Current through March 20, 2024
Unless otherwise noted, all jurisdictional boilers except
hobby boilers, steam farm traction engines, portable and stationary show
engines, and portable and stationary show boilers shall receive an annual
certificate inspection. Hobby boilers, steam farm traction engines, portable
and stationary show engines, and stationary and portable show boilers shall be
inspected externally every two years and internally every four years.
A. Power boilers, waste heat recovery steam
generators, and high-pressure, high-temperature water boilers shall receive an
internal and external inspection annually where construction permits. The
external inspection should be conducted while the unit is in operation if
possible. If this is not possible, the external inspection shall be as complete
an inspection as possible, and shall include a review of operating logs,
maintenance records and other documentation in order to determine the safety of
the unit.
B. With the chief boiler
inspector's approval, the following shall receive an external inspection
annually while in operation, in order to have their Certificates renewed, and
shall also receive an internal inspection every two years:
(1) power boilers;
(2) waste heat recovery steam generators;
and
(3) high-pressure,
high-temperature water boilers that have internal continuous water treatment,
under the direct supervision of a graduate chemical engineer, or under the
direct supervision of a person having a minimum of five years supervisory
experience and formal training in the treatment of boiler water.
Accurate records of boiler water chemistry shall be kept and
made available for review by the inspector.
C. Low pressure boilers shall be inspected as
follows:
(1) Steam or vapor boilers shall
receive an external inspection annually in order to have their Certificates
renewed. They shall also receive an internal inspection every two years, where
construction permits.
(2) With the
chief inspectors approval, steam or vapor boilers which have internal
continuous water treatment under the direct supervision of a graduate chemical
engineer or under the direct supervision of a person having a minimum of five
years supervisory experience and formal training in the treatment of boiler
water, shall receive an external inspection annually in order to have their
Certificates renewed. They shall also receive an internal inspection every four
years. Accurate records of boiler water chemistry shall be kept and made
available for review by the inspector.
(3) Hot water heating boilers, and hot water
supply boilers shall receive an external inspection annually in order to have
their Certificate renewed. Boilers stamped with the ASME Certification Mark
with the "H" designator shall receive an internal inspection every four (4)
years from the date of manufacturer's completion. Existing units that are not
ASME code symbol stamped but are listed as meeting ANSI Z 21.10.13 standards
shall receive an internal inspection every five years. Units listed as meeting
ANSI Z 21.13 standards shall receive an internal inspection every four
years.
(4) Effective August 30,
2009, all newly installed Water Heaters stamped with the ASME Certification
Mark with the "HLW" designator shall be inspected externally at least every 24
months while in operation, in order to have their Certificates renewed. Where
construction permits, these units shall receive an internal inspection at the
inspector's discretion but not to exceed every six (6) years from the date of
manufacturer's completion.
(5) All
existing water heaters shall be inspected externally on an annual basis in
order to have their Certificates renewed. Where construction permits, they
shall be inspected internally every five years from the date of manufacturer's
completion. Existing water heaters may be placed on the inspection frequency
noted in (3) above upon written request by the Commissioned Inspector
responsible for the in-service inspection. This request shall be made on the
Inspection Report submitted for renewal of the Certificate of Inspection for
the object.
