Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 49 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Article 51 - HIGH PRESSURE BOILERS
Section 49-51-1 - Age limit of existing boilers
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Any boiler of nonstandard construction installed before calendar year 1977 shall be removed from service at the age limit of 30 years except when both of these requirements are met:
(b) The age limit of boilers of standard construction installed before the date this law became effective shall be dependent on the results of thorough internal and external inspection and, when required by the inspector, a hydrostatic pressure test not exceeding 1 1/2 times the allowable working pressure. If the boiler, under these test conditions, exhibits no distress or leakage, it may be continued in operation at the working pressure determined by K.A.R. 49-51-2.
(c) The shell or drum of a boiler in which a lapseam crack develops along a longitudinal lap-riveted joint shall be condemned.