Inspection requirements for chemical recovery boilers. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Safety and Professional Services has promulgated rules that impose inspection requirements on boilers. This bill affects those requirements for chemical recovery boilers. If the owner or user of a chemical recovery boiler maintains insurance coverage for the boiler and is in good standing with the insurer that provides the coverage, the bill limits the frequency of periodic inspections, including internal inspection, that require taking the boiler out of service. Under the bill, those periodic inspections may be required no more frequently than once every 24 months. The frequency limit applies to inspections of the boiler or any of its components.

In addition, the bill imposes a deadline on DSPS to act on applications for exemptions or extensions with respect to periodic inspections of chemical recovery boilers. If the owner or user of the boiler applies for an exemption or extension at least 120 days before the expiration of the inspection period that applies to the boiler, the bill requires DSPS to take final action on the application at least 90 days before the expiration of that inspection period.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its authors⁠. 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

20 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DSPS