# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-016

**Citation:** P-76-016  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1976-06-22  
**Published:** 1976-06-22

STUDY AND INCORPORATE IN 49 CFR 192 AND 195 THE EFFECTS OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES ON THE SAFETY OF GAS AND LIQUID PIPELINES. THE MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES FROM COMPRESSORS, PUMPS, AND TERMINALS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHERE NECESSARY. THE LOCATIONS OF POWER LINES IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVES AND GAS BLOWDOWN FACILITIES ALSO SHOULD BE STUDIED AND MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-016.

STUDY AND INCORPORATE IN 49 CFR 192 AND 195 THE EFFECTS OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES ON THE SAFETY OF GAS AND LIQUID PIPELINES. THE MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES FROM COMPRESSORS, PUMPS, AND TERMINALS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHERE NECESSARY. THE LOCATIONS OF POWER LINES IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVES AND GAS BLOWDOWN FACILITIES ALSO SHOULD BE STUDIED AND MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHERE NECESSARY.

Priority: CLASS III

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-06-22

Adopted Date: 1976-04-27

Overall Date Closed: 1988-09-29

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 17, 1975, A PIPE RUPTURED AT THE MID-VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY'S LIMA, OHIO, CRUDE OIL TERMINAL. A MOTOR-OPERATED VALVE WITHIN THE TERMINAL HAD BEEN CLOSED INADVERTENTLY AND PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP. A 14-INCH LONG CRACK DEVELOPED. CRUDE OIL WAS SPRAYED FROM THE CRACK, ATOMIZED, IGNITED, AND BURNED; FLAMES RESULTED WHICH WERE MORE THAN 100 FEET HIGH. ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND TO SHUT OFF VALVES TO THE TERMINAL WERE HAMPERED. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE TERMINAL BUILDINGS AND KILLED THE TERMINAL DELIVERYMAN.

Ntsbnumber: PLD75XR002

Report Number: PAR-76-03

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1988-09-29

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1988-09-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1976-10-27

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1983-03-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-016>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `eb2d9ce9a710e898a0bfe2b25edd6530a27b83fc6d99ca09ad239022290dcf62`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T04:54:51.097Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-76-016`

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