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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5274
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senator Oke)
Read first time 03/03/93.
AN ACT Relating to exemptions from boiler regulations; and amending RCW 70.79.070 and 70.79.080.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.79.070 and 1951 c 32 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) All boilers and unfired pressure vessels which were in use, or installed ready for use in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to existing installations became effective, or during the twelve months period immediately thereafter, shall be made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations, and the formulae prescribed therein shall be used in determining the maximum allowable working pressure for such boilers and unfired pressure vessels.
(2) This chapter shall not be construed as in any way preventing the use or sale of boilers or unfired vessels as referred to in subsection (1) of this section, provided they have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations, and provided, further, they have not been found upon inspection to be in an unsafe condition.
(3) A special permit may also be granted for miniature boilers manufactured before January 1, 1995, which do not comply with the code requirements of the American society of mechanical engineers adopted under this chapter, which do not exceed any of the following limits:
(a) Sixteen inches inside diameter of the shell;
(b) Twenty square feet of total heating surface;
(c) Five cubic feet of gross volume of vessel; and
(d) One hundred fifty p.s.i.g. maximum allowable working pressure, and if the boiler is to be operated exclusively not for commercial use and the department of labor and industries finds, upon inspection, that operation of the boiler for such purposes is not unsafe.
Sec. 2. RCW 70.79.080 and 1986 c 97 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers, unfired pressure vessels and domestic hot water tanks:
(1) Boilers and unfired pressure vessels under federal regulation or operated by any railroad subject to the provisions of the interstate commerce act;
(2) Unfired pressure vessels meeting the requirements of the interstate commerce commission for shipment of liquids or gases under pressure;
(3) Air tanks located on vehicles operating under the rules of other state authorities and used for carrying passengers, or freight;
(4) Air tanks installed on the right of way of railroads and used directly in the operation of trains;
(5) Unfired pressure vessels having a volume of five cubic feet or less when not located in places of public assembly;
(6) Unfired pressure vessels designed for a pressure not exceeding fifteen pounds per square inch gauge when not located in place of public assembly;
(7) Tanks used in connection with heating water for domestic and/or residential purposes;
(8) Boilers and unfired pressure vessels in cities having ordinances which are enforced and which have requirements equal to or higher than those provided for under this chapter, covering the installation, operation, maintenance and inspection of boilers and unfired pressure vessels;
(9) Tanks containing water with no air cushion and no direct source of energy that operate at ambient temperature;
(10) Antique fire engines more than fifty years old as of the effective date of this act whose boilers have been rebuilt to meet or exceed original specifications.
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