# Inspection and Test of Welds

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- **citation:** 192.241
- **title:** Inspection and Test of Welds
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Arkansas Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **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
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§ 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.
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