# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-065 **Citation:** P-78-065 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board **Effective:** 1978-10-25 **Published:** 1978-10-25 TAKE ACTION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STATEWIDE "ONE-CALL" EXCAVATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. ## Document text NTSB safety recommendation P-78-065. TAKE ACTION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STATEWIDE "ONE-CALL" EXCAVATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1978-10-25 Adopted Date: 1978-10-12 Overall Date Closed: 1998-04-15 Synopsis: SPECIAL STUDY--SAFE SERVICE LIFE FOR LIQUID PETROLEUM PIPELINES. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD LEARNED THAT MOST PIPELINE CARRIERS REGARD RUPTURES OF THEIR PIPELINES BY OUTSIDE EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT USED IN CONSTRUCTION AS THEIR BIGGEST CURRENT PROBLEM. THESE RUPTURES CAUSED THE MOST ACCIDENTS IN 1974 AND 1976 AND CAUSED THE MOST LIQUID LOSS FROM PIPELINES. THEY ALSO CAUSED THE MOST CASUALTIES. Ntsbnumber: 80572 Report Number: PSS-78-01 Addressee Name: State of Oklahoma Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1998-04-15 Addressee Acronym: OK Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1979-03-28 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: LTR NOT DATED, RECEIVED 3/28/79, FROM TEXAS: THE GOVERNOR WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS THE INTENT OF SUCH A PROGRAM. AS TEXAS IS LARGE AND HAS THOUSANDS OF MILES OF PIPELINE, THOROUGH PLANNING AND COORDINATION ARE NECESSARY. THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION IS THE REGULATORY AGENCY FOR PIPELINES IN TEXAS. THIS AGENCY IS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING LEGISLATION FOR PRESENTATION TO THE 66TH LEGISLATURE. (NTSB FOLLOWUP LETTERS DATED 4/17/79 AND 6/18/80 TO TEXAS.) Addressee Acronym: OK Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1980-06-18 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Name: State of Texas Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1998-04-15 Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1979-03-28 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: LTR NOT DATED, RECEIVED 3/28/79, FROM TEXAS: THE GOVERNOR WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS THE INTENT OF SUCH A PROGRAM. AS TEXAS IS LARGE AND HAS THOUSANDS OF MILES OF PIPELