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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2671

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Vekich, Smith and O'Brien

Read first time 1/17/90 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to boilers and unfired pressure vessels; and amending RCW 70.79.080.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 8, chapter 32, Laws of 1951 as amended by section 1, chapter 97, Laws of 1986 and RCW 70.79.080 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; and

(10) Unfired pressure vessels for containing water (or water mixed with additives) under pressure, including those containing air the compression of which serves only as a cushion, when neither of the following limitations is exceeded:  (a) A design pressure of three hundred pounds per square inch; and (b) a design temperature of two hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit.