Subpart B
Use NFPA 306, "Standard for the Control of Gas Hazards on Vessels to be Repaired," as the guide for those inspections and certificates. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB cites NFPA 306 as the referenced guide.
Those operations cannot be done until an inspection determines the work can be done safely and a certificate is issued. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB clearly states no hot work is allowed within cargo tanks, fuel tanks, or connected appurtenances until a safety inspection is completed.
Hot work is explicitly restricted (until inspection) in: cargo tanks that carried flammable or combustible liquids or chemicals in bulk, spaces adjacent to such cargo tanks, fuel tanks, and pipelines/heating coils/pumps/fittings connected to those tanks. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB lists these areas as off-limits until a safe-condition inspection is completed.
A Marine Chemist certificated by the National Fire Protection Association must perform the inspection in U.S. ports when available. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB specifies the inspection be made by an NFPA-certified Marine Chemist unless such services are not reasonably available.
If a certified Marine Chemist isn't reasonably available, the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection may select an authorized person to perform the inspection upon recommendation from the vessel owner and contractor or their representative. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB allows this alternative selection process.
They must issue a written certificate stating the operations can be undertaken with safety, and include any qualifications required to maintain safe conditions. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB requires the certificate be issued before work starts.
Qualifications may include requirements to maintain safe conditions during the entire operation, additional tests or certifications, and precautions to eliminate or minimize hazards from protective coatings or cargo residues. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB specifies these elements as part of the certificate's qualifications.
Yes. The NFPA 306 guide and the requirement that no hot work be done until an inspection and certificate are provided apply similarly to passenger vessels. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB reprints the passenger-vessel provisions consistent with the tank-vessel requirements.
When NFPA-certified Marine Chemists are unavailable, the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection may select a qualified person to serve as the authorized inspector after recommendations from the vessel owner and contractor or their representative. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB describes this selection process.
The certificate must be written. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB states a certificate setting forth the fact in writing shall be issued before work is started.
Yes. The certificate's qualifications and requirements must include precautions necessary to eliminate or minimize hazards from protective coatings or residues from cargoes. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB explicitly includes these precautions.
Qualifications must include requirements to maintain, as far as reasonably possible, safe conditions throughout the entire operation. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB requires maintaining safe conditions during the work, not just at inspection time.
The vessel owner and his contractor or their representative may recommend a person to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection for selection as the authorized inspector. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB describes this recommendation role.
Yes. The restriction covers pipeline, heating coils, pumps, fittings, and other appurtenances connected to cargo or fuel tanks. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB lists these items along with tanks and adjacent spaces.
Yes. The Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection may select the authorized person after considering recommendations from the vessel owner and contractor or their representative. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB gives the Officer in Charge that selection authority.
The same basic scheme applies: NFPA 306 serves as the guide; no hot work until an inspection and written certificate; inspections by NFPA-certified Marine Chemists or, if unavailable, an authorized person selected by the Officer in Charge on recommendation. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB reprints consistent provisions for the different vessel types.
The text allows the inspecting Marine Chemist or authorized person to require any additional tests and certifications considered necessary to maintain safe conditions during the operation. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB does not list specific tests but permits the inspector to require them as needed.
Potentially yes—if the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, upon recommendation of the vessel owner and contractor or their representative, selects that person and authorizes them to make the inspection for that individual vessel. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB allows selection of an authorized person in such cases.
Yes. The certificate must include any qualifications necessary to maintain safe conditions throughout the operation, which implies measures to control hazards that could develop during work. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB requires these ongoing safeguards.
The inspecting Marine Chemist or authorized person must issue a written certificate and may add operation-specific qualifications and requirements necessary to maintain safety for that particular job. Requirement in 1915SubpartBAppB states the certificate should be "qualified as may be required."