Kan. Admin. Regs. § 49-50-9 - Notification of inspection requirements
(a) A
certificate inspection shall be carried out before the expiration date of the
certificate. Each owner or user shall ensure that the boiler or pressure vessel
is inspected on or before the date on which the inspection is due. Internal
certificate inspections shall be scheduled in advance by the inspector.
External inspections may be performed by the inspector during normal business
hours without prior notification to the owner or user.
(b) An internal inspection, appropriate
pressure test, or both may be requested by the inspector when an external
inspection or determination by other objective means indicates that continued
operation of the boiler constitutes a menace to public safety. In these
instances, the owner or user shall prepare the boiler for the inspections,
tests, or both as the inspector designates.
(c) All boilers and pressure vessels that are
not exempted by the act and that are subject to regular inspections shall be
prepared for inspection as required in subsection (d).
(d) The owner or user shall prepare each
boiler for inspection. The owner or user shall prepare for and apply a
hydrostatic pressure test on the date arranged by the inspector. The date shall
not be fewer than seven days after the date of notification. The owner or user
shall prepare a boiler for internal inspection in the following manner:
(1) Water shall be drawn off, and the boiler
shall be washed thoroughly.
(2)
The manhole and handhole plates, washout plugs, and inspection plugs in water
column connections shall be removed as required by the inspector. The furnace
and combustion chambers shall be cooled and thoroughly cleaned.
(3) All grates of internally fired boilers
shall be removed.
(4) The
insulation or brickwork shall be removed as required by the inspector in order
to determine the condition of the boiler, headers, furnace, supports, or other
parts.
(5) The pressure gauge
shall be removed for testing, as required by the inspector.
(6) The leakage of steam or hot water into
the boiler shall be prevented by disconnecting the pipe or valve at the most
convenient point or by any other appropriate means approved by the inspector.
(7) The nonreturn and steam stop
valves shall be closed, tagged, and preferably padlocked, and the valves
drained or the cocks between the two valves opened. Before opening the manhole
or handhole covers and entering any part of the steam-generating unit connected
to a common header with other boilers, the feed valves shall be closed, tagged,
and preferably padlocked, and the valves drained or the cocks located between
the two valves opened. After draining the boiler, the blowoff valves shall be
closed, tagged and preferably padlocked. Blowoff lines, where practicable,
shall be disconnected between pressure parts and valves. All drains and vent
lines shall be opened.
(e) If a boiler has not been properly
prepared for an internal inspection or if the owner or user has failed to
comply with the requirements for a pressure test as specified in these
regulations, the inspection or test may be postponed, and the inspection
certificate shall be withheld or the right to operate revoked until the owner
or user complies with the requirements.
(f) If the boiler is jacketed so that the
longitudinal seams of shells, drums, or domes cannot be seen, sufficient
jacketing, setting wall, or other form of casting or housing shall be removed
to permit reasonable inspection of the seams and other areas necessary to
determine the condition and safety of the boiler, if this information cannot be
determined by other means.
(g) If
a lapseam crack is discovered along a longitudinal riveted joint in the shell
or drum of a boiler, the use of that shell or drum shall be immediately
discontinued. Patching shall be prohibited.
(h) All lock-out, tag-out, and confined space
entry procedures shall be observed.
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