N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 §§ 4-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 4-1.2 - Definitions

(a) Approved means, in respect to a device or material: in compliance with a subsisting resolution of approval adopted by the commissioner; in respect to action by the commissioner: made the subject of a resolution of approval.

(b) ASME Code means the boiler and pressure vessel code published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(c) Boiler means a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam is generated, steam is superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum for use externally to itself by the application of heat from combustible fuels, electricity, nuclear energy, or any other source, but shall not include a device or apparatus used solely to heat water for a hot water supply system. The term boiler shall include the apparatus used by which heat is generated, and all controls and devices related to such apparatus or to the closed vessel. The term boiler also shall include fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water where these units are separate from processing systems and are complete within themselves.

(d) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor of the State of New York.

(e) Component means a constituent part of a boiler assembly.

(f) Defect means a condition which may directly or indirectly cause a boiler to be or become a source of danger to any person by reason of fire, explosion, leakage, electricity or ionizing radiation.

(g) Defective boiler means one which as an assembly includes a defect, or a boiler which is not provided with all required controls and devices in good operating condition.

(h) Department means the Department of Labor.

(i) Installed means, in respect to a heating system boiler as a vessel: placed in a fixed operating location and connected to the heat distribution system. The term does not include a reassembly not involving a change of location.

(j) Insurance company means a company which has been licensed in this State to write boiler insurance and which is actively engaged in writing such insurance for the general public.

(k) Low pressure boiler means a boiler producing steam or vapor at a gage pressure of 15 pounds per square inch or less, or producing hot water at a gage pressure not exceeding 160 pounds per square inch, or at a temperature not exceeding 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

(l) Maximum allowable working pressure means the maximum gage pressure permissible at the top of a completed vessel in its operating position for a designated temperature.

(m) Maximum allowable working temperature means the maximum temperature at or near the outlet of a hot water boiler, measured in degrees Fahrenheit, at which the boiler may be safely operated.

(n) Owner means the owner or lessee of a boiler.

(o) Safe means without defect.

(p) Safe boiler means a boiler which is not defective.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 §§ 4-1.2