Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 30 - INDIANA BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL RULES
Rule 1 - Adoption by Reference; Title; Scope; Applicability; Violations; Exemptions from Inspection
Section 1-5 - Exemptions from inspection

Universal Citation: 675 IN Admin Code 1-5

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 22-13-2-8

Affected: IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13-2-11; IC 22-15-6

Sec. 5.

(a) Each of the following vessels must comply with the applicable requirements of the edition of the ASME B&PVC in effect at the time of construction, but are exempt from inspection and operating permit requirements:

(1) Vessels located on a farm and used solely for agricultural purposes.

(2) Boilers meeting the requirements of clauses (A), (B), (C), and (D) as follows:
(A) Contain a volume less than one and one half (1 1/2) cubic feet.

(B) Operate entirely full of a liquid heat transfer fluid that will not vaporize at the operating temperature and atmospheric pressure.

(C) Have a gross output rating not exceeding three hundred thousand (300,000) Btus per hour.

(D) Are not located in a place of public assembly.

(3) Unfired pressure vessels that:
(A) contain only water under pressure for domestic supply purposes, including those containing air, if the compressed air serves only as a cushion or as part of an airlift pumping system; and

(B) are located in a Class 2 structure as defined in IC 22-12-1-5or a residential structure with less than seven (7) apartments.

(4) Steam cleaner as defined in 675 IAC 30-4-49.

(b) Each of the following objects are covered under the scope of the permit for the system of which it is a part and does not require a separate operating permit; however, the object must meet all other requirements of IC 22-15-6 and this article:

(1) Expansion tanks located within a system where the boiler in that system is regulated by this article.

(2) Hot water storage tanks that contain only water under pressure under the following conditions:
(A) Temperature not to exceed two hundred ten (210) degrees Fahrenheit.

(B) Protected from overpressure.

(3) Refrigeration vessels located in a skid-mounted unit where said unit is regulated by this article.

Transferred from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules Board ( 680 IAC 2-1-5) to the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission ( 675 IAC 30-1-5) by P.L. 249-2019, SECTION 15, effective July 1, 2019.

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