49 C.F.R. § 195.214

Welding procedures

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(a) Welding must be performed by a qualified welder or welding operator in accordance with welding procedures qualified under section 5 (except for Note 2 in section 5.4.2.2), section 12, Appendix A or Appendix B of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see § 195.3), or Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) (incorporated by reference, see § 195.3). The quality of the test welds used to qualify the welding procedures must be determined by destructive testing.

(b) Each welding procedure must be recorded in detail, including the results of the qualifying tests. This record must be retained and followed whenever the procedure is used.

[Amdt. 195-38, 51 FR 20297, June 4, 1986, as amended at Amdt. 195-81, 69 FR 32897, June 14, 2004; Amdt. 195-99, 80 FR 186, Jan. 5, 2015; Amdt. 195-100, 80 FR 12780, Mar. 11, 2015; Amdt. 195-101, 82 FR 7999, Jan. 23, 2017; Amdt. 195-107, 89 FR 33284, Apr. 29, 2024]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Lazy S Ranch Props., LLC v. Valero Terminaling & Distrib. (E.D. Okla. 2022).
Lazy S Ranch Props., LLC v. Valero Terminaling & Distrib. (E.D. Okla. 2022). “) In February 2022, a Final Order was issued, which found Valero violated the following pipeline safety regulations: 49 C.F.R. § 195.214 (a) (Item 1) — Respondent failed to qualify its welding procedures to ensure welding would be performed by a qualified welder or welding…”
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