# Inspection and Test of Welds [49 CFR 192.241]

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- **citation:** LAC 43:XIII §1321
- **title:** Inspection and Test of Welds [49 CFR 192.241]
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Louisiana Office of Conservation
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
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- **summary:** A. Visual inspection of welding must be conducted by an individual qualified by appropriate training and experience to ensure that [49 CFR 192.241(a)] : 1. the welding is performed in accordance with the welding procedure; and [49 CFR 192.241(a)(1)] 2. the weld is acceptable under Subsection C of th
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A. Visual inspection of welding must be conducted by an individual qualified by appropriate training and experience to ensure that [49 CFR 192.241(a)] :

1. the welding is performed in accordance with the welding procedure; and [49 CFR 192.241(a)(1)]

2. the weld is acceptable under Subsection C of this Section. [49 CFR 192.241(a)(2)]

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 §1323, except that welds that are visually inspected and approved by a qualified welding inspector need not be nondestructively tested if: [49 CFR 192.241(b)]

1. the pipe has a nominal diameter of less than 6 inches (152 millimeters); or [49 CFR 192.241(b)(1)]

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. [49 CFR 192.241(b)(2)]

C. The acceptability of a weld that is nondestructively tested or visually inspected is determined according to the standards in section 9 of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see §507). Appendix A of API Std 1104 may not be used to accept cracks. [49 CFR 192.241(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 9:230 (April 1983), amended LR 10:522 (July 1984), LR 24:1309 (July 1998), LR 27:1541 (September 2001), LR 30:1242 (June 2004), LR 31:683 (March 2005), LR 33:479 (March 2007), LR 44:1039 (June 2018).
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