Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS › Subtitle 8 - HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH DIVISION › Part 10 - BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL › Chapter 220 - GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LEGAL PROVISIONS › Section 12-220-16 - Inspections and tests

Current through June,
				  2024
(a) The department
				  shall inspect to insure compliance with chapter
				  397, HRS, any activity related to the
				  erection, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of facilities
				  containing pressure retaining items. The department may authorize special
				  inspectors in the employ of insurance companies who shall inspect boilers and
				  pressure vessels insured by the insurance companies. All equipment required by
				  this section to be inspected are exempt from the requirements of this chapter
				  if under the jurisdiction of the United States government, or if serving only a
				  private residence and not accessible to the public, except where the location
				  could affect persons other than the owner and meet the requirements of section
				  12-220-2.1(c).
(b) All inspections
				  and witnessing of tests for pressure-retaining items as required pursuant to
				  this part, shall be made in conformance with the procedures set forth in the
				  ASME BPVC, the NBIC, and this part. Where notations of discrepancies,
				  recommendations, or requirements are made, these notations shall refer to the
				  applicable rule of the ASME BPVC, the NBIC, and this part.
(c) Power boilers shall receive a permit
				  following an annual permit renewal internal inspection upon approval by the
				  chief boiler inspector. An external inspection shall be performed approximately
				  six months after each internal inspection.
(d) Miniature electric boilers shall receive
				  a permit renewal inspection biennially. An internal inspection may be performed
				  by the inspector pursuant to NBIC, Part 2 requirements, when
				  necessary.
(e) Heating boilers
				  shall receive permit renewal inspections as follows:
(1) Steam or vapor boilers with a heating
				  surface of twenty (20) or less square feet shall have an external inspection
				  every two years. An internal inspection may be conducted pursuant to NBIC, Part
				  2 requirements, when necessary, and where the construction of the boiler
				  permits;
(2) Steam or vapor
				  boilers, with a heating surface greater than twenty (20) square feet and less
				  than or equal to one hundred (100) square feet, shall be externally inspected
				  every two years and internally inspected at least every four years;
(3) Steam or vapor boilers with any one of
				  the following criteria: a manway, a Btu input greater than 400,000, or a
				  heating surface greater than one hundred (100) square feet, shall receive a
				  permit following an annual internal inspection upon approval by the chief
				  boiler inspector. An external inspection shall be performed approximately six
				  months after each internal inspection;
(4) Hot-water heating and hot-water supply
				  boilers shall have an external inspection every two years, and where
				  construction of the unit permits, an internal inspection may be conducted, in
				  lieu of the external inspection pursuant to NBIC, Part 2 requirements, when
				  necessary;
(5) Pool heaters shall
				  have an external inspection every two years; and
(6) All non-code, nonstandard, or State
				  special boilers and water heaters installed or operated in schools shall be
				  externally inspected every two years and shall comply with the installation
				  requirements of section 12-220-2.1. These objects are designated as state
				  specials and shall be issued a permit to operate. An inspection and permit to
				  operate fee will be assessed for the inspection of these objects.