HAR §12-220-16. Inspections and tests

(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 exclusively employed by insurance companies who shall inspect pressure retaining items insured by the insurance companies and special inspectors exclusively employed by approved OUIOs who shall only inspect pressure retaining items owned and operated by the OUIO. 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. 220-31 3559 §12-220-16 (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 boilers, hot-water supply boilers, and potable water heaters 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. 220-32 3559 §12-220-16 (f) All pressure vessels shall receive a permit renewal inspection every two years and as follows: (1) Unfired jacketed steam kettles with a cooking capacity of forty (40) gallons or more, or steam chambers exceeding five (5) cubic feet in volume receiving steam from an external source, shall receive a permit inspection every two years; (2) All non-code, nonstandard, or state special pressure vessels 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 will be designated as state specials and be issued a permit to operate upon approval by the chief boiler inspector. An inspection and permit to operate fee will be assessed for the inspection of these objects; (3) An internal inspection may be performed pursuant to NBIC, Part 2 requirements, when necessary; and (4) Pressure vessels used for the treatment of wood shall be scrubbed clean for close visual inspection every ten years. (g) Boilers and pressure vessels that are under the supervision of an OUIO shall be inspected in accordance with the NBIC and this part. (h) Based upon documentation of actual service conditions by the owner or user of the operating equipment, the department may, at its discretion, permit variations in the inspection frequency requirement pursuant to section 12-220-33.1. (i) Power boilers having continuous internal water treatment under the general supervision of a qualified engineer or chemist, having a minimum of five years' experience in the treatment of boiler water, at least one year of which shall have been on the boiler or boilers in that person's supervision, where the water treatment is for the purpose of controlling and limiting serious corrosion and other deteriorating factors, may, upon approval of the director, be given 220-33 3559