Virginia Administrative Code › Title 16 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Agency 25 - SAFETY AND HEALTH CODES BOARD › Chapter 50 - BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL REGULATIONS › Part II - Administration › Section 16VAC25-50-120 - Owner-user inspection agency

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				  Any person, firm, partnership or corporation operating pressure vessels in this
				  Commonwealth may seek approval and registration as an owner-user inspection
				  agency by filing an application with the chief inspector on forms prescribed
				  and available from the department, and request approval by the board. Each
				  application shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of $5,000 which
				  shall continue to be valid during the time the approval and registration of the
				  company as an owner-user inspection agency is in effect.
B. The application and registration shall
				  show the name of the agency and its principal address in this Commonwealth, and
				  the name and address of the person or persons having supervision over
				  inspections made by the agency. Changes in supervisory personnel shall be
				  reported to the chief inspector within 30 days after any change.
C. Each owner-user inspection agency as
				  required by the provisions of the Act and this chapter shall:
1. Maintain its own inspection group under
				  the supervision of one or more individuals who have independent authority to
				  effect resolution of technical problems or procedures;
2. Conduct inspections of boilers or unfired
				  pressure vessels, not exempt by the Act, utilizing only qualified inspection
				  personnel, certified pursuant to
				  16VAC25-50-50,
				  16VAC25-50-60 and
				  16VAC25-50-70; in the case of
				  unfired pressure vessels which are covered by the American Petroleum Institute
				  code API-510, and are in use in the petroleum or chemical process industries,
				  the owner-user inspection agency may, at its option, inspect and maintain such
				  vessels by the API-510 code;
3.
				  Retain on file at the location where the equipment is inspected a true record
				  or copy of the report of the latest of each inspection signed by the inspector
				  who made the inspection;
4. Execute
				  and deliver to the owner or user (management) a true report of each inspection
				  together with appropriate requirements or recommendations that result from the
				  inspections;
5. Promptly notify the
				  chief inspector of any boiler or unfired pressure vessel which does not meet
				  the requirements of safe operating conditions;
6. Maintain inspection records which will
				  include a list of each boiler or unfired pressure vessel covered by the Act,
				  showing a serial number and an abbreviated description as may be necessary for
				  identification; the date of last inspection of each unit and approximate date
				  for the next inspection, arrived at by applying the appropriate rules to all
				  data available at the time the inspection record is compiled (re: frequency and
				  type of inspection, see
				  16VAC25-50-30 ). This inspection
				  record shall be readily available for examination by the chief inspector or his
				  authorized representative during normal business hours; and
7. File a statement annually, on a date
				  mutually agreed upon, with the chief inspector. This statement shall be signed
				  by the individual having supervision over the inspections made during the
				  period covered. The statement shall include the number of vessels, covered by
				  the Act, inspected during the year and certifying that each inspection was
				  conducted pursuant to the inspection requirements provided for by the Act and
				  in a format acceptable to the chief inspector. The annual statement shall be
				  accompanied by a filing fee in accordance with the schedule in §
				  40.1-51.11:1 of the Act as follows:
a. For
				  statements covering not more than 25 vessels-$7 per vessel;
b. For statements covering more than 25
				  vessels but less than 101 vessels-$200;
c. For statements covering more than 100 but
				  less than 501 vessels-$400; and
d.
				  For statements covering more than 500 vessels-$800.