La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § V-5006

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-5006 - Boilers to Comply with Code Requirements

A. No boiler shall be installed in this state unless it has been constructed, inspected and stamped in conformity with the ASME Code and registered with the National Board except:

1. those exempt by the Act;

2. those existing installations (see §5003 Definitions);

3. those potable water heaters exempted by Part HLW-101, Section IV of the ASME Code, that are required by the Act, to comply with these rules and regulations. (Those heaters must be designed and constructed according to Underwriters Laboratories or other Nationally Recognized Standards, and shall bear their label on the completed unit);

4. those approved as "Louisiana Special."

B. Louisiana Special. If, due to a valid impediment to compliance with the original code of construction, a boiler cannot bear the required construction code and national board stamping, details in the English language and United States customary units of the proposed construction, material specifications and calculations, approved by a registered professional engineer experienced in boiler systems design, shall be submitted to the chief inspector by the owner or user and approval as "Louisiana Special" obtained before construction is started.

C. A boiler having a standard or special stamping of another state that has adopted a standard of construction equivalent to that required for Louisiana, may be accepted by the assistant secretary. The owner/user desiring to install such a boiler shall make application for the installation of same and shall file with the application of a manufacturers data report covering the construction of the boiler in question and a copy of the approval for construction from the state in which the boiler was fabricated.

D. The stamping, ASME, NB, or Standard Label, shall not be concealed by lagging or paint and shall be exposed at all times unless a suitable cover is provided and identifies the stamping as beneath the cover, or a suitable record is kept of the location of the stamping so that it may be readily uncovered.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § V-5006

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal, LR 33:1353 (July 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:531 and R.S. 51:1424.