Rulemaking docket for Minnesota Rules Chapter 5230

The Board of High Pressure Piping Systems is considering possible amendments to Minnesota Rules, Chapter 5230, the High Pressure Piping Code, to update references to national codes and standards contained therein to the most recent editions and revisions available. The national codes and standards currently incorporated by reference into Chapter 5230 are not subject to frequent change, but from time to time are updated and republished by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This proposed rulemaking intends to amend those rule parts which incorporate by reference ASME and ANSI standards and update those references to the most current versions available.

Published notices and comment periods

• View the Request for Comments that was published in the State Register on May 8, 2017.

• The Notice of Intent to Adopt Rules was published in the State Register on Feb. 5, 2018.

• The comment period expired at 4:30 p.m. on March 7, 2018. The board received zero comments.

• The Notice of Adoption was published in the State Register on May 7, 2018.

Availability of rule draft(s) and Statement of Need and Reasonableness

• View the proposed rule.

• View the Statement of Need and Reasonableness.

• View the adopted rule.

Requests for hearing; date and place of hearing

The board did not receive any requests for a hearing by the end of the hearing comment period on March 7, 2018. The hearing scheduled for March 22, 2018, was canceled.

Timetable/status of the rule proceeding; agency determinations

The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) approved the rule on April 12, 2018. View the OAH order.

The board submitted its Order Adopting Rules on April 13, 2018.

Date the rule was filed with Secretary of State and the effective date of the rule as adopted

• The rule was filed with the Secretary of State on April 17, 2018.

• The effective date of the rule as adopted is May 14, 2018.

Written comments, questions and requests

For procedural questions and to submit comments, contact:  Ethan Landy
Email:  dli.rules@state.mn.us
Phone:  651-284-5302
Fax:  651-284-5725

For questions about the technical content of the proposed rule changes:  Todd Green
Email:  todd.a.green@state.mn.us
Phone:  651-284-5124
Fax:  651-284-5737

Contact the persons above for additional information about the planned rule, to receive rule notices, to receive rule drafts if available, to provide comments, or to view comments or requests for hearing that have been submitted.

Comments and questions may also be submitted by U.S. mail, to the contact person listed above, at: Department of Labor and Industry, 443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN  55155.

Comments received after 4:30 p.m. will be considered received on the next state business day the Department of Labor and Industry is open.