West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 42 - Labor › Title 42 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DIVISION OF LABOR › Series 42-03 - High-Pressure Steam BOILER and Forced Flow Steam Generator Requirements › Section 42-3-4 - Adoption of Standards

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following codes and rules are incorporated
				  herein by reference, including periodic updates and revisions:
4.1. ASME Boiler and
				Pressure Vessel Code, or "BPVC," Section 1, "Power Boilers."
4.2. The National
				Board's Recommended Administrative Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety
				Rules and Regulations (NB-132), Part I, "Definition of Terms,"
				excluding the definitions of the Act, the Commissioner, the chief
				inspector, the deputy inspector, the special inspector and lined
				potable water heater, and all definition references to pressure
				vessels, nuclear components, nuclear power plants and nuclear
				systems, and repair or replacement of a nuclear component.
4.3. The following sections in the
				National Board's Recommended Administrative Boiler and Pressure
				Vessel Safety Rules and Regulations (NB-132), Part II,
				"Administration:"
4.3.a. Section 1,
				"Minimum Construction Standards for Boilers or Other
				Pressure-Retaining Items," with the exception of all references to
				pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.b. Section 2, "Frequency of
				Inspections of Boilers and Pressure Vessels," subsections A and G
				only, but substituting the reference to 3 years with 1 year;
4.3.c. Section 6,
				"Certificate of Competency and Identification Card," with the
				exception of the references to fees for the issuance of certificate
				and identification cards;
4.3.d. Section 7, "Conflict of
				Interest;"
4.3.e.
				Section 8, "Inspection Reports to Be Submitted by Inspectors," with
				the exception of subsection C and in subsection D, substitute "30
				days" with 10 days;"
4.3.f. Section 9, "Notification to
				Chief Inspector," with the exception of references to pressure
				vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.g. Section 10, "Special
				Inspectors to Notify Chief Inspector of Unsafe Boilers," with the
				exception of references to pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.h. Section 11,
				Owner-User Inspection Organizations;"
4.3.i. Section 12, "Defective
				Conditions Disclosed at Time of External Inspection," with the
				exception of references to pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.j. Section 13,
				"Owner or User to Notify Chief Inspector of Accident," with the
				exception of references to pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.k. Section 15,
				"Stamping/Restamping of Boilers, Pressure Vessels or Other
				Pressure-Retaining Items," with the exception of references to
				nuclear components;
4.3.l. Section 16, "Penalty for
				Operation of Unsafe Boilers, Pressure Vessels, or Nuclear
				Components," with the exception of references to nuclear components;
4.3.m. Section 17,
				"Condemned Boilers, Pressure Vessels and Nuclear Components," with
				the exception of references to nuclear components;
4.3.n. Section 18, "Reinstallation
				of Boilers, Pressure Vessels, or Nuclear Components Moved Outside the
				Jurisdiction," with the exception of references to pressure vessels
				and nuclear components;
4.3.o. Section 19, "Installation,
				Operation, Sale, or Offering for Sale of Nonstandard Boilers,
				Pressure Vessels, or Nuclear Components," with the exception of
				references to pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.p. Section 20, "Installation of
				Used or Secondhand Boilers, Pressure Vessels, or Nuclear Components,"
				with the exception of references to pressure vessels and nuclear
				components;
4.3.q.
				Section 21, "Reinstalled Boilers, Pressure Vessels, or Nuclear
				Components," with the exception of references to pressure vessels and
				nuclear components;
4.3.r. Section 22, "Working
				Pressure for Existing Installations," with the exception of
				references to pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.s. Section 23, "Repairs and
				Alterations to Boilers and Pressure Vessels," with the exception of
				references to pressure vessels;"
4.3.t. Section 24, "Repairs to
				Pressure Relief Valves," subsection A only, with the exception of
				references to pressure vessels and nuclear components;
4.3.u. Section 26, "Riveted
				Patches," but replacing the reference to the 1973 edition of the
				National Board Inspection Code with the 2019 edition;
4.3.v. Section 27, "Safety
				Appliances;
4.3.w.
				Section 28, "Application of Serial Numbers," subsection A only, with
				the exception of references to pressure vessels and nuclear
				components; and
4.3.x.
				Section 29, "Variations"."