Sec. 2.
(a) This
article shall be known as the Indiana Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Rules.
(b) The purpose of this
article shall be to specify minimum standards that govern the design,
construction, installation, examination, inspection, repair, and alteration of
regulated boilers and unfired pressure vessels in Indiana.
(c) This article does not limit in any way
the builder's right to choose any method of design or form of construction that
conforms to the standards prescribed, or provided for in this article, as such
standards cover certain fundamental features of construction and leave a number
of details to the judgment of designers and acceptance of inspectors.
(d) Any condition not specifically covered by
the provisions in this section through
675 IAC
30-11-6 shall comply with the applicable provisions of
the ASME B&PVC and the NBIC, as adopted in section 1 of this rule.
(e) Any boiler or unfired pressure
vessel not described in subsection (f) is regulated by this article, regardless
of whether it is stationary, portable, leased, rented, or owned and qualifies
as a regulated boiler or pressure vessel as mentioned in IC 22-156-0.5. The
vessels listed in subsection (f) are exempted from the ASME B&PVC
construction standards, inspection requirements, and operating permit
requirements.
(f) The following
vessels are not regulated by this article:
(1) Boilers meeting the requirements of
clauses (A), (B), and (C) as follows:
(A)
Located in:
(i) a Class 2 structure as
defined in IC 22-12-1-5;
(ii) a
residential structure with fewer than seven (7) apartments; or
(iii) a place other than a place of public
assembly, if not used for residential occupancy.
(B) Operated for heating purposes, either at
a pressure not exceeding fifteen (15) psig, if qualifying as a steam boiler, or
at a pressure not exceeding thirty (30) psig, if qualifying as a hot water
heating boiler.
(C) Having a gross
output rating not exceeding two hundred fifteen thousand (215,000) Btu per
hour.
(2) Exhibition
traction engine boilers as defined in
675
IAC 30-4-16 or another boiler used solely for
exhibition purposes.
(3) Historical
boilers as defined in 675 IAC 30-4-18.4.
(4) Locomotive boilers used only on a railway
that is used as a tourist attraction.
(5) Miniature boilers as defined in
675 IAC
30-4-29.
(6) Model boilers as defined in
675 IAC
30-4-30.
(7) Vessels subject to federal
regulation.
(8) Unfired pressure
vessels installed before July 1, 1971, for which the volume of each chamber in
the vessel is:
(A) fifteen (15) cubic feet or
less, if located in a place other than a place of public assembly; or
(B) five (5) cubic feet or less, if located
in a place of public assembly.
(9) Unfired pressure vessels, other than
nuclear vessels, installed after June 30, 1971, if the volume of each chamber
is:
(A) fifteen (15) cubic feet or less, if
adequately protected by pressure relieving devices set to function at three
hundred (300) psig or less and located in a place other than a place of public
assembly;
(B) five (5) cubic feet
or less, if adequately protected by pressure relieving devices set to function
at two hundred fifty (250) psig, or less, and located in a place of public
assembly; or
(C) one and one-half
(1 1/2) cubic feet or less regardless of pressure or location.
(10) Unfired pressure vessels,
other than nuclear vessels, that have each of their chambers protected by an
adequate pressure relieving device set to function at not over fifteen (15)
psig.
(11) Unfired pressure
vessels, other than nuclear vessels, where each of their chambers are operated
entirely full of water, or other liquid that is not materially more hazardous
than water, if the temperature of the vessel's contents does not exceed one
hundred eighty (180) degrees Fahrenheit.
(12) Unfired pressure vessels used as part of
a fire protection or suppression system regulated by another article of the
commission's rules.
(13) Unfired
pressure vessels located on vehicles operating under the rules of other state
agencies and used for carrying passengers or freight.
(14) Unfired pressure vessels installed on
the right-of-way of railroads and used directly in the operation of
trains.
(15) Unfired pressure
vessels containing liquefied petroleum gases and regulated by another article
of the commission's rules.
(16)
Unfired pressure vessels containing anhydrous ammonia that are used in
transportation, distribution, or end-user storage of the product as a liquid
fertilizer, and for which a general scheme of construction, installation, and
safety requirements has been adopted by statute or rule of another state
agency. This exemption does not apply to vessels in a refinery, utility, or
manufacturing or processing plant.
(17) Unfired pressure vessels with a nominal
capacity of no more than eighty-five (85) gallons that are used for the
temporary storage of chemical or nuclear waste.
(18) Unfired pressure vessels used as an
integral part of an electrical circuit breaker.
(19) Unfired pressure vessels containing
multiple chambers where each chamber meets one (1) of the criteria described in
any of the subdivisions of this subsection for an unfired pressure
vessel.
(20) Domestic water heaters
as defined in
675 IAC
30-4-15.
(21) Fired process heaters as defined in 675
IAC 30-4-18.1.
(22) Instant-on
water heaters as defined in 675 IAC 30-4-25.1.
(23) Pool/spa heaters, either as defined in
675 IAC 30-4-38.1 or that are regulated by another state agency.
(24) Steam kettles, as defined in 675 IAC
30-4-49.1, with a jacket pressure less than fifty (50) psig.
(25) Water softeners as defined in 675 IAC
30-4-52.
Transferred from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules Board
( 680 IAC 2-1-2) to the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission ( 675
IAC 30-1-2) by P.L. 249-2019,
SECTION
15, effective July 1,
2019.
