Factors Potentially Affected ............................... B-2 3.0 Evaluation of Environmental Impacts ........................................ B-2 4.0 CEQA Environmental Checklist ................................................ B-4

I. AESTHETICS .............................................................................. B-4 II. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES ................................................. B-6 III. AIR QUALITY ............................................................................ B-8 IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ................................................... B-11 V. CULTURAL RESOURCES ....................................................... B-13 VI. GEOLOGY, SOILS, AND SEISMICITY ................................... B-15 VII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ......................................... B-18 VIII. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ........................ B-19 IX. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY ................................... B-22 X. LAND USE AND PLANNING .................................................... B-26 XI. MINERAL RESOURCES ......................................................... B-27 XII. NOISE .................................................................................... B-28 XIII. POPULATION AND HOUSING ............................................. B-30 XIV. PUBLIC SERVICES .............................................................. B-31 XV. RECREATION ....................................................................... B-32 XVI. TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC ............................................. B-33 XVII. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS ................................. B-35 XVIII. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE ................... B-38

C. Determination ..................................................................................... C-1

D. List of Initial Study Preparers ............................................................ D-1

E. References .......................................................................................... E-1

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Revisions to the California Building A. Project Description Code to Allow for Use of Plastic Pipe In Plumbing Applications in OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 Facilities

Tables Table 2-1 Other Permits and Regulatory Approvals A-8 Figures Figure 1 Project Area A-3 Acronyms and Abbreviations ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene BMP best management practice CBSC California Building Standards Commission CCR California Code of Regulations CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CNDDB California Natural Diversity Database CPVC chlorinated polyvinyl chloride CRHR California Register of Historical Resources DWV drain-waste-vent EIR Environmental Impact Report Farmland Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance FDD Facilities Development Division FMMP Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program HCl hydrogen chloride HCP habitat conservation plan MEK methyl ethyl ketone mm millimeter NOP Notice of Preparation NRHP National Register of Historic Places NTSB National Transportation Safety Board OSHPD California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development OSHPD 1 General Acute Care Hospitals and Acute Psychiatric Hospitals OSHPD 2 Skilled Nursing Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities OSHPD 3 Licensed Clinics and Freestanding Outpatient Clinical Services Buildings OSHPD 4 Correctional Treatment Centers PFA Perfluoroalkoxy PVC polyvinyl chloride TAC toxic air contaminant VOC volatile organic carbon

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Revisions to the California Plumbing A. Project Description Code to Allow for Use of Plastic Pipe In Plumbing Applications in OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 Facilities

A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1.0 Project Background The California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) oversees the triennial compilation and publication of the adoptions, amendments, and repeal of administrative regulations to Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), California Building Standards Code. Part 5 of the California Building Standards Code is known as the California Plumbing Code and will incorporate, by adoption, the latest edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials with the California Amendments.

The California Building Standards Code is published in its entirety every 3 years by order of the California legislature, with supplements published in intervening years. The California legislature delegated authority to various State agencies, boards, commissions, and departments, for creation of building regulations to implement the States statutes. These building regulations or standards have the same force of law and take effect 180 days after their publication unless otherwise stipulated.

Californias Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), as one of the legislatively delegated State agencies, has authority to propose regulations related to the following facilities:

General Acute Care Hospitals and Acute Psychiatric Hospitals (OSHPD 1); Skilled Nursing Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities (OSHPD 2); Licensed Clinics and Freestanding Outpatient Clinical Services Buildings (OSHPD 3);

and Correctional Treatment Centers (OSHPD 4).

These proposed regulations then are subjected to the Triennial Code Adoption Cycle review and approval process, administered by CBSC.

OSHPDs Facilities Development Division (FDD) Building Standards Unit is responsible for the development of administrative regulations and building standards for the four facility types listed above. These regulations are developed, as necessary, to implement the provisions of the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Seismic Safety Act of 1983.

Building Standards Unit staff work in conjunction with OSHPDs architects, engineers, and construction observation staff; the Hospital Building Safety Board; and interested members of the public to develop code language for new building standards and amendments to existing standards in the California Building Standards Code. All regulatory proposals are submitted to the CBSC for approval and adoption.

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http://oshpd.ca.gov/FDD/seismic_compliance/SB1953/SeismicRegs/hssa.html

Revisions to the California Building A. Project Description Code to Allow for Use of Plastic Pipe In Plumbing Applications in OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 Facilities

The purpose of the Proposed Project is to change the 2016 California Plumbing Code, to allow the use of the following materials in the indicated plumbing systems for OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 facilities:

Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) pipes, tubes, and fittings in water supply distribution systems;

Perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) in dialysis branch lines; Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) piping

installations in sanitary drainage systems; ABS and PVC pipes and fittings for drain-waste-vent (DWV) systems; and ABS and PVC piping installations for stormwater drainage systems.

The Proposed Project is needed to increase flexibility in the construction, modification, or renovation of OSHPD 1, 2, 3, and 4 facilities.

2.0 Project Objectives The objectives of the Proposed Project are as follows:

Align Californias Building Code with the national model code, which contains no prohibitions on the use of plastic pipe for plumbing;

Increase consistency within Californias Building Standards Code, for which no prohibitions on the use of plastic pipe for plumbing exist except for OSHPD 1, 2, 3 and 4 f