236.110 Inspection of boilers and pressure vessels required -- Certificate of
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inspection -- Periods of inspection -- Penalty for falsifying certificate of
inspection.
(1)Each boiler or pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state,
except boilers or pressure vessels exempt under KRS 236.060, shall be
thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation, and condition as
follows:
(a)Power boilers shall receive a certificate of inspection annually which shall
be an internal inspection where construction permits; otherwise it shall be
as complete an inspection as possible. Such boilers shall also be
externally inspected while under pressure if possible;
(b)Low pressure steam or vapor heating boilers, hot water heating boilers,
and hot water supply boilers shall receive a certificate of inspection
biennially; said inspection shall include internal inspection where
construction permits. External inspections shall be required where
construction does not permit internal inspection;
(c)Pressure vessels shall be inspected at time of installation to ascertain
that they are in conformance with KRS 236.040. Subsequent
reinspections, if any, shall be set by administrative regulation of the
department;
(d)A grace period of two
(2)months beyond the periods specified in
paragraphs (a), (b), and
(c)of this subsection may elapse between
inspections;
(e)The department may at its discretion permit longer periods between
inspections;
(f)All new boiler or pressure vessel installations to be used within this state,
excepting boilers or pressure vessels exempted under KRS 236.060,
shall be inspected during the installation period to ascertain that all
pressure piping conforms to the requirements of KRS 236.040. A
certificate of inspection may not be issued on any new installation until
these requirements are fulfilled;
(g)It shall be the responsibility of the installing contractor to request the
above inspection by notifying the boiler inspection section that the
installation is ready for inspection. Notification shall be accomplished prior
to covering of any welded or mechanical joints on pressure piping or
valves by insulation, paint, or structural materials. The contractor shall
provide ready access for the inspector to all parts of the piping system;
(h)Inspection of pressure piping shall apply only to new boiler, pressure
vessel, or new pressure piping system installations, or reinstallations, or
installation of secondhand boilers (as defined under "Boiler Rules and
Regulations"). No annual or biennial reinspection shall be required once
the system has been approved;
(i)"Existing installations," as applied to inspection of piping systems is
defined as any boiler and piping system completed and approved for
operation prior to July 1, 1970, or pressure vessels and associated piping
systems completed and approved for operation prior to July 15, 1980.
These existing installations shall not be subject to the foregoing piping
inspection unless adjudged patently unsafe for operation by a boiler
inspector holding a commission issued by the National Board of Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, or by an owner's piping inspector, when
authorized. If an existing installation is so adjudged, the owner or user
shall be granted full rights of appeal as set forth under KRS 236.150;
(j)If an existing installation undergoes extensive overhaul or more than fifty
(50)linear feet of pressure piping requires renewal or is added to the
existing system, the entire system of piping carrying pressure emanating
from the boilers shall be subject to inspection and shall be brought up to
standards required by KRS 236.040;
(k)The installing contractor of a piping system carrying pressure emanating
from a boiler or pressure vessel subject to inspection under provisions of
this chapter, shall pay to the department, upon completion of inspection,
fees in accordance with a schedule established by the department;
(l)Operation of a pressure piping system in conjunction with a boiler or
pressure vessel, either of which has not been inspected and approved as
set forth above, shall be subject to fines and penalties as set forth in KRS
236.990; and
(m)For any boiler or pressure vessel used by a utility to generate power, and
operating under a certificate issued pursuant to KRS 278.020, if the boiler
or pressure vessel is inspected by a special boiler inspector pursuant to
this section, the inspection interval shall be extended to eighteen
months.
(2)The inspections required in this section shall be made by a boiler inspector or
by a special boiler inspector, except that all new installations shall be inspected
by a boiler inspector employed by the department. However, an owner's piping
inspector may inspect new, repaired, and replaced ASME standard process
piping.
(3)If at any time a hydrostatic, pneumatic, or any other nondestructive test shall
be deemed necessary for ascertaining acceptability of a boiler, pressure
vessel, or associated piping, the same shall be made by the contractor or
owner-user, whoever is responsible for the condition, and be witnessed by a
boiler inspector, special boiler inspector, or owner's piping inspector in
authorized locations.
(4)All boilers to be installed in this state after July 1, 1970, and all pressure
vessels installed in this state after July 15, 1980, shall be inspected during
construction as required by the applicable rules and regulations of the
department by a boiler inspector authorized to inspect boilers and pressure
vessels in this state, or, if constructed outside of the state, by an inspector
holding a commission from the national board as an inspector of boilers and
pressure vessels.
(5)No person shall willfully falsify any statement designed to secure the issuance,
renewal or reinstatement of a certificate of inspection. Violation of this
subsection shall subject such a person to the penalties stated in KRS 236.990.