In accordance with
RCW
70.79.080,
70.79.090, and
70.79.240 the following inspection
requirements shall apply:
(1)Power boilers shall be
inspected:
(a)Externally while under pressure
- Annually.
(b)Internally and
externally while not under pressure -Annually, except as noted in (d) of this
subsection.
(c) The required annual
"certificate of inspection" will not be issued until both inspections listed in
(a) and (b) of this subsection are completed and reported to the
jurisdiction.
(d)A power boiler in
a national board accredited owner-user inspection program may have the internal
inspection intervals extended by the owner-user inspection organization to five
years maximum under the following conditions:
(i) The boiler water treatment and specific
chemical limits are prescribed and monitored by an individual or company that
specializes in the water treatment field;
(ii) Nondestructive examination (NDE) is
performed along with the internal inspections;
(iii) The boiler is monitored within a manned
operating facility;
(iv)
Inspection, maintenance, and water treatment records are maintained;
(v) There is sufficient inspection history
for the boiler or a boiler in similar service to justify the increase in the
inspection interval; and
(vi) This
provision shall not apply to a black liquor recovery boiler or any boiler with
an unsuitable corrosion rate, remaining life, and/or repair history.
(2)Organic vapor
boilers shall be inspected:
(a)
Externally while under pressure - Annually.
(b) Internally and externally while not under
pressure - Biennially.
(3)Low pressure boilers shall be
inspected:
(a) Externally while in operation
and under pressure - Biennially.
(b) Internally while not under pressure
(except where construction does not permit an internal) - Every fourth
year.
(c) Internally, all steam
heating boilers will have as a minimum, an internal of their low water fuel cut
off - Biennially.
(d) Internally,
none required for nonvapor boilers using glycol, or adequately treated with
corrosion inhibitor.
(4)Hot water heaters shall be
inspected:
(a) Externally -
Biennially.
(b) Internally - None
required.
(5)
Unfired pressure vessels shall be inspected:
(a) Externally - Biennially.
(b) Internally:
(i) When subject to corrosion and
construction permits -Biennially, except that expansion tanks, air separators,
ammonia storage tanks and hot water storage tanks may have internal inspections
at the inspector's discretion. Vessels in an owner-user inspection program may
follow intervals established by the NBIC or API-510.
(ii) Pulp or paper dryer rolls may be
inspected on a five-year basis in accordance with TAPPI TIP 0402-16 revised
2011, provided the owner has established a written inspection program accepted
by the inspector that meets the minimum requirements of TAPPI TIP 0402-16
revised 2011.
(iii) Vessels not
subject to corrosion do not require an internal.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
296-104-100
Amended by
WSR
15-14-100, Filed 6/30/2015, effective
9/1/2015
Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.79.030,
70.79.040,
70.79.150,
70.79.290,
70.79.330,
70.79.350, and 2009 c 90.
10-06-049, § 296-104-100, filed 2/24/10, effective 4/1/10. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
70.79.030,
70.79.040,
70.79.150,
70.79.290,
70.79.330, and
70.79.350. 09-12-033, §
296-104-100, filed 5/27/09, effective 6/30/09; 08-12-015, § 296-104-100,
filed 5/27/08, effective 6/30/08. Statutory Authority:
Chapter
70.79 RCW. 04-21-069,
§ 296-104-100, filed 10/19/04, effective 1/1/05. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.79.030,
70.79.040,
70.79.150,
70.79.290,
70.79.330,
70.79.350, and
chapter
70.79 RCW. 04-01-194,
§ 296-104-100, filed 12/24/03, effective 1/24/04; 01-24-061, §
296-104-100, filed 11/30/01, effective 12/31/01. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.79.030 and
70.79.040. 99-22-026, §
296-104-100, filed 10/26/99, effective 11/26/99; 98-22-024, § 296-104-100,
filed 10/28/98, effective 11/28/98; 95-19-058, § 296-104-100, filed
9/15/95, effective 10/16/95. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.79.040. 94-21-002, § 296-104-100,
filed 10/5/94, effective 11/5/94; Part III, § 1, filed
3/23/60.