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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 09.12.01.10" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="01" heading="Heating Boiler — Existing Installation: Maximum Allowable Working Pressure">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The maximum allowable working pressure on a standard boiler may not exceed the pressure stamped or cast by the manufacturer on:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The boiler; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A plate secured to the boiler.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The maximum allowable working pressure on:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The shell of a nonstandard riveted heating boiler shall be determined in accordance with Regulation .22 of this chapter, except that the maximum allowable working pressure on a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Steam heating boiler may not exceed 15 PSIG; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Hot water boiler may not exceed:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>160 PSIG, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>250°F.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A nonstandard steel or wrought iron heating boiler of welded construction:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May not exceed 15 PSIG for steam; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For service other than steam, shall be calculated in accordance with the ASME Code, Section IV.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A nonstandard boiler composed principally of cast iron, or having a cast iron shell or heads and steel or wrought iron tubes, may not exceed:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>15 PSIG for steam service; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>30 PSIG for hot water service.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>