HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2505        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2208

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Steam Boilers..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 46 of Chapter 146, as so appearing in the 2004 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph in line 26 the following:-

The department, upon application of a licensee, may grant a waiver on the above attendance requirements, for boilers of 501 horsepower or more, based on the automation of the boiler and appurtenant equipment, automatic shut-down capabilities and other technological safety equipment.