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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM INSPECTION CERTAIN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AIR TANKS.

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

Section 34 of chapter 146 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Tanks used in and as part of electrical substations owned or operated by an electric company, as defined in section 1 of chapter 164, shall be exempt from this section if: the tanks bear the stamp of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the electrical substation is enclosed, locked and inaccessible to the public; and the tanks are inspected and maintained in accordance with industry standards as determined by the board of boiler rules.

Approved November 8, 2006.