{"operation":"document","citation":"PI-95-048","title":"Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities — Pipeline Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1995-10-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"PI-95-048 response to Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities concerning 192.229.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-048.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-048.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-pi-95-048","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/Pipeline/1995/PI95048.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nSR-95-115\nU.S. Department 400 Seventh Street, SW\nof Transportation Washington, DC 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nOctober 18, 1995\nMs. Angela S. Motley\nPublic Utilities Engineer\nMassachusetts Department of Public Utilities\nLeverett Saltonstall Building\n100 Cambridge Street\nBoston, MA 02202\nDear Ms. Motley:\nThis is in response to your letter of August 2, 1995, requesting an opinion on 49 CFR 192.229(c) which\nstates in part:\n“A welder qualified under §192.227(a) may not weld unless within the preceding 6\ncalendar months the welder has had one weld tested and found acceptable under\nsection 3 or 6 of API Standard 1104 . . .”\nYou cite a situation where welders’ radiograph inspection sheets submitted to document compliance with\n§192.229(c) were of 16-inch welds completed by two welders. You ask: “ Does this meet the code\nrequirements since the weld was completed by more than one welder?”\nThe intent of the requirement in §192.229(c) is for at least one entire weld to be tested and found\nacceptable under section 3 or 6 of API Standard 1104 within the preceding six calendar month period in\norder for the welder to continue to be qualified under §192.227(a). We agree with the observation in\nyour letter that the welder needs to demonstrate the ability to weld in all welding positions.\nSincerely,\nRichard D. Huriaux, P.E.\nDirector for Technology and Regulations\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\n95-10-18.doc 192.229","truncated":false,"body_characters":1449}