{"operation":"document","citation":"192.241","title":"Inspection and Test of Welds","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Arkansas Public Service Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"§ 192.241 Inspection and Test of Welds (a) Visual inspection of welding must be conducted by an individual qualified by appropriate training and experience to ensure that: (1) The welding is performed in accordance with the welding procedure, and (2) The weld is acceptable under paragraph (c) of thi","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ar-car-23-500-192-241.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ar-car-23-500-192-241.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ar-car-23-500-192-241","source_url":"https://codeofarrules.arkansas.gov/Rules/Rule?chapterID=40&levelType=part&partID=1394&subChapterID=392&titleID=23","body":"§ 192.241 Inspection and Test of Welds (a) Visual inspection of welding must be conducted by an individual qualified by appropriate training and experience to ensure that: (1) The welding is performed in accordance with the welding procedure, and (2) The weld is acceptable under paragraph (c) of this section. (b) The welds on a pipeline to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of 20 percent or more of SMYS must be nondestructively tested in accordance with § 192.243, except that welds that are visually inspected and approved by a qualified welding inspector need not be nondestructively tested if: (1) The pipe has a nominal diameter of less than 6 inches (152 millimeters); or (2) The pipeline is to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 40 percent of SMYS and the welds are so limited in number that nondestructive testing is impractical. (c) The acceptability of a weld that is nondestructively tested or visually inspected is determined according to the standards in Section 9 or Appendix A of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7). Appendix A of API Std 1104 may not be used to accept cracks. (d) Each operator must designate in writing a welding inspector to perform visual inspections of welds under this paragraph.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1289}