Bill Text: IA SSB1073 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to boiler inspections.(See SF 321.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-16 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 321. [SSB1073 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB1073-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1073
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
WORKFORCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DICKEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
boiler
inspections.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
89.3,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(4),
subparagraph
division
(b),
Code
2023,
is
2
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
(b)
The
object
is
an
unfired
steam
pressure
vessel
and
is
4
part
of
or
integral
to
the
continuous
operation
of
a
process
5
covered
by
and
compliant
with
the
occupational
safety
and
6
health
administration
process
safety
management
standard
7
contained
in
29
C.F.R.
§1910.119
and
the
owner
demonstrates
8
such
compliance
to
a
special
inspector
or
the
commissioner.
9
The
unfired
steam
pressure
vessel
object
must
also
be
included
10
as
process
safety
management
process
equipment
in
the
owner
11
of
the
unfired
steam
pressure
vessel’s
owner’s
process
safety
12
management
program.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
89.3,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
14
following
new
subsection:
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
The
owner
of
an
object
that
meets
all
16
of
the
criteria
in
subsection
5,
paragraph
“a”
,
may
request
from
17
the
commissioner
an
internal
inspection
time
period
of
longer
18
than
four
years,
but
not
to
exceed
seven
years,
if
the
object
19
is
an
integral
part
of
a
continuous
operation
of
a
process
20
that
is
covered
by
and
compliant
with
the
occupational
safety
21
and
health
administration
process
safety
management
standard
22
contained
in
29
C.F.R.
§1910.119
and
has
a
planned
outage
23
schedule
that
is
longer
than
four
years.
The
commissioner
24
shall
grant
the
longer
inspection
interval
if
the
owner
is
able
25
to
demonstrate
to
a
special
inspector
or
the
commissioner
that
26
the
object
is
in
compliance
with
the
process
safety
management
27
standard
contained
in
29
C.F.R.
§1910.119
and
that
the
object
28
is
included
as
process
safety
management
process
equipment
29
in
the
owner’s
process
safety
management
program.
The
owner
30
of
the
object
that
is
granted
the
longer
inspection
interval
31
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
contained
in
subsection
5,
32
paragraph
“b”
.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
boiler
inspections.
2
The
bill
modifies
one
of
the
criteria
necessary
for
a
boiler
3
or
pressure
vessel
to
be
inspected
at
least
once
each
year
4
externally
while
under
pressure
and
at
least
once
every
four
5
years
internally
while
not
under
pressure,
unless
the
labor
6
commissioner
determines
an
earlier
inspection
is
warranted.
7
Under
current
law,
one
of
the
criteria
for
an
unfired
steam
8
pressure
vessel
to
be
eligible
for
such
an
inspection
schedule
9
is
that
the
vessel
is
part
of
or
integral
to
the
continuous
10
operation
of
a
process
covered
by
and
compliant
with
a
11
specified
occupational
safety
and
health
administration
12
process
safety
management
standard,
and
the
owner
demonstrates
13
such
compliance
to
a
special
inspector
or
the
commissioner.
14
Additionally,
the
vessel
must
also
be
included
as
process
15
safety
management
process
equipment
in
the
owner
of
the
unfired
16
steam
pressure
vessel’s
process
safety
management
program.
The
17
bill
provides
that
this
criterion
is
not
limited
to
unfired
18
steam
pressure
vessels,
but
includes
any
boiler
or
pressure
19
vessel.
20
The
bill
also
authorizes
the
owner
of
a
boiler
or
pressure
21
vessel
meeting
certain
criteria
as
specified
in
the
bill
to
22
request
from
the
commissioner
an
internal
inspection
time
23
period
of
longer
than
four
years,
but
not
to
exceed
seven
24
years,
if
the
boiler
or
vessel
is
an
integral
part
of
a
25
continuous
operation
of
a
process
that
is
covered
by
and
26
compliant
with
a
specified
occupational
safety
and
health
27
administration
process
safety
management
standard
and
has
a
28
planned
outage
schedule
that
is
longer
than
four
years.
The
29
commissioner
shall
grant
the
longer
inspection
interval
if
the
30
owner
is
able
to
demonstrate
to
a
special
inspector
or
the
31
commissioner
that
the
object
is
in
compliance
with
the
process
32
safety
management
standard
and
that
the
object
is
included
as
33
process
safety
management
process
equipment
in
the
owner’s
34
process
safety
management
program.
The
bill
requires
the
owner
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