Qualification of Welders [49 CFR 192.227]

(A)A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, each welder or welding operator must be qualified in accordance with section 6, section 12, or appendix A of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see §507) or Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) (incorporated by reference, see §507). However, a welder or welding operator qualified under an earlier edition than listed in §507 may weld but may not re-qualify under that earlier edition [49 CFR 192.227(a)] .#

(B)B. A welder may qualify to perform welding on pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop stress of less than 20 percent of SMYS by performing an acceptable test weld, for the process to be used, under the test set forth in Section I of §5105, Appendix C of this Subpart. Each welder who is to make a welded service line connection to a main must first perform an acceptable test weld under Section II of §5105. Appendix C of this Subpart as a requirement of the qualifying test. [49 CFR 192.227(b)]#

(C)C. For steel transmission pipe installed after July 1, 2021, records demonstrating each individual welder qualification at the time of construction in accordance with this Section must be retained for a minimum of five years following construction. [49 CFR 192.227(c)] .#

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:501 et seq.#

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 9:229 (April 1983), amended LR 10:521 (July 1984), LR 24:1309 (July 1998), LR 30:1241 (June 2004), LR 31:683 (March 2005), LR 33:479 (March 2007), LR 44:1038 (June 2018), LR 46:1585 (November 2020).#