Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 10 - Occupational Safety › Part 2 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspection › Section 260-RICR-30-10-2.5 - ADMINISTRATION

Current through June 14, 2024
2.5.1
Minimum Construction Standards
				 for Boilers and Pressure Vessels:
A.
				 All boilers, pressure vessels, water heaters and storage tanks, unless
				 otherwise exempt, shall be registered with the Department of Labor and
				 Training. All new boilers, pressure vessels, water heaters, and storage tanks
				 unless otherwise exempt, to be operated in this jurisdiction, shall be
				 designed, constructed, inspected, stamped and installed in accordance with the
				 2017 ASME Code and the latest addenda including code cases in effect, and these
				 rules and regulations. Boilers and pressure vessels for which an ASME
				 Manufacturers' Data Report is required shall bear the manufacturer's "NB"
				 number as registered with the National Board. A copy of the Manufacturers' Data
				 Report, signed by the manufacturer's representative and the National Board
				 commissioned inspector shall be filed with the Chief Inspector through the
				 National Board.
B. State Special -
				 If, due to a valid impediment to full ASME Code compliance, a boiler or
				 pressure vessel cannot bear the ASME and National Board stamping, details in
				 the English language and United States customary units of the proposed
				 construction material specifications and calculations approved by a Registered
				 Professional Engineer experienced in boiler and pressure vessel design shall be
				 submitted to the Administrator by the owner or user for approval as "State
				 Special" which must be obtained from the Administrator before construction is
				 started.
C. Before a second-hand
				 boiler or pressure vessel, is installed, application for permission to install
				 it shall be filed by the owner or user with the Chief Inspector and his
				 approval obtained.
D. The following
				 shall be exempt from the 2017 ASME Code construction requirements of §
				 2.5.1(A) of this Part.
1. Water heaters and
				 water storage tanks where none of the following limitations are exceeded:
a. Heat input of 200,000 BTU/Hr;
b. Water temperature of 210 degrees
				 Fahrenheit;
c. Nominal water
				 capacity of 120 gallons; except that they shall be provided with one or more
				 safety relief valves meeting the requirements of § 2.7.6 of this
				 Part.
2. Continuous coil
				 type hot water boilers used only for "steam vapor" cleaning of such things as
				 machinery, equipment and building when none of the following limitations are
				 exceeded:
a. 3/4" diameter tubing or pipe size
				 with no drums or headers attached;
b. Nominal water containing capacity does not
				 exceed six (6) gallons;
c. Water
				 temperature does not exceed 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
d. Steam is not generated within the coil,
				 except that they shall be provided with one or more safety relief valves
				 meeting the requirements of § 2.6.6 of this Part.
3. In any circumstances other than the above,
				 the owner or user shall contact the Chief Inspector.