Michigan Compiled Laws Act 319 Of 1929 Fuel Oil (125.551 - 125.575)

• Section 125.551 Fuel Oil; Adoption Of Act; Scope Of Act Restricted.
  This act shall be in force and effect in cities and villages that, by a majority vote of the legislative body of the city...
• Section 125.552 Fuel Oil; Definitions.
  For the purposes of this act: (a) “Fuel oil” means any liquid as specified by the American standard of testing materials D-396-89A (1989) and...
• Section 125.553 Installation Permit; Temporary Tag; Inspection; Existing Plants; Fees.
  Before any fuel oil burners, tanks and other equipment pertaining thereto shall be installed within such city, the owner of such premises or his...
• Section 125.554 Prohibited Furnishing Of Fuel Oil.
  No person or persons, firm or corporation, shall supply with fuel oil any tanks or containers for fuel oil burners unless such fuel oil...
• Section 125.555 Flash Point; Tester; Mixing Or Blending; Waste Oil.
  Fuel oil or any other oil or liquid used for equipment installed under this act shall have a flash point of not less than...
• Section 125.556 Scope Of Tests.
  The tests and investigations made by the department of buildings and safety engineering shall cover arrangement of parts, suitability of material, strength of parts,...
• Section 125.557 Oil Burners; Equipment.
  Oil burners shall be equipped with such approved device, mechanical or electrical, which will automatically prevent the overflowing or flooding of the burner. Burners...
• Section 125.558 Oil Burners; Automatic Ignition.
  All burners subject to automatic ignition must be provided with permanent automatic device, so designed that oil, upon being turned into the combustion chamber,...
• Section 125.559 Pipes; Joints; Valves; Packing Gland.
  Standard full weight wrought iron, galvanized iron or steel or copper pipe, shall be used throughout. Underground piping shall be galvanized or copper or...
• Section 125.560 Electrical Installations.
  Electrical installations used in connection with oil burning devices shall be installed in accordance with the rules adopted by such city and be inspected...
• Section 125.561 Dampers; Ventilation; Instructions, Posting; Extinguisher.
  No damper shall be permitted in the smoke pipe or chimney from the device heated that may restrict to a dangerous extent the passage...
• Section 125.562 Oil Storage Tanks; Construction, User; Storage Limit.
  Oil storage tanks on the inside of any building shall be located in the lowest story, cellar or basement. A total storage of 550...
• Section 125.563 Oil Storage Tanks; Fill Pipe; Vent Pipe.
  The fill pipe for such tank or tanks shall be galvanized iron or steel not less than 1 1/2 inches in diameter, extending to...
• Section 125.564 Oil Storage; Limitations.
  Except as otherwise permitted in this act, the storage of fuel oil in excess of 550 gallons shall be outside of any building in...
• Section 125.565 Tanks Located Underground.
  Tanks located underground shall have the top of tank at least 3 feet below the surface of the ground, and below the level of...
• Section 125.566 Installation Of Inside Tanks.
  Where it is impractical to bury tanks, the chief inspector of the department of buildings and safety engineering may allow them to be installed...
• Section 125.567 Underground Tanks Incased.
  Underground tanks located within 10 feet of a basement or pit lower than the top of such tank, shall be completely incased in 6...
• Section 125.568 Measuring Devices.
  Measuring devices on tanks beneath buildings and previously described encased tanks, shall be of approved wall gauge type. History: 1929, Act 319, Imd. Eff....
• Section 125.569 Metal Gauge.
  The metal used in all tanks shall be of a minimum gauge, U.S. standard, depending upon the capacity or size as given in the...
• Section 125.570 Tanks; Construction, Testing; Underwriter's Label.
  All such tanks shall be welded, brazed or riveted and shall be heavily coated outside with asphaltum or other rust-resisting material. All tanks shall...
• Section 125.571 Required Equipment; Gravity, Water Pressure Or Suction Burners.
  All oil burners operating by gravity or water pressure, shall be equipped with approved automatic device or devices for the control of the flow...
• Section 125.572 Required Equipment; Burners Connected With Heating System.
  All fuel oil burners used in connection with hot water and steam heating systems shall be equipped with a pressurestat or some approved automatic...
• Section 125.573 Gases Prohibited In Gas Pilot.
  The use of acetylene or any other gas possessing a wider range of explosiveness in admixture with air than coal gas, or water gas,...
• Section 125.574 Scope Of Act Restricted.
  This act shall not apply in the case of manufacturing plants except for heating buildings or generating steam for power. History: 1929, Act 319,...
• Section 125.575 Violation Of Act; Penalty.
  Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon...

Last modified: October 10, 2016