No. 26967 (Amendment): R616-2-3. Safety Codes and Rules for Boilers and Pressure Vessels

DAR File No.: 26967
Filed: 02/27/2004, 12:41
Received by: NL

 

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

The purpose of the rule change is to adopt the yearly Addenda for both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power Piping Code B31.1a and the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) NB-23.

 

Summary of the rule or change:

This rule change incorporates by reference the 2002 addenda to the (2001) ASME Power Piping Code B31.1a and the 2003 addendum to the NBIC NB-23.

 

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

Subsections 34A-7-102(1) and 34A-7-103(6)

 

This rule or change incorporates by reference the following material:

ASME section B31.1a 2002 Addenda, date of issue September 20, 2003; and NBIC NB-23 Addendum, date of issue December 31, 2003

 

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

There will be no cost or savings to the state budget. The Safety Division has previously purchased the Codes which include the cost of annual addenda. The provisions of the addenda do not require any additional expense for administration or enforcement. As to the impact of the addenda on the state's cost to own or operate boiler/pressure vessels, since the addenda contains only editorial changes there should be no decrease or increase in the cost to state government.

 

local governments:

As to the impact of the addenda on local government, since the addenda contains only editorial changes there should be no decrease or increase in cost to local government.

 

other persons:

As to the impact of the addenda on other persons, since the addenda contains only editorial changes there should be no decrease or increase in cost to other persons.

 

Compliance costs for affected persons:

These addenda will not increase compliance costs for affected persons, i.e., manufactures or owner/operators of boilers and pressure vessels. Since the addenda contains only editorial changes there should be no decrease or increase in compliance cost to other persons.

 

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

The primary purpose of the yearly addenda is to refine and clarify existing standards. Any changes imposed by the addenda have, for the most part, already been incorporated in the practices of the boiler and pressure vessel industry. Consequently, the Commission does not expect the addenda to impose any fiscal burden on business.

 

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Labor Commission
Safety
HEBER M WELLS BLDG
160 E 300 S
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111-2316

 

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

Pete Hackford at the above address, by phone at 801-530-7605, by FAX at 801-530-6390, or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail]

 

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

04/14/2004

 

This rule may become effective on:

04/15/2004

 

Authorized by:

R Lee Ellertson, Commissioner

 

 

RULE TEXT

R616. Labor Commission, Safety.

R616-2. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules.

R616-2-3. Safety Codes and Rules for Boilers and Pressure Vessels.

The following safety codes and rules shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels in Utah, except those exempted pursuant to Section 34A-7-101, and are incorporated herein by this reference in this rule.

A. ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (2001).

1. Section I Rules for Construction of Power Boilers published July 1, 2001 and 2003 Addenda published July 1, 2003.

2. Section IV Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers published July 1, 2001 and 2003 Addenda published July 1, 2003.

3. Section VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels published July 1, 2001 and 2003 Addenda published July 1, 2003.

B. Power Piping ASME B31.1 (2001), issued December 10, 2001 and ASME section B31-1a 2002 Addenda, issued September 20, 2003.

C. Controls and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers ASME CSD-1-1998; the ASME CSD-1a-1999 addenda, issued March 10, 2000; and the ASME CSD-1b (2001) addenda, issued November 30, 2001.

D. National Board Inspection Code ANSI/NB-23 (2001) issued August 2001; the (2001) addenda, issued December 31, 2001; and the (2002) addenda, issued December 31, 2002; and the (2003) addenda, issued December 31, 2003.

E. Standard for the Prevention of Furnace Explosions/Implosions in Single Burner Boilers, NFPA 8501 (1997).

F. Standard for the Prevention of Furnace Explosions/Implosions in Multiple Burner Boilers, NFPA 8502 (1995).

G. Recommended Administrative Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Rules and Regulations NB-132 Rev. 4.

H. Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance Inspection, Rating, Repair and Alteration API 510 (1997); the 1998 Addenda, published December 1998, and Addendum 2, published December 2000.

 

KEY: boilers, certification, safety

[January 1, ]2004

Notice of Continuation January 10, 2002

34A-7-101 et seq.