Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-10-4a - Containers
(a) Each container
shall be constructed and tested in accordance with the code and shall have a
minimum design pressure of 250 psig.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not prohibit the
continued use of permanent storage containers that were constructed and
maintained in accordance with Kansas statutes and regulations in effect before
the effective date of this regulation.
(c) Each permanent storage container shall be
inspected according to
K.S.A.
44-913 et seq., and amendments thereto, by
the Kansas department of labor, division of industrial safety and health upon
initial installation and relocation.
(d)
(1) Each
permanent storage container that has sustained structural damage shall be
inspected and approved for use by the Kansas department of labor, division of
industrial safety and health.
(2)
Each mobile container that has sustained any structural damage shall be
inspected and approved for use by a national board inspector.
(3) Structural damage shall include evidence
of any of the following:
(A)
Corrosion;
(B) any indentation or
abrasion that meets any of the following conditions:
(i) Is over one-half inch deep and includes a
weld;
(ii) is deeper than 1/10th
of the greatest length of the dent but does not include a weld; or
(iii) is deeper than one inch;
(C) stretching;
(D) cracking;
(E) faulty welds;
(F) non-code welding;
(G) faulty couplings; or
(H) any other similar condition.
(e) All repairs and
alterations of permanent and mobile containers shall meet the requirements of
the code and shall be performed by a person or company that has a current
certificate of authorization from the national board of boiler and pressure
vessel inspections.
(f) Non-code
welding shall be performed only on saddles or brackets that are not within the
pressure-retaining boundaries of the container.
(g) All records of inspections and welding on
the container shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be maintained by the owner of the
container;
(2) be made available to
the secretary upon request; and
(3)
be transferred with change of ownership of the container.
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