Current through August, 2024
(a) The department
shall inspect to insure compliance with chapter
397, HRS, any activity related to the
erection, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of facilities
containing pressure retaining items. The department may authorize special
inspectors in the employ of insurance companies who shall inspect boilers and
pressure vessels insured by the insurance companies. All equipment required by
this section to be inspected are exempt from the requirements of this chapter
if under the jurisdiction of the United States government, or if serving only a
private residence and not accessible to the public, except where the location
could affect persons other than the owner and meet the requirements of section
12-220-2.1(c).
(b) All inspections
and witnessing of tests for pressure-retaining items as required pursuant to
this part, shall be made in conformance with the procedures set forth in the
ASME BPVC, the NBIC, and this part. Where notations of discrepancies,
recommendations, or requirements are made, these notations shall refer to the
applicable rule of the ASME BPVC, the NBIC, and this part.
(c) Power boilers shall receive a permit
following an annual permit renewal internal inspection upon approval by the
chief boiler inspector. An external inspection shall be performed approximately
six months after each internal inspection.
(d) Miniature electric boilers shall receive
a permit renewal inspection biennially. An internal inspection may be performed
by the inspector pursuant to NBIC, Part 2 requirements, when
necessary.
(e) Heating boilers
shall receive permit renewal inspections as follows:
(1) Steam or vapor boilers with a heating
surface of twenty (20) or less square feet shall have an external inspection
every two years. An internal inspection may be conducted pursuant to NBIC, Part
2 requirements, when necessary, and where the construction of the boiler
permits;
(2) Steam or vapor
boilers, with a heating surface greater than twenty (20) square feet and less
than or equal to one hundred (100) square feet, shall be externally inspected
every two years and internally inspected at least every four years;
(3) Steam or vapor boilers with any one of
the following criteria: a manway, a Btu input greater than 400,000, or a
heating surface greater than one hundred (100) square feet, shall receive a
permit following an annual internal inspection upon approval by the chief
boiler inspector. An external inspection shall be performed approximately six
months after each internal inspection;
(4) Hot-water heating and hot-water supply
boilers shall have an external inspection every two years, and where
construction of the unit permits, an internal inspection may be conducted, in
lieu of the external inspection pursuant to NBIC, Part 2 requirements, when
necessary;
(5) Pool heaters shall
have an external inspection every two years; and
(6) All non-code, nonstandard, or State
special boilers and water heaters installed or operated in schools shall be
externally inspected every two years and shall comply with the installation
requirements of section 12-220-2.1. These objects are designated as state
specials and shall be issued a permit to operate. An inspection and permit to
operate fee will be assessed for the inspection of these objects.
(f) All pressure vessels shall
receive a permit renewal inspection every two years and as follows:
(1) Unfired jacketed steam kettles with a
cooking capacity of forty (40) gallons or more, or steam chambers exceeding
five (5) cubic feet in volume receiving steam from an external source, shall
receive a permit inspection every two years;
(2) All non-code, nonstandard, or state
special pressure vessels installed or operated in schools shall be externally
inspected every two years and shall comply with the installation requirements
of section 12-220-2.1. These objects will be designated as state specials and
be issued a permit to operate upon approval by the chief boiler inspector. An
inspection and permit to operate fee will be assessed for the inspection of
these objects;
(3) An internal
inspection may be performed pursuant to NBIC, Part 2 requirements, when
necessary; and
(4) Pressure vessels
used for the treatment of wood shall be scrubbed clean for close visual
inspection every ten years.
(g) Boilers and pressure vessels that are
under the supervision of an OUIO shall be inspected in accordance with the NBIC
and this part. Pressure vessels may be inspected with a different permit
inspection frequency but not to exceed every four years upon approval by the
chief boiler inspector.
(h) Based
upon documentation of actual service conditions by the owner or user of the
operating equipment, the department may, at its discretion, permit variations
in the inspection frequency requirement pursuant to section
12-220-33.1.
(i) Power boilers
having continuous internal water treatment under the general supervision of a
qualified engineer or chemist, having a minimum of five years' experience in
the treatment of boiler water, at least one year of which shall have been on
the boiler or boilers in that person's supervision, where the water treatment
is for the purpose of controlling and limiting serious corrosion and other
deteriorating factors, may, upon approval of the director, be given permit
inspections at intervals of not more than three years, in which case external
inspections shall be performed at approximately six month intervals between the
internal inspections.
