{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 195.228","title":"Welds and welding inspection: Standards of acceptability.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) Each weld and welding must be inspected to insure compliance with the requirements of this subpart. Visual inspection must be supplemented by nondestructive testing.\n\n(b) The acceptability of a weld is determined according to the standards in section 9 or Appendix A of API Std 1104 (incorporated","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-228.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-228.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-195-228","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-195.228","body":"(a) Each weld and welding must be inspected to insure compliance with the requirements of this subpart. Visual inspection must be supplemented by nondestructive testing.\n\n(b) The acceptability of a weld is determined according to the standards in section 9 or Appendix A of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see § 195.3). Appendix A of API Std 1104 may not be used to accept cracks.\n\n[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 195-52, 59 FR 33397, June 28, 1994; Amdt. 195-81, 69 FR 32898, June 14, 2004; Amdt. 195-99, 80 FR 186, Jan. 5, 2015; Amdt. 195-100, 80 FR 12780, Mar. 11, 2015]","truncated":false,"body_characters":613}