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Bill Title: To eliminate the licensed operator requirement for boilers directly fired with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity or stationary steam engines that comply with standards established by the Board of Building Standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 41-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-30 - Effective Date
[HB12 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB12-Comm_Sub.html
As Reported by the House Commerce, Labor, and Technology Committee
| 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 | 1 |
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Code to eliminate the licensed operator | 2 |
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requirement for boilers directly fired with gas, | 3 |
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oil, gas-oil, or electricity that comply with | 4 |
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standards established by the Board of Building | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised | 7 |
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Code be amended to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 4104.02. (A) The board of building standards shall: | 9 |
(A)(1) Formulate rules for the construction, installation, | 10 |
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repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the | 11 |
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construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining | 12 |
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the safe working pressures to be carried on such boilers and | 13 |
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pressure vessels and the qualification of inspectors of boilers | 14 |
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and pressure vessels; | 15 |
(B)(2) Prescribe tests, if it is considered necessary, to | 16 |
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ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of | 17 |
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boilers and pressure vessels; | 18 |
(C)(3) Adopt rules regulating the construction and sizes of | 19 |
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safety valves for boilers and pressure vessels of different sizes | 20 |
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and pressures, for the construction, use, and location of fusible | 21 |
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plugs, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and level | 22 |
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of water in the boiler or pressure vessels, and such other | 23 |
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appliances as the board considers necessary to safety in operating | 24 |
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boilers; | 25 |
(D)Establish reasonable fees for the performance of reviews, | 26 |
surveys, or audits of manufacturer's facilities by the division of | 27 |
industrial compliance for certification by the American society of | 28 |
mechanical engineers and the national board of boiler and pressure | 29 |
vessel inspectors; | 30 |
(E)(4) Adopt rules that prescribe the conditions and | 31 |
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requirements for design, certification, reporting, installation, | 32 |
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operation, and periodic testing and maintenance of controls and | 33 |
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safety devices on an automatically operated boiler directly fired | 34 |
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with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity that would allow an owner | 35 |
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to operate a low pressure steam boiler or power boiler without the | 36 |
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presence of a licensed low pressure boiler operator, a licensed | 37 |
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high pressure boiler operator, or a licensed steam engineer as | 38 |
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required in section 4104.05 of the Revised Code. | 39 |
| (B) The definitions and rules adopted by the board for the | 40 |
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construction, installation, repair, conservation of energy, and | 41 |
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operation of boilers and the construction and repair of pressure | 42 |
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vessels and for ascertaining the safe working pressures to be used | 43 |
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on such boilers and pressure vessels shall be based upon and | 44 |
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follow generally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and | 45 |
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practices established and pertaining to boilers and pressure | 46 |
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vessel construction, operation, and safety, and the board may, for | 47 |
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this purpose, adopt existing published standards as well as | 48 |
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amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority. | 49 |
| (C) When a person desires to manufacture a special type of | 50 |
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boiler or pressure vessel, the design of which is not covered by | 51 |
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the rules of the board, the person shall submit drawings and | 52 |
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specifications of such boiler or pressure vessel to the board for | 53 |
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investigation, after which the board may permit its installation. | 54 |
| (D) The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the | 55 |
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Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of | 56 |
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Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the | 57 |
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proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, | 58 |
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amending, or rescinding rules pursuant to this section. | 59 |
Sec. 4104.05. (A) NoUnless otherwise provided by the rules | 61 |
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adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to division | 62 |
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(A)(5) of section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall | 63 |
operate a low pressure steam boiler atthat has more than thirty | 64 |
horsepowerthree hundred sixty square feet of heating surface, | 65 |
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unless one of the following applies to that person: | 66 |
| (1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer, high pressure | 67 |
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boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator in accordance | 68 |
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with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code. | 69 |
| (2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a | 70 |
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steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure | 71 |
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boiler operator. | 72 |
(B) NoUnless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the | 73 |
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board pursuant to division (A)(5) of section 4104.02 of the | 74 |
Revised Code, no person shall operate a power boiler atthat has | 75 |
more than
thirty horsepowerthree hundred sixty square feet of | 76 |
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heating surface, unless one of the following applies to that | 77 |
| person: | 78 |
| (1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer or high | 79 |
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pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the | 80 |
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Revised Code. | 81 |
| (2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a | 82 |
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steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator. | 83 |
(C) NoUnless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the | 84 |
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board pursuant to division (A)(5) of section 4104.02 of the | 85 |
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Revised Code, no person shall operate a stationary steam engine at | 86 |
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more than thirty horsepower unless one of the following applies to | 87 |
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that person: | 88 |
| (1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer in accordance | 89 |
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with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code. | 90 |
| (2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a | 91 |
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steam engineer. | 92 |
(D) For purposes of this section, ahorsepowermeans twelve | 93 |
square feet of boiler heating surface. | 94 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the | 95 |
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Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 96 |
