# Plastic Pipe **Citation:** 192.281 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Arkansas Public Service Commission **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** Not stated § 192.281 Plastic Pipe (a) General. A plastic pipe joint that is joined by solvent cement, adhesive, or heat fusion may not be disturbed until it has properly set. Plastic pipe may not be joined by a threaded joint or miter joint. (b) Solvent cement joints. Each solvent cement joint on plastic pipe ## Document text § 192.281 Plastic Pipe (a) General. A plastic pipe joint that is joined by solvent cement, adhesive, or heat fusion may not be disturbed until it has properly set. Plastic pipe may not be joined by a threaded joint or miter joint. (b) Solvent cement joints. Each solvent cement joint on plastic pipe must comply with the following: (1) The mating surfaces of the joint must be clean, dry, and free of material which might be detrimental to the joint. (2) The solvent cement must conform to ASTM D2564-12, for PVC (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7). (3) The joint may not be heated or cooled to accelerate the setting of the cement. (4) Plastic pipe manufactured from different materials shall not be joined by solvent cement joints. (c) Heat-fusion joints. Each heat-fusion joint on a PE pipe or component, except for electrofusion joints, must comply with ASTM F2620-12 (incorporated by reference in §192.7), or an alternative written procedure that has been demonstrated to provide an equivalent or superior level of safety and has been proven by tests or experience to produce strong gastight joints, and the following: (1) A butt heat-fusion joint must be joined by a device that holds the heater element square to the ends of the pipe or component, compresses the heated ends together, and holds the pipe in proper alignment in accordance with the appropriate procedure qualified under § 192.283. (2) A socket heat-fusion joint must be joined by a device that heats the mating surfaces of the pipe or component, uniformly and simultaneously, to establish the same temperature. The device used must be the same device specified in the operator's joining procedure for socket fusion. (3) An electrofusion joint must be made using the equipment and techniques prescribed by the fitting manufacturer, or using equipment and techniques shown, by testing joints to the requirements of § 192.283(a)(1)(iii), to be equivalent to or better than the requirements of the fitting manufacturer. (4) Heat may not be applied with a torch or other open flame. (d) Adhesive joints. Each adhesive joint on thermosetting plastic pipe must comply with the following: (1) The plastic fittings and adhesives must conform to the specifications listed in ASTM D2517 (incorporated by reference, see §192.7). (2) The materials and adhesive must be compatible with each other. (e) Mechanical joints. Each compression type mechanical joint on plastic pipe must comply with the following: (1) Mechanical joints must be gas-tight and installed with materials that will prevent tensile pullouts. (2) The gasket material in the coupling must be compatible with the plastic. (3) All mechanical fittings must meet a listed specification based upon the applicable material. (4) All mechanical joints or fittings installed after January 22, 2019, must be Category 1 as defined by a listed specification for the applicable material, providing a seal plus resistance to a force on the pipe joint equal to or greater than that which will cause no less than 25% elongation of pipe, or the pipe fails outside the joint area if tested in accordance with the applicable standard. Split tubular stiffeners shall not be used. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ar-car-pipeline-safety` - SHA-256: `14e8d099171549c41a26639875ecd088b91e2fb193445765ecd56b2c50c6aee3` - Retrieved: 2026-08-12T08:10:37.612Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T05:43:14.884Z - Document slug: `ar-car-23-500-192-281` ### Source metadata ```json { "jurisdiction": "US-AR", "subject": "intrastate-gas", "caveats": { "exactScope": "The searchable corpus contains every current numbered section, the code-wide definitions, and every operative appendix in official 23 CAR Part 500, plus direct pipeline rules 15 CAR sections 275-406 and 275-504. Reserved and removed provisions are inventory-only.", "excludedScope": "This is not all Arkansas pipeline law. Standalone statutes, dockets and orders, one-call law, utility rates and service, siting, environmental permits, highway crossings, local law, forms, and incorporated third-party standards are excluded. 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