Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 24.301 - BUILDING CODES
Subchapter 24.301.7 - Boiler Safety
Rule 24.301.718 - BOILER INSPECTIONS
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 24.301.718
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The requirements imposed by 50-74-206 and 50-74-209, MCA, regarding the requirements for boiler inspections, shall be as follows:
(a) All boilers not exempted from the rules
of this subchapter are to be inspected prior to being placed into operation,
unless authorization is obtained from the department to operate the boiler on a
temporary basis.
(b) Upon
notification to the department, in writing or via telephone, new boilers may be
placed into operation prior to inspection, when scheduled for inspection within
90 days after being placed into operation.
(c) A bank of boilers is a row of similar or
matched boilers connected to common header piping. Total input of a bank of
boilers is the aggregate input of the individual boilers comprising the
bank.
(d) Agricultural class
boilers, such as those operated during the harvest by mint and honey producers,
will be considered for longer inspection intervals on a case-by-case
basis.
(e) The department may
accept boiler inspection reports from insurance companies, which employ special
boiler inspectors, subject to the following:
(i) Boiler inspection reports shall be filed
with the department within 30 days after inspection in a manner acceptable to
the department. Such report shall indicate the boiler has met the requirements
imposed by Title 50, chapter 74, MCA, and that the boiler has been approved or
rejected for operation by a special boiler inspector employed by the insurance
company that insures the boiler.
(ii) All boilers which are insured by an
insurance company employing a special boiler inspector shall be inspected
within 90 days of the inspection due date. When a special inspector fails to
inspect and submit a report to the department within this grace period, the
department shall complete the required inspection and charge a fee pursuant to
ARM 24.301.714.
(iii) The department may inspect any boiler,
which is also inspected by a special boiler inspector employed by an insurance
company. Whenever the department inspection confirms that the insurance company
inspection report is substantially and materially incomplete, invalid, or
unacceptable, the department may assess the insurance company the fee for a
special inspection as imposed by ARM 24.301.714.
(2) Power boilers must be inspected internally:
(a) on an annual basis;
or
(b) during a scheduled
maintenance shutdown, with prior approval from the department and the insurance
company, if the boiler is inspected by a special boiler inspector employed by
the insurance company.
50-60-203, 50-74-101, MCA; IMP, 50-60-203, 50-74-101, 50-74-206, 50-74-209, 50-74-215, 51-74-217, MCA;
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