Section 8.80.010. Boiler and pressure vessel construction code.

	(a)  The department adopts by reference the following sections and addenda in the 2013 edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME code), as interpreted as of July 1, 2013:  
		(1) Section I, Rules for Construction of Power Boilers;  
		(2) Section II, Materials;  
		(3) Section IV, Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers;  
		(4) Section V, Nondestructive Examination;  
		(5) Section VI, Recommended Rules for Care and Operation of Heating Boilers;  
		(6) Section VII, Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers;  
		(7) Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels;  
		(8) Section IX, Qualification Standard for Welding & Brazing Procedures, Welders, Brazers, and Welding and Brazing Operators;  
		(9) Section X, Fiber Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels.  
	(b)  Repealed 5/12/82.  
	(c)  Repealed 6/14/2006.  
	(d)  Canadian registration number (CRN) vessels that are designed and constructed in conformance with the ASME Code, but do not bear the ASME symbol, will be approved for use upon receipt of the manufacturer's data sheet.  
	(e)  A boiler or pressure vessel fabricated for installation in this state in accordance with AS 18.60.180 - 18.60.390 must bear a National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors registration number. Cast iron heating boilers are exempt from the requirements of this subsection.  

Authorities

18.60.180;44.62.125

Notes

Reference

18 AAC 80.375
4 AAC 31.014
7 AAC 130.300
8 AAC 80.900

Authority

AS 18.60.180 Editor's note: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, adopted by reference in 8 AAC 80.010, available for public review at the Mechanical Inspection Section, Division of Labor Standards and Safety, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 3301 Eagle Street, Suite 302, Anchorage, AK 99503; telephone [phone], and may be obtained by contacting the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016; telephone: [phone]; facsimile: [phone]; Internet address: http://www.asme.org. As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of labor.

History

In effect before 7/28/59; am 4/22/73, Register 45; am 11/22/75, Register 56; am 6/11/78, Register 66; am 5/12/82, Register 82; am 6/21/84, Register 90; am 10/21/92, Register 124; am 12/17/99, Register 152; am 11/1/2000, Register 156; am 9/25/2002, Register 163; am 6/14/2006, Register 178; am 9/27/2008, Register 187; am 10/16/2012, Register 204; am 10/23/2014, Register 212

References

8.80.010