# How is direct assessment used and for what threats?

**Citation:** 192.923  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Arkansas Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** Not stated

§ 192.923 How is direct assessment used and for what threats? (a) General. An operator may use direct assessment either as a primary assessment method or as a supplement to the other assessment methods allowed under this subpart. An operator may only use direct assessment as the primary assessment m

## Document text

§ 192.923 How is direct assessment used and for what threats? (a) General. An operator may use direct assessment either as a primary assessment method or as a supplement to the other assessment methods allowed under this subpart. An operator may only use direct assessment as the primary assessment method to address the identified threats of external corrosion (EC), internal corrosion (IC), and stress corrosion cracking (SCC). (b) Primary method. An operator using direct assessment as a primary assessment method must have a plan that complies with the requirements in - (1) Section 192.925 and ASME B31.8S (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7), Section 6.4, and NACE SP0502 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7), if addressing external corrosion (EC). (2) Section 192.927 and NACE SP0206 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7),, if addressing internal corrosion (IC). (3) Section 192.929 and NACE SP0204 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7),, if addressing stress corrosion cracking (SCC). (c) Supplemental method. An operator using direct assessment as a supplemental assessment method for any applicable threat must have a plan that follows the requirements for confirmatory direct assessment in § 192.931.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://codeofarrules.arkansas.gov/Rules/Rule?chapterID=40&levelType=part&partID=1394&subChapterID=392&titleID=23>
- Source ID: `ar-car-pipeline-safety`
- SHA-256: `f0caeeea4457a3a54bb113114a93e7ad489d5c0b707a0c8983da53da33ddc6e3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T08:10:37.612Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T10:12:44.811Z
- Document slug: `ar-car-23-500-192-923`

### 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. Other current AOGC gas and transportation rules are inventoried as adjacent production, conservation, storage, or fluid-transport material.",
    "applicabilityCaveat": "APSC administers certified intrastate gas safety downstream of producer custody transfer. AOGC section 275-406 separately reaches specified producer or producer-affiliated natural-gas systems. AOGC section 275-504 imposes state permitting and operational duties on specified hazardous-liquid pipelines, but PHMSA states that it directly inspects and enforces intrastate hazardous-liquid pipeline safety in Arkansas. Inclusion does not establish applicability to a particular facility.",
    "incorporationCaveat": "AOGC sections 275-406 and 275-504 use dynamic 'as amended' wording for federal Parts 190, 191, 192, 195, and 199. Part 500 is a state code that reproduces and modifies federal-derived gas provisions. References and relationship records do not substitute a retrieval-date federal text or decide the legal effect of incorporation.",
    "publicationCaveat": "The Code of Arkansas Rules identifies its online database as the official version, effective as a publication system January 1, 2025, updated weekly, and potentially behind recent agency rulemaking. The official Part 500 page reports Ark. R. 2026-6 effective January 8, 2026; its PDF is headed August 22, 2025 and Docket 25-025-R. Retrieval and site-update dates are publication observations, not inferred legal effective dates for every section.",
    "rights": "Official Arkansas and federal government artifacts are archived with attribution and SHA-256 provenance. Public access does not settle rights in seals, site presentation, forms, incorporated standards, or third-party material; downstream redistribution requires separate review."
  },
  "rightsReviewRequired": true,
  "references": [],
  "codePart": "23 CAR pt. 500",
  "partEffectiveOn": "2026-01-08",
  "partEffectiveDateNotImputedToIndividualProvision": true,
  "federalDerivedStateCode": true,
  "sourceCollection": "ar-car-23-part-500",
  "region": "AR"
}
```