Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §15109, sub-§7, śC, as amended by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. W, §18, is further amended to read:

C. The holder of a 4th-class engineer's license may have charge of a plant of not more than 50,000 #/HR or operate or supervise a plant up to the capacity of the license of the engineer in charge of the plant in which the licensee is employed. An applicant for a 4th-class engineer's license must be a high school graduate or have equivalent education and at least one year of operating or supervising experience under a duly licensed engineer having charge of a plant. An applicant for a 4th-class engineer's license must have at least one year operating or supervising experience as a high pressure boiler operator.

SUMMARY

This bill eliminates the statutory requirement that steam boilers not exceeding 15 psi or hot water and hot water supply boilers not exceeding 160 psi or 250 degrees Fahrenheit owned by schools and municipalities be operated by licensed boiler operators.

This bill also eliminates the distinction between the 2 types of boiler operator's licenses, combining them into one boiler operator's license.