Ala. Admin. Code r. 480-7-4-.01
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 480-7-4-.01 - Assignment And Application Of Serial Numbers(1) Alabama serial numbers shall be issued to all deputy inspectors, special inspectors, or owner/user inspectors when requested in writing. No number shall be assigned to a boiler or pressure vessel unless that number has been obtained from the chief inspector. Only one Alabama serial number shall be assigned to a boiler or pressure vessel.(2) Upon completion of the installation of the boiler or pressure vessel or at the time of the initial certificate inspection of an existing installation, each boiler or pressure vessel shall have the Alabama serial number applied in the following manner: (a) Each boiler or pressure vessel of steel construction, where direct impression stamping would not be detrimental, shall have the letters "AL"; directly below the "AL" shall be stamped the Alabama serial number, with a five point star stamped immediately adjacent to the first and last digit of the number. All stamping shall be accomplished by low stress steel dies 5/16 in. high.(b) Potable water heater ASME Code Symbol stamped HLW, cast iron sectional boilers, water tube boilers with cast headers, and other types of boilers or pressure vessels that will be damaged by direct impression stamping shall be identified with a corrosion resistant metal tag furnished by the Department of Labor containing the information described in (2) (a) above. The tag shall be attached as permanently as practicable to the external jacket or other covering of the boiler or pressure vessel.(c) The Alabama serial number shall not be concealed by lagging or paint.(d) No person other than the chief inspector or the deputy inspector shall deface or remove such numbers, except as approved by the chief inspector.(e) Any boiler or pressure vessel stamped or identified with the corrosion resistant metal tag, having been inspected and declared unsafe by the chief inspector or deputy inspector, without the possibility of repair, shall be stamped with an "X" on the star on either side of the Alabama serial number, designating a condemned boiler or pressure vessel.Ala. Admin. Code r. 480-7-4-.01
New Rule: Filed February 20, 2004; effective March 23, 2004. Amended: Filed January 9, 2013; effective February 13, 2013.Author: Board of Boilers & Pressure Vessels, Dr. David Dyer, Chairman
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 25-12-4, -6, -14.