8 AAC 80.060 - Inspection and stamping

(a) Upon completion of installation, a boiler or unfired pressure vessel covered by AS 18.60.180 must be inspected by a deputy inspector or special inspector and identified by state vessel number assigned by the department.

(b) The state vessel number shall be affixed as follows:

(1) except as provided in (2) of this subsection, a steel boiler or unfired pressure vessel will be stamped, preferably on the nameplate, with at least five-sixteenths-inch numbers; the stamping must be plainly visible and easily read;

(2) paint marker pens may be used if they are designed to make notations that are permanent and readable; the state vessel number must be placed above or below the manufacturer's information nameplate;

(3) during the initial inspection and each subsequent periodic inspection,

(A) the responsible inspector shall affix an inspection tag provided by the department;

(B) the inspection tag must set out

(i) the state vessel number;

(ii) the name of the responsible inspector;

(iii) the responsible inspector's identification number as it appears on the card issued under 8 AAC 80.040, if the responsible inspector is a special inspector; and

(iv) the month and year in which the inspection was performed; and

(C) the inspection tag must be replaced at each subsequent periodic inspection.

Notes

8 AAC 80.060

Eff. 6/21/84, Register 90; am 10/21/92, Register 124; am 10/16/2012, Register 204; am 4/24/2020, Register 234, April 2020

Authority:AS 18.60.180