NAC455C.154. Inspection for operating permit: General requirements; action on report of or refusal to allow inspection.

     1. The Enforcement Section shall issue, renew or revoke an operating permit based on the report of an inspection by an inspector or special inspector. Unless the type of inspection is specified in NAC 455C.156 and except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, an inspection must be:

     (a) Internal; or

     (b) If the inspection is of a pressure vessel and the determined thickness is included in the report, made by ultrasonic testing.

     2. If the design or construction of a boiler or pressure vessel is such that an internal inspection is not possible, an external inspection is acceptable.

     3. An internal inspection is not required to obtain an operating permit for a hot water heating boiler, hot water supply boiler or boiler made of cast iron.

     4. If a boiler or pressure vessel is found to be unsafe to operate, the inspector or special inspector shall notify the Enforcement Section and the Enforcement Section shall suspend the operating permit.

     5. If the owner of a boiler or pressure vessel which is required to be inspected or his or her agent refuses to allow an inspection to be made, the Enforcement Section shall suspend the operating permit until the owner or the agent allows the inspection.

     6. The inspector or special inspector shall indicate in the report of inspection the type of inspection that was performed.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R101-02, eff. 12-15-2004)