Kan. Admin. Regs. § 49-48-1 - Certificate inspections; type and frequency
Certificate inspections shall be made pursuant to the following schedule:
(a) Power boilers and high
pressure, high temperature water boilers shall receive an annual certificate
inspection that shall be an internal inspection where construction permits, or
as complete an inspection as possible where construction does not permit
internal inspection. However, an external inspection may, at the discretion of
the inspector, serve as a certificate inspection during the initial year of
operation for any new boiler. These boilers shall also be externally inspected
while under pressure, if possible, once a year. Upon written request by the
owner or user of a power boiler or high pressure, high temperature water
boiler, an extension may be granted by the secretary between internal
inspections, not to exceed 24 months, with the external inspection on alternate
years to be accepted as a certificate inspection, if all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) Agreement is reached
between the secretary and the insurance company responsible for the inspection
that an extension be granted.
(2)
A continuous boiler water treatment program under competent supervision is in
effect for the purpose of controlling and limiting corrosion and deposits on
the waterside surfaces.
(3)
Complete records are available showing the dates the boilers have been out of
service, and the reason for this, since the last internal inspection. The
records shall show the nature of any repair or repairs and the reasons for the
repairs.
(4) The report of the
last certificate inspection shows no reason why the boiler cannot be operated
safely.
(b) Any
indication of problems noted during the certificate inspection shall void any
extension or written request for an extension and the boiler or pressure vessel
shall be shut down and an internal inspection performed.
(c) Low pressure steam and steel hot water
heating boilers, as defined by
K.S.A.
44-914, and amendments thereto, shall receive
an annual external certificate inspection, except that low pressure steam
heating boilers, the construction of which allows internal inspection, shall
receive an internal certificate inspection every three years.
(d) Low pressure hot water supply boilers of
85 gallons and over shall receive an external certificate inspection every
three years. Boilers over 400,000 BTUH shall receive an external certificate
inspection annually.
(e) Upon
written request of an insurance company and with the agreement of the owner or
user of a boiler, the period of validity of a certificate may be extended by
the secretary for a period not to exceed two months.
(f) Each pressure vessel measuring 15 or more
cubic feet shall receive a certificate inspection upon installation or
replacement of each vessel in new and existing installations.
(g) All sizes of swimming pool heaters shall
be subject to an external certificate inspection every three years. However,
pool heaters of 400,000 BTUH and over shall be inspected annually.
(h) Each steam kettle and steam chef shall
receive an annual certificate inspection.
(i) Each autoclave shall receive an annual
certificate inspection, if it has a steam generator attached to the system or
if the autoclave is a part of the system.
(j) Each waste heat boiler constructed to the
requirements of section I of the ASME code shall receive an annual internal
certificate inspection.
(k) Each
waste heat boiler constructed to the requirements of section VIII of the ASME
code shall receive an external certificate inspection every year, and, if
construction permits, this boiler shall receive an internal inspection every
three years, unless operating conditions warrant a more frequent inspection.
(l) Each steam generator that
meets any of the following conditions shall receive an annual inspection:
(1) Produces steam for any process;
(2) is fitted with safety valves
installed at the factory; or
(3)
is modified in the field to require safety valves.
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