{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-192.241","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 192.241","heading":"Inspection and test of welds.","body":"(a) Visual inspection of welding must be conducted by an individual qualified by appropriate training and experience to ensure that:\n(1) The welding is performed in accordance with the welding procedure; and\n(2) The weld is acceptable under paragraph (c) of this section.\n(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 § 192.243, except that welds that are visually inspected and approved by a qualified welding inspector need not be nondestructively tested if:\n(1) The pipe has a nominal diameter of less than 6 inches (152 millimeters); or\n(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.\n(c) The acceptability of a weld that is nondestructively tested or visually inspected is determined according to the standards in section 9 or Appendix A of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7). Appendix A of API Std 1104 may not be used to accept cracks.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—PIPELINE SAFETY","PART 192—TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE: MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS","Subpart E—Welding of Steel in Pipelines"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"f4f939920b453dee9e6ed61ca80ce94fba7db170f12f918afd406c0e13e38d8a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-192.235","next":"us/49-cfr-192.243"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}