Meeting Minutes: Board of High-Pressure Piping Systems
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1 | Page Meeting Minutes: Board of High-Pressure Piping Systems Date: January 14, 2021 Tim: 10:00 a.m. Minutes by: Lyndy Logan Location: WebEx Event Members Present 1. Aubrey Archer 2. Kyle Bain 3. Todd Green (Commissioner’s Designee) 4. Nirmal Jain 5. Brett Kilbourne 6. Matt Marquis (Acting Chair) 7. Patrick McCullough 8. Greg Pumper 9. Mark Slagle 10. Kent Spaulding 11. Roger Thein 12. Mark Worms Members Absent None DLI Staff & Visitors Jeff Lebowski (Gen. Counsel, DLI) Lyndy Logan (DLI) Adam Hanson (ABC) 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 10:02 a.m. by Acting Chair Marquis and roll call was done – a quorum was met with 12 of 12 voting members present electronically. Marquis welcomed new members and re-appointed and gave the following statement: • Today’s meeting is being held electronically via the WebEx format due the current status of the State of Minnesota operating under the COVID-19 health pandemic. Per Statute Section 13D.021 electronic meetings are acceptable when holding an in-person meeting is “not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under Chapter 12”. All votes will be taken by roll call. 2. Approval of Meeting Agenda A motion was made by Slagle, seconded by Bain, to approve the agenda as presented. The roll call vote was unanimous with 12 votes in favor; the motion carried. 3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes A motion was made by Worms, seconded by Slagle, to approve the Oct. 8, 2020, meeting minutes as presented. The roll call vote was unanimous with 10 votes in favor, and two abstentions; the motion carried. Page 1 of 7
Transcript of Meeting Minutes: Board of High-Pressure Piping Systems
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Meeting Minutes: Board of High-Pressure Piping Systems
Date: January 14, 2021 Tim: 10:00 a.m.
Minutes by: Lyndy Logan Location: WebEx Event
Members Present 1. Aubrey Archer 2. Kyle Bain 3. Todd Green (Commissioner’s Designee)
4. Nirmal Jain 5. Brett Kilbourne 6. Matt Marquis (Acting Chair)
7. Patrick McCullough 8. Greg Pumper 9. Mark Slagle
10. Kent Spaulding 11. Roger Thein 12. Mark Worms
Members Absent None
DLI Staff & Visitors Jeff Lebowski (Gen. Counsel, DLI) Lyndy Logan (DLI) Adam Hanson (ABC)
1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 10:02 a.m. by Acting Chair Marquis and roll call was done – a quorum was met with 12 of 12 voting members present electronically. Marquis welcomed new members and re-appointed and gave the following statement:
• Today’s meeting is being held electronically via the WebEx format due the current status of the State of Minnesota operating under the COVID-19 health pandemic. Per Statute Section 13D.021 electronic meetings are acceptable when holding an in-person meeting is “not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under Chapter 12”. All votes
will be taken by roll call.
2. Approval of Meeting Agenda A motion was made by Slagle, seconded by Bain, to approve the agenda as presented. The roll call vote was unanimous with 12 votes in favor; the motion carried.
3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes A motion was made by Worms, seconded by Slagle, to approve the Oct. 8, 2020, meeting minutes as presented. The roll call vote was unanimous with 10 votes in favor, and two abstentions; the motion carried.
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4. Approval of Expense Reports Electronic expense reports will be sent by Lyndy to Financial Services for approval/payment.
5. Regular Business
A. Licensing and permitting
Green gave an update on high pressure piping licensing and exam statistics from 2015 to 2020, the number of current license holders/types, new licenses issued per year, and online permit application information for 2019 and 2020 – see Attachment A.
6. Special Business A. Officer nominations and elections – April 8, 2021 meeting B. Code Publications Update – Green
• Waiting on the IIAR 2 publication – next revision approximately mid-2021. Green will check on the status of IIAR 2 in mid-April. This code is not on a regular schedule – last edition was 2014 although there was an addendum since then. He recommended to continue waiting until IIAR is published to go through any rulemaking process.
• Department staff have reviewed all published revisions and there aren’t significant changes affecting the Board.
• The following codes are published on a 2 or 3 year cycle and are the minimum standards:
o ASME B31.1-2020 was published – the Board previously adopted 2018. o ASME 2021 BPV Code, Section IX may not be published until Spring/Summer
2021. The Board previously adopted 2017. o ASME B31.5-2019 was ordered and will be reviewed – next publication isn’t
scheduled until 2022. The Board previously adopted 2016.
• Members can volunteer to serve on one or two sub-committees for Ammonia, Welding and Steam. Committee appointments will formally take place at the April
meeting. Green said he doesn’t believe there needs to be a Licensing or a Bio-process Committee and Chair Marquis agreed.
• Lebowski said sub-committees must follow open meeting law requirements, open to the public, and there must be a motion authorizing the Chair to begin the rulemaking
process – this could be done at the April meeting. It seems pre-mature to set up sub-committees before this authority is granted to the Chair.
7. Complaints Nothing brought forth
8. Open Forum Attendees were instructed to use the “chat” and “raise your hand” features to address the Board
and attendees sent a chat to all panelists indicating they had no questions/comments.
9. Board Discussion No discussion.
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10. Announcements Next regularly scheduled 2020 meeting – 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Location/WebEx
• April 8, 2021 – Officer Elections and voting
• July 8, 2021 – Annual Meeting
• October 14, 2021
11. Adjournment A motion made by Spaulding, seconded by Worms, to adjourn the meeting at 10:35 a.m. The roll call vote was unanimous with 12 votes in favor; the motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Matthew Marquis Matthew Marquis Acting Chair
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HIGH PRESSURE PIPING LICENSING AND EXAM STATISTICS
Exam Pass Rates 2015-2020 EXAM 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Journey 83% (76/92) 90% (86/96) 71% (82/115) 74% (121/163) 67% (132/196) 71% (117/164) Master 71% (17/24) 57% (8/14) 61% (11/18) 57% (13/23) 48% (12/25) 44% (8/18)
Current License Numbers – Jan. 2021
Registered Unlicensed (RF) 432 Journeyworker (HJ) 2,225 Master (HM) 323 Contractor (HC) 123
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Journey Master
Attachment A
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New Licenses Issued Per Year
RF HJ HM HC 2020 145 127 8 5 2019 164 123 13 8 2018 292 94 13 5 2017 189 88 9 8 2016 248 100 9 6 2015 412 41 17 6
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Attachment A
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Permits Applied
Subtype Count
Blanket 105Standard 203Survey 4Time & Materials 143Total For All Sub Types 455
Online Use
Online 448Paper 7Total 455
Current Permit Status
Status Count
Finaled 432Issued 23Total For All Sub Types 455
1 of 1 Created: 1/6/2021 9:50 AMIntuitive Municipal Solutions, LLC
Online Applications for High Pressure Piping PermitFor Period 01/01/2019 to 12/31/19
Attachment A
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Permits Applied
Subtype Count
Blanket 94Standard 220Survey 4Time & Materials 91Total For All Sub Types 409
Online Use
Online 379Paper 30Total 409
Current Permit Status
Status Count
Issued 133Finaled 276Total For All Sub Types 409
1 of 1 Created: 1/6/2021 9:49 AMIntuitive Municipal Solutions, LLC
Online Applications for High Pressure Piping PermitFor Period 01/01/2020 to 12/31/20
Attachment A
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