(1) The owner or user of
a power boiler subject to this part shall keep an accurate record of the
samples of boiler water taken at regular intervals not greater than twenty-four
(24) hours of operation. The owner or user shall also keep a record of the date
and actual time that boilers were out of service and the reasons therefore. All
records mentioned in this section are to be made available by the owner or user
to the inspector for examination upon request;
(2) When a biennial internal inspection is
desired by a power boiler owner or user, subject to this section, a written
application for consideration shall be made to the department. The application
shall contain the following information:
(A)
Use of the boiler;
(B) Boiler
technical data, name of manufacturer, and all identifying numbers;
(C) Name and pertinent qualifications of the
qualified engineer or chemist in charge of water treatment;
(D) The laboratory facilities used for
testing and analyzing boiler water;
(E) The boiler water analysis standards
established and achieved over the preceding twelve (12) month period;
(F) Method and frequency of sampling
water;
(G) Percentage of makeup
water;
(H) Record of boiler outages
occurring since the last internal inspection; and
(I) The biennial inspection report by a
qualified boiler inspector relating to the acceptability of the boiler; and
(3) Upon approval of the
application by the department, the expiration date of the current annual
operating permit shall be extended for a period of one year. Subsequent permits
shall be issued to expire annually and may be extended for not more than one
year provided the boiler reports submitted to the department, at periods as
shall be required, indicate that the approved standards and codes are being
maintained and if all other conditions are being met.
(j) The following shall apply to the
notification of unsafe pressure retaining items:
(1) If a special inspector, upon first
inspection of a new risk, finds that a pressure retaining item, or any
appurtenance thereof, is- in a condition that the insurance company would
refuse insurance, the company shall immediately notify the department;
and
(2) If, upon inspection, a
special inspector finds a pressure retaining item to be unsafe, the special
inspector shall promptly notify the owner or user, stating what repairs or
other corrective measures are required to bring the object into compliance with
these rules. Unless the owner or user makes repairs or adopts other corrective
measures promptly, the special inspector shall immediately notify the
department. Unless timely corrections have been made, no further operation of
the pressure retaining item shall be permitted. If an operating permit for the
object is required and is in force, it shall be suspended by the special
inspector if timely corrections have not been made. When re-inspection
establishes that the necessary repairs have been made or corrective actions
have been taken and that the pressure retaining item is safe to operate, the
department shall issue an operating permit.
(k) When defective conditions are disclosed
during the inspection, or there is evidence of a leak or crack, adequate access
shall be provided to permit the inspector to satisfactorily determine the
safety of the pressure retaining item.
(l) Permit inspections, as required in
section 12-220-15, shall be carried out prior to the expiration date of the
certificate at a time mutually agreeable to the inspector and owner or user.
External inspections may be performed by the inspector during reasonable hours
and without prior notification. When, because of an external inspection or
determination by other objective means, it is the inspector's opinion that
continued operation of the pressure retaining item constitutes a danger to
personnel or property, the inspector may request an internal inspection or an
appropriate pressure test, or both, to evaluate conditions. In these instances,
the owner or user shall prepare the pressure retaining item for inspections or
tests as the inspector requires.
(m) The following requirements shall apply to
the submission of inspection reports:
(1)
Inspectors shall submit to the department an inspection report on Form NB-5 of
the NBIC, or similar forms approved by the department, for each pressure
retaining item subject to chapter
397, HRS. Complete data shall be
submitted for each nonstandard pressure retaining item;
(2) Subsequent inspections by qualified
inspectors of both standard and nonstandard pressure retaining items shall be
reported on Forms NB-6 and NB-7 of the NBIC, or similar forms approved by the
department;
(3) Inspection reports
following the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be submitted within
thirty (30) days from the date of the inspection; and
(4) Owner-user inspection organizations shall
file reports pursuant to section 12-220-19.
(n) Notification by insurance companies. All
insurance companies shall notify the department within thirty (30) days on all
pressure retaining items for which insurance is written, canceled, or not
renewed.
(o) If during a routine
inspection by a special inspector, a pressure retaining item is found to have
discrepancies, the length of time for temporary use of the item, and the
correction of the discrepancies will ' be at the discretion of the special
inspector, but no more than ninety (90) days. A follow up inspection shall be
made by the special inspector in a timely manner and the department notified.
The nonconforming safety devices shall be immediately replaced or the operation
of the pressure retaining item suspended. Follow up inspections not performed
by the special inspector within the time prescribed by the department may be
conducted by the department. The authorized inspection agency shall be invoiced
at $125 per hour with a minimum of two hours charged.
