EYS location Class 1/ Div 2

[Mitchum]

I have a Class 1/ Div 2 area that ends 18" off the slab. Can I have the EYS lower than 18" as long as the conduit stubs out of the top EYS above 18" and there are no couplings or fittings in the run besides the EYS? Of course the EYS will be filled.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

501.15(B)(2) Class I, Division 2 Boundary.
A conduit seal shall be required in each conduit run leaving a Class I, Division 2 location. The sealing fitting shall be permitted to be installed on either side of the boundary within 3.05 m (10 ft) of the boundary and it shall be designed and installed to minimize the amount of gas or vapor within the portion of the conduit instal⁠led in the Division 2 location that can be communicated beyond the seal.