49 CFR § 195.228 - Welds and welding inspection: Standards of acceptability.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s195.228"
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title: "49 CFR § 195.228 - Welds and welding inspection: Standards of acceptability."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "195.228"
section_name: "Welds and welding inspection: Standards of acceptability."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "195"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 and 49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "195"
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# 195.228 Welds and welding inspection: Standards of acceptability.
(a) Each weld and welding must be inspected to insure compliance with the requirements of this subpart. Visual inspection must be supplemented by nondestructive testing.
(b) The acceptability of a weld is determined according to the standards in section 9 or Appendix A of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, *see* § 195.3). Appendix A of API Std 1104 may not be used to accept cracks.
[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 195-52, 59 FR 33397, June 28, 1994; Amdt. 195-81, 69 FR 32898, June 14, 2004; Amdt. 195-99, 80 FR 186, Jan. 5, 2015; Amdt. 195-100, 80 FR 12780, Mar. 11, 2015]