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H. B. No. 12 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Young, Butler, Terhar, Stebelton, Lynch, McGregor, Gonzales, Thompson, Hood, Scherer
A BILL
To amend sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised
Code to eliminate the licensed operator
requirement for gaseous fuel and fuel oil fired
boilers that comply with certain safety and
engineering standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised
Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4104.02. (A) The board of building standards shall:
(A)(1) Formulate rules for the construction, installation,
repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the
construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining
the safe working pressures to be carried on such boilers and
pressure vessels and the qualification of inspectors of boilers
and pressure vessels;
(B)(2) Prescribe tests, if it is considered necessary, to
ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of
boilers and pressure vessels;
(C)(3) Adopt rules regulating the construction and sizes of
safety valves for boilers and pressure vessels of different sizes
and pressures, for the construction, use, and location of fusible
plugs, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and level
of water in the boiler or pressure vessels, and such other
appliances as the board considers necessary to safety in operating
boilers;
(D)(4) Establish reasonable fees for the performance of
reviews, surveys, or audits of manufacturer's facilities by the
division of industrial compliance for certification by the
American society of mechanical engineers and the national board of
boiler and pressure vessel inspectors;.
(E)(B) The definitions and rules adopted by the board for the
construction, installation, repair, conservation of energy, and
operation of boilers and the construction and repair of pressure
vessels and for ascertaining the safe working pressures to be used
on such boilers and pressure vessels shall be based upon and
follow generally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and
practices established and pertaining to boilers and pressure
vessel construction, operation, and safety, and the board may, for
this purpose, adopt existing published standards as well as
amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority.
(C) When a person desires to manufacture a special type of
boiler or pressure vessel, the design of which is not covered by
the rules of the board, the person shall submit drawings and
specifications of such boiler or pressure vessel to the board for
investigation, after which the board may permit its installation.
(D) The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the
Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the
proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting,
amending, or rescinding rules pursuant to this section.
(E) The board shall not adopt rules that require a person
operating a low pressure boiler or high pressure boiler to be
licensed as a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or
low pressure boiler operator, except as provided in section
4104.05 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4104.05. (A) No person shall operate a low pressure
boiler at more than thirty horsepower, unless one of the following
applies to that person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer, high pressure
boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator in accordance
with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a
steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure
boiler operator.
(3) The boiler is an exempted boiler.
(B) No person shall operate a power boiler at more than
thirty horsepower unless one of the following applies to that
person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer or high
pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the
Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a
steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator.
(3) The boiler is an exempted boiler.
(C) No person shall operate a stationary steam engine at more
than thirty horsepower unless one of the following applies to that
person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer in accordance
with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a
steam engineer.
(D) For purposes of this section, a:
(1) A "horsepower" means twelve square feet of boiler heating
surface.
(2) "Exempted boiler" means a boiler fired by gaseous fuel,
fuel oil, or some combination thereof that complies with the
applicable sections of the CSD-1 standards contained in "controls
and safety devices for automatically fired boilers," published by
the American society of mechanical engineers, or with the
applicable sections of the national fire protection association
standard No. 85, "boiler and combustion systems hazards code,"
published by the national fire protection association.
Section 2. That existing sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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