Rule 120-3-26-.07 - State Inspection Fees New Installation of Boilers and Installation of Secondhand Boilers or Pressure Vessels(1) The company or person responsible for the installation of the boiler or secondhand pressure vessel is required to obtain an installation permit for the boiler or pressure vessel prior to any work being performed. A "Request to Install a Boiler or Pressure Vessel" along with the installation fee and any drawings, calculations, or ASME Code Data Reports as applicable will be forwarded to the Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, Safety Engineering Section. Boilers or pressure vessels that are ASME Code stamped and National Board registered need only the ASME Data Report. A request for a Georgia State Special must be accompanied by all design documents. No boilers or pressure vessels shall be sold to be installed in the State unless the boiler or pressure vessel meets all adopted Codes, Standards, and/or these Rules.(2) All boiler installations shall meet all requirements of ASME, the NBIC, and CSD-1. Boilers 12,500,000 BTU/hr and over shall meet any additional requirements of NFPA85. All fluid heaters shall meet the requirements of NFPA 87.(3) A Deputy Inspector, prior to the vessel being used must inspect all completely new and secondhand packaged boilers and secondhand pressure vessels installed. The company or person performing the installation is responsible for notifying the Safety Engineering Section when the boiler or secondhand pressure vessel is ready for inspection.(4) All Permits that have not had any action toward the installation shall expire 24 months after the issue date. The expiration date shall be shown on the permit. The monies for the expired permit shall be forfeited and the file closed out. The installer shall be required to resubmit for another permit in accordance with paragraph (1) above and Rule 120-3-26-.05(4), when a file has been closed out.(5) Water heaters must have a check valve installed in the cold water supply line at the heater.(6) All low pressure steam heating, water heating or hot water supply boilers as described in Rule 120-3-26-.02 must have a type "B" vent. The vent must be double wall galvanized or other corrosion resistant material, or as specified by the boiler manufacturer.(7) All high pressure power boilers for steam, water or oil as described in Rule 120-3-26.02 must have a single wall welded stack at least .056 inches thick (16 gage), or double wall manufactured corrosion resistant stack, or as specified by the boiler manufacturer. The double wall must be UL listed for the temperature specified by the boiler manufacturer.(8) All stack clearance from combustible material shall be as specified in NFPA Standard 31, 54, or 58 as applicable.(9) All steam boilers over 15 psi and over 10 boiler horsepower must be in a 2 hr. fire rated room, (except for Group F Occupancy). All heating boilers installed in places of Assembly (Group A), or place of Hazardous Occupancy (Group H) must be in a 2 hr. fire rated room.(10)(a) Each boiler room containing one or more boilers or hot water heaters or pressure vessels from which carbon monoxide can be produced shall be equipped with a carbon monoxide detector with a manual reset. The requirements of this subsection apply to boiler rooms in which new installations or reinstallations of one or more boilers are completed. (1) The carbon monoxide detector will alarm at 50 ppm and boiler(s) shall be interlocked to disable the burners when the measured level of carbon monoxide rises above 200 ppm.(2) The carbon monoxide detector shall disable the burners upon loss of power to the detector.(3) When the carbon monoxide detector trips in the boiler room, the detector should be interlocked with all boilers or hot water heaters or pressure vessels installed in the space to secure the fuel burning equipment thus stopping the production of carbon monoxide.(4) The carbon monoxide detector shall be calibrated every eighteen months after installation or in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, whichever is more frequent. A record of calibration shall be posted at or near the boiler or be readily accessible to an inspector.(5) The carbon monoxide detector shall be installed and function in accordance with all other regulations and standards adopted by the Commissioner.(6) Any boiler room that is monitored by a full-time boiler operator is exempt from the safety shutdown, as defined in ASME CSD-1. The presence of a full-time boiler operated does not exempt such boilers from the alarm requirement.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 120-3-26-.07
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-2-4, 25-15-13.
Original Rule entitled "Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspection Requirements. Amended" adopted. F. Sep. 4, 2013; eff. Sept. 24, 2013.Amended: F. Jan. 10, 2014; eff. Jan. 30, 2014.Repealed: New Rule entitled "Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspection Requirements" adopted. F. Mar. 16, 2015; eff. Apr. 5, 2015.Repealed: New Rule entitled "State Inspection Fees New Installation of Boilers and Installation of Secondhand Boilers or Pressure Vessels" adopted. F. Dec. 31, 2020; eff. Jan. 20, 2021.Amended: F. Jan. 13, 2022; eff. Jan. 1, 2022, as specified by the Agency.