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To amend sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised | 1 |
Code to eliminate the licensed operator | 2 |
requirement for boilers directly fired with gas, | 3 |
oil, gas-oil, or electricity or stationary steam | 4 |
engines that comply with standards established by | 5 |
the Board of Building Standards. | 6 |
Section 1. That sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised | 7 |
Code be amended to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 4104.02. (A) The board of building standards shall: | 9 |
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repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the | 11 |
construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining | 12 |
the safe working pressures to be carried on such boilers and | 13 |
pressure vessels and the qualification of inspectors of boilers | 14 |
and pressure vessels; | 15 |
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ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of | 17 |
boilers and pressure vessels; | 18 |
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safety valves for boilers and pressure vessels of different sizes | 20 |
and pressures, for the construction, use, and location of fusible | 21 |
plugs, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and level | 22 |
of water in the boiler or pressure vessels, and such other | 23 |
appliances as the board considers necessary to safety in operating | 24 |
boilers; | 25 |
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requirements for design, certification, reporting, installation, | 32 |
operation, and periodic testing and maintenance of controls and | 33 |
safety devices on an automatically operated boiler directly fired | 34 |
with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity or a stationary steam | 35 |
engine that would allow an owner to operate a low pressure steam | 36 |
boiler, power boiler, or a stationary steam engine without the | 37 |
presence of a licensed low pressure boiler operator, a licensed | 38 |
high pressure boiler operator, or a licensed steam engineer as | 39 |
required in section 4104.05 of the Revised Code. | 40 |
(B) The definitions and rules adopted by the board for the | 41 |
construction, installation, repair, conservation of energy, and | 42 |
operation of boilers and the construction and repair of pressure | 43 |
vessels and for ascertaining the safe working pressures to be used | 44 |
on such boilers and pressure vessels shall be based upon and | 45 |
follow generally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and | 46 |
practices established and pertaining to boilers and pressure | 47 |
vessel construction, operation, and safety, and the board may, for | 48 |
this purpose, adopt existing published standards as well as | 49 |
amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority. | 50 |
(C) When a person desires to manufacture a special type of | 51 |
boiler or pressure vessel, the design of which is not covered by | 52 |
the rules of the board, the person shall submit drawings and | 53 |
specifications of such boiler or pressure vessel to the board for | 54 |
investigation, after which the board may permit its installation. | 55 |
(D) The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the | 56 |
Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of | 57 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the | 58 |
proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, | 59 |
amending, or rescinding rules pursuant to this section. | 60 |
Sec. 4104.05. (A) | 62 |
adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to division | 63 |
(A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall | 64 |
operate a low pressure steam boiler | 65 |
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unless one of the following applies to that person: | 67 |
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer, high pressure | 68 |
boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator in accordance | 69 |
with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code. | 70 |
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a | 71 |
steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure | 72 |
boiler operator. | 73 |
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board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the | 75 |
Revised Code, no person shall operate a power boiler | 76 |
more than
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heating surface, unless one of the following applies to that | 78 |
person: | 79 |
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer or high | 80 |
pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the | 81 |
Revised Code. | 82 |
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a | 83 |
steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator. | 84 |
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board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the | 86 |
Revised Code, no person shall operate a stationary steam engine at | 87 |
more than thirty horsepower unless one of the following applies to | 88 |
that person: | 89 |
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer in accordance | 90 |
with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code. | 91 |
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a | 92 |
steam engineer. | 93 |
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Section 2. That existing sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the | 96 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 97 |