# Transmission Lines: Permanent Field Repair of Welds [49 CFR 192.715]

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- **citation:** LAC 43:XIII §2915
- **title:** Transmission Lines: Permanent Field Repair of Welds [49 CFR 192.715]
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Louisiana Office of Conservation
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
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- **summary:** A. Each weld that is unacceptable under §1321(c) must be repaired as follows. [49 CFR 192.715] 1. If it is feasible to take the segment of transmission line out of service, the weld must be repaired in accordance with the applicable requirements of §1325. [49 CFR 192.715(a)] 2. A weld may be repaire
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A. Each weld that is unacceptable under §1321(c) must be repaired as follows. [49 CFR 192.715]

1. If it is feasible to take the segment of transmission line out of service, the weld must be repaired in accordance with the applicable requirements of §1325. [49 CFR 192.715(a)]

2. A weld may be repaired in accordance with §1325 while the segment of transmission line is in service if: [49 CFR 192.715(b)]

a. the weld is not leaking; [49 CFR 192.715(b)(1)]

b. the pressure in the segment is reduced so that it does not produce a stress that is more than 20 percent of the SMYS of the pipe; and [49 CFR 192.715(b)(2)]

c. grinding of the defective area can be limited so that at least 1/8 inch (3.2 millimeters) thickness in the pipe weld remains. [49 CFR 192.715(b)(3)]

3. A defective weld which cannot be repaired in accordance with Paragraph 1 or 2 of this Section must be repaired by installing a full encirclement welded split sleeve of appropriate design. [49 CFR 192.715(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 9:245 (April 1983), amended LR 10:537 (July 1984), LR 27:1548 (September 2001), LR 30:1268 (June 2004).
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