If your "jurisdiction have authority" gets extremely AR and they
enforce NFPA as though it were law, you will find a requirement for
monitoring laboratory chemical hoods in NFPA 45. The edition at
my desk is antiquated, 1991, but in Section 6-9.7 requires that new hoods
and existing hoods which are modified to have airflow indication. My
newer editions are in my home office, but I would venture to say that
newer editions are at least as restrictive as the 1991 edition in this
area.
H
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Could you site the requirement for fume
hood monitors. We are located in New York State (upstate) and are
not aware of such a requirement.
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