The Technical Safety and Standards Authority (TSSA) has an automated BPV COI Portal for Owners and Operators where owners and operators of boilers and pressure vessels can renew a Certificate of Inspection (COI) or review the information on file about their boilers and pressure vessels (BPVs).
Below are compliance requirements for owning or operating BPVs and frequently asked questions about the BPV COI Portal for Owners. If we haven’t answered your question here, please email customerservices@tssa.org or call 1-877-682-8772.
Verifying the Operating Status of BPVs
Effective May 15, 2024, BPV owners and operators need to verify the operating status of BPVs that are active in our records for which TSSA has not received Records of Inspection or other correspondence confirming their operating status. These BPVs are considered unverified inventory.
TSSA has enhanced the BPV COI Portal to allow owners and operators to view, download and report the operating status of unverified inventory located at one or more sites associated with your account. To determine if your company has unverified inventory, please log into your BPV COI Portal for Owners account to view and report the current operating status of each device to TSSA.
Please read the following resources on how to report the current operating status through the BPV COI Portal for Owners. TSSA will contact you if additional information or action is required.
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O. Reg. 220/01 requires a BPV owner or operator in Ontario to:
- Hold a valid COI to operate a BPV as per Section 5: “No person shall operate or use or permit a boiler, pressure vessel, fitting or piping to be operated or used unless a valid certificate of inspection has been issued in respect of the boiler, pressure vessel, fitting or piping”; and
- Report a change in operating status as per Section 8: “Upon permanently removing a boiler, pressure vessel, fitting or piping from operation or use, the owner, the operator or any other person responsible for it or in immediate charge of it shall forthwith notify the director of the removal in the form published by the Corporation”.
Please visit the BPV Frequently Asked Questions webpage for questions about unverified BPVs for owners and the BPV COI Portal for owners or operators. For further assistance, contact a BPV Technical Advisor at BPVCustomerservice@tssa.org.