House Study Bill 169 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COWNIE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to boiler inspections. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2317HC (1) 85 je/sc

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 89.3, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (4), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows: 2 (4) Either Any of the following: 3 (a) The owner or user is a participant in good standing in 4 the Iowa occupational safety and health voluntary protection 5 program and has achieved star status within the program, which 6 is administered by the division of labor in the department of 7 workforce development. 8 (b) The object is an unfired steam pressure vessel and is 9 part of or integral to the continuous operation of a process 10 covered by and compliant with the occupational safety and 11 health administration process safety management standard 12 contained in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.119 and the owner demonstrates 13 such compliance to a special inspector or the commissioner. 14 The unfired steam pressure vessel must also be included as 15 process safety management process equipment in the owner of 16 the unfired steam pressure vessel’s process safety management 17 program. 18 (c) The owner or user is a public utility subject to rate 19 regulation under chapter 476. 20 Sec. 2. Section 89.3, subsection 8, Code 2013, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 8. Internal inspections Inspections of unfired steam 23 pressure vessels operating in excess of fifteen pounds per 24 square inch and low pressure steam boilers shall be conducted 25 once every two years. External inspections shall be conducted 26 annually at least once each calendar year . The inspections 27 conducted over each two-year period shall include an external 28 inspection conducted while the boiler is operating and an 29 internal inspection, where construction permits. No more than 30 one inspection shall be conducted over a six-month period. 31 An internal inspection of an unfired steam pressure vessel 32 or low pressure steam boiler may be required at any time by 33 the commissioner upon the observation by an inspector of 34 conditions, enumerated by the commissioner through rules, 35 -1- LSB 2317HC (1) 85 je/sc 1/ 3

H.F. _____ warranting an internal inspection. 1 Sec. 3. Section 89.4, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended by 2 adding the following new paragraphs: 3 NEW PARAGRAPH . j. An electric boiler with a water capacity 4 of six gallons or less that is used as an integral part of an 5 espresso coffee machine, cappuccino coffee machine, or cleaning 6 machine. 7 NEW PARAGRAPH . k. Continuous coil-type boilers used only 8 for steam vapor cleaning, to which all of the following apply: 9 (1) The size of the tubing or pipe, with no drums or 10 headers attached, does not exceed three-fourths of one inch in 11 diameter. 12 (2) Nominal water capacity of the boiler does not exceed six 13 gallons. 14 (3) Water temperature in the boiler does not exceed three 15 hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit. 16 (4) Steam is not generated within the coil. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill provides an additional criterion to determine the 19 boilers or pressure vessels that are required to be inspected 20 by the labor commissioner or a designee at least once each 21 year externally while under pressure and at least once every 22 four years internally while not under pressure, unless the 23 commissioner determines an earlier inspection is warranted. 24 The bill provides that this inspection requirement also applies 25 if the owner or user of the boiler or pressure vessel is a 26 public utility subject to rate regulation under Code chapter 27 476. 28 The bill provides for required inspections of unfired steam 29 pressure vessels operating in excess of 15 pounds per square 30 inch to occur at least once a year. The bill provides that 31 such inspections shall include one internal inspection and one 32 external inspection in each two-year period. The bill provides 33 that such inspections shall occur no more than once every six 34 months. The bill also applies this requirement to low pressure 35 -2- LSB 2317HC (1) 85 je/sc 2/ 3

H.F. _____ steam boilers. 1 The bill provides for two additional exemptions from 2 Code chapter 89 governing boilers and unfired steam pressure 3 vessels. The bill exempts an electric boiler with a water 4 capacity of six gallons or less that is used as an integral 5 part of an espresso coffee machine, cappuccino coffee machine, 6 or cleaning machine. The bill also exempts continuous 7 coil-type boilers used only for steam vapor cleaning that meet 8 certain criteria. 9 -3- LSB 2317HC (1) 85 je/sc 3/ 3