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wherein a common stack serves as a drainage pipe as well as a vent pipe (5) Adding Section 301.3. Section 301.3 is added to read: "Section 301.3. International Plumbing Code. The 1997 edition of the International Plumbing Code (IPC) may be used in lieu of the Uniform Plumbing Code when approved by the administrative authority. A written request by a Hawaii licensed mechanical engineer with the concurrence of the building or project owner must be made to the administrative authority. The details of this approval shall be recorded and entered in the files of the department. Plans submitted shall be stamped by the Hawaii licensed mechanical engineer. This section shall apply only to a new building or project and shall not be applied in conjunction with an existing building. Provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code and the International Plumbing Code shall not be combined or interchanged unless approved by the administrative authority. Plans submitted shall clearly state on the plumbing and/or mechanical sheets that the International Plumbing Code was used as the basis of design." (6) Amending Section 311.4. Section 311.4 is amended by deleting the last sentence. that reads: "Also, single stack drainage and venting systems, with unvented branch lines are prohibited." (7) Deleting Section 311.6. Section 311.6 is deleted. (8) Amending Section 313.2. Section 313.2 is amended by changing the second sentence to read: "No piping shall be directly embedded in concrete or masonry unless provisions are made to protect the piping from damage resulting from expansion, contraction and structural settlement. (9) Amending Section 313.4. Section 313.4 is amended to read: "313.4. No building sewer or other drainage piping or part thereof, constructed of materials other than those approved for use under or within a building, shall be installed under or within five (5) feet 14