Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 49 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Article 50 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL BOILERS › Section 49-50-9 - Notification of inspection requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(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.