49 C.F.R. § 192.285 Plastic pipe: Qualifying persons to make joints.
Title 49 - Transportation
(a) No person may make a plastic pipe joint unless that person has been qualified under the applicable joining procedure by: (1) Appropriate training or experience in the use of the procedure; and (2) Making a specimen joint from pipe sections joined according to the procedure that passes the inspection and test set forth in paragraph (b) of this section. (b) The specimen joint must be: (1) Visually examined during and after assembly or joining and found to have the same appearance as a joint or photographs of a joint that is acceptable under the procedure; and (2) In the case of a heat fusion, solvent cement, or adhesive joint: (i) Tested under any one of the test methods listed under §192.283(a) applicable to the type of joint and material being tested; (ii) Examined by ultrasonic inspection and found not to contain flaws that would cause failure; or (iii) Cut into at least 3 longitudinal straps, each of which is: (A) Visually examined and found not to contain voids or discontinuities on the cut surfaces of the joint area; and (B) Deformed by bending, torque, or impact, and if failure occurs, it must not initiate in the joint area. (c) A person must be requalified under an applicable procedure, if during any 12-month period that person: (1) Does not make any joints under that procedure; or (2) Has 3 joints or 3 percent of the joints made, whichever is greater, under that procedure that are found unacceptable by testing under §192.513. (d) Each operator shall establish a method to determine that each person making joints in plastic pipelines in the operator's system is qualified in accordance with this section. [Amdt. 192–34A, 45 FR 9935, Feb. 14, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 192–34B, 46 FR 39, Jan. 2, 1981; Amdt. 192–93, 68 FR 53900, Sept. 15, 2003]
Title 49: Transportation
PART 192—TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE: MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS
Subpart F—Joining of Materials Other Than by Welding
§ 192.285 Plastic pipe: Qualifying persons to make joints.
