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AB-524a
2015-05
The provisions of this
‘Compliance Plan’ were established by consensus of the PRD Steering Committee on
May 13, 2014, as a temporary measure to define a reasonable process to allow owners of pressure equipment to defer implementation of the steam setting of
‘UV’ stamped PRVs. The need for this process was driven by the insufficient number of PRV service organizations with steam setting capability.
The provisions of this plan are extended under Information Bulletin No. IB-15-003, issued by the Administrator on March 15, 2015 and will apply until December 31, 2015, by which time an adequate number of steam testing facilities are expected to be operating in Alberta. Any owner (registered owner/user or otherwise) of pressure equipment may make use of this plan.
This plan allows ‘UV’ stamped PRVs to be set on air by any certified PRV servicing shop provided: i. the owner has a an ABSA-accepted plan, to achieve compliance with the steam setting requirement, ii. the owner supplies the servicing shop with steam to air correction factors established by the PRV manufacturer, and iii. the owner supplies the servicing shop with evidence of the ABSA-accepted compliance plan.
Process
Step 1 : Corrective Action Report - Registered owner/users only.
The owner/user generates a Corrective Action Report (CAR) or a Non Conformance Report (NCR), or any other similar report that is in use under the registered pressure equipment integrity management program, and address how future compliance with AB-524 paragraph 3.3 in regard to the setting of the steam service UV stamped PRVs with steam, will be achieved after December 31, 2015. It is not necessary to submit the CARs or NCRs to ABSA, however they should be made available to ABSA if requested.
Step 2: Applies to all owners who wish to defer steam setting compliance.
The owner completes and sends a ‘Steam Setting Compliance Plan Form’, AB-524a to ABSA for review and acceptance.
ABSA will return the accepted form to the owner, or will contact the owner for additional clarification.
Step 3: PRV servicing
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The owner sends a copy of the form to the service shop(s) where the owner intends to have PRV(s) serviced.
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The owner of the PRV(s) shall meet the requirements of the AB-524 document paragraph 3.3 by : o providing documentation to the service shop regarding the steam to air correction factor(s) [both the published and unpublished steam to air correction factors received by an owner from a manufacturer must be validated to confirm they are current], o providing the manufacturer’s procedures to the shop for applying the steam to air correction factors, o confirming the shop technicians are trained to apply the steam to air correction factors.
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The owner shall maintain records documenting their conformance with the above bullets.
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The service shops shall make a note in the ‘Service Report’ of each PRV that the “PRV was serviced under the provisions of the Steam Setting Compliance Plan Form, AB-524a
”. A Red Tag is not required to be installed on the PRVs serviced and set under the provisions of this ‘Compliance Plan’.
Step 4: Upon receipt of the PRVs from a service shop, the owner shall install the PRV, track the in-service performance, have a contingency plan ready if any malfunction is discovered, and flag the PRV to ensure that the PRV is set with steam at the next service date.

Steam Setting Compliance Plan form for testing and setting of steam service UV stamped PRVs
OU AQP-
(Registered OUs only)
(The application of this process will expire on December 31, 2015) AB-524a
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Compliance Plan Form Submission Date:
Company Name:
Company Address:
Contact Person:
(Name of the person submitting this Form)
E-mail: Phone:
Application of this plan does not apply to:
 ASME Section I, ‘V’ stamped PRVs that are installed on power boilers;
 PRV’s for which the owner is not able to obtain the necessary model specific steam to air correction factors from the manufacturers for the ‘UV’ stamped steam service PRVs. These
‘UV’ stamped steam service PRVs must be set with steam;
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Owners who are certified by ABSA to service and set their own PRVs. These owners already possess the provisions extended by this plan and do not need to submit a compliance plan;
This form should only be completed by those owners who are not certified by ABSA to service and set their own PRVs and are unable to reasonably find a steam testing facility within Alberta to have their steam service ‘UV’ stamped PRVs set with steam. This Compliance Plan shall remain in effect until
December 31, 2015, by which time additional steam testing facilities are expected to be operational in
Alberta. Owners of pressure equipment who are not certified by ABSA to service and set their own PRVs may have their steam service ‘UV’ stamped PRVs set with air provided they are able to obtain the necessary steam to air correction factors from the PRV manufacturers, supply those factors to a PRV servicing shop for the purpose of having their PRVs set with air, and, provide the information to ABSA as requested below.
Notes:
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The answers to the following questions must include technical justification based upon information from credible technical sources, such as PRV manufacturers, organizations considered an authority in the area of interest, codes, recognized and generally accepted good engineering standards.
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OU is defined as an organization that has a registered pressure equipment integrity management program with ABSA and has been issued an AQP number.
Upon completion, email the form to cap@absa.ca
, email ‘Subject’: AB-524 Compliance Form.
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Steam Setting Compliance Plan form for testing and setting of steam service UV stamped PRVs
(The application of this process will expire on December 31, 2015) AB-524a
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1. Are there any PRV service organizations with steam testing and setting facilities available in your area?
Yes ; No . If the answer is yes, explain why you are unable to use those facilities.
Answer:
2. Are there any PRV service organizations with steam testing and setting facilities that are available away from your operational areas which may possibly be utilized without incurring excessive transportation time, resources and/or jeopardizing the integrity of the PRVs due to transportation and road conditions?
Yes ; No . If the answer is yes, explain why you can’t use those facilities.
Answer:
3. Have you explored the utilization of an Assist Lift Device to perform final setting of your steam service
UV stamped PRVs on a steam source (i.e. your in-house boiler or another steam source?)
Answer:
4. Have you developed the risk assessment criteria for determining which steam service ‘UV’ stamped
PRVs may be tested with air, documented that criteria, developed and documented a process for implementing that criteria, trained your personnel and developed a records keeping process?
Answer:
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Steam Setting Compliance Plan form for testing and setting of steam service UV stamped PRVs
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5. Have you conducted a risk assessment of each installation in accordance with the risk assessment process developed in item #4 and determined the risk to be within your acceptable levels?
Answer:
6. Have you developed a plan to track in-service performance, as well as a contingency process if a malfunction is discovered in the performance of a steam service ‘UV’ stamped PRV that was or will be set with air under this ‘Compliance Plan’?
Answer:
7. Have you developed a plan to ensure future compliance with the setting and testing requirements of the AB-524 document past December 31, 2015?
Answer:
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Steam Setting Compliance Plan form for testing and setting of steam service UV stamped PRVs
(The application of this process will expire on December 31, 2015) AB-524a
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Please print name of the Management Representative of a registered OU program ; or an Owner ; or a plant manager (if no OU program is registered with ABSA).
Name
Title
Name of ABSA SCO who accepted this Form
Signature of ABSA SCO who accepted this Form
Signature
Date
Date
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