I was cringing when I read your initial post, and more so now.
First step is to get a copy of the correct version of Section IX. The last edition/addenda we are using is 2008, and moving towards 2009.
"The only NDE that I know the AI is going to do is VT"
That one can get you into all kinds of trouble. The ANI doesn't designate the NDE. You have to answer a few questions first on that one.
Is it repair and or replacement? For a Section XI plant, they can use the code of record (which on my current project is summer 73 section III)
Or they can use something from the most recently accepted Section XI which I believe is 2004 edition.
If this is for a new plant, then your into 2007 Section III.
Then you have to answer what class of system it is for. Class 1, 2, or 3 or other?
Is it safety related, quality related, both, neither?
You won't have any of those above if your not an ASME stamp holder, which you have said you are, so what is the nature of your stamp, and what does your quality manual say?
Remember that all the above are influenced and in many cases altered by the various reg guides, and CFR's. The NRC takes exceptions on a case by case basis to various code cases and year edition of codes.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part050/part050-0055a.htmlAnswering to the NRC, that the ANI performed the visual 'inspection' is tremendous mistake, much less saying the ANI designated the NDE.
I strongly advise you step back from the brink of disaster and dig out your Quality manual, the PO, and every other piece of paper you can find and get to reading.
What you've posted already is a clear sign to me that your QA department has failed already in the orientation of it's employee's to the QA program for ASME stamped items.
For CYA, dig in and read read read.