New Changes for LAA E-Filings
By Mario Aurioso
The LAA division has made some changes, and the following cannot be e-filed:
- Relocation of a Siamese connection or when a sprinkler/standpipe system is required to be shut off for eight hours or more
- Additional meters for one- or two-family homes
- Adding heating appliances or increasing the BTUs of appliances by more than 25%
- Direct vent appliances
- L A A Withdrawals
- L A A Renewals
- Superseding LAAs
- Grease traps (DEP approval required)
- Oil separators (DEP approval required)
- Cutting/capping of sprinkler/standpipe systems
- Legalization/removal of violations for illegal fixtures/work
- Work Without a Permit Violations/Stop Work Orders
- Cooking in basement/cellar locations and Single Room Occupancies
- Replacement/testing of dryers except for one- and two-family occupancies
- Temporary heating installations
- Condensing boilers
- Sprinkler/standpipe work associated with a building demolitions
- LAAs filed in conjunction with Emergency Work Notifications
- BBQ grills/commercial cooking
- Premises with pending Vacate Orders and/or Unsafe Building Violations
The following also required a Professional Engineer or a Register Architect in order to file.
- Relocation of sprinkler heads*
- Heating appliances and boilers over one million BTUs*
- Oil tanks over 330 gallons*
- Establishing new bathroom settings with two new fixtures*
- PW1 to follow*
- Installing commercial gas dryers*
- Establishing new heating installations*
- Installing generators*
- Post Approval Amendment for LAAs Replacement burners over 2.8 million BTUs*
- Fire/Jockey Pumps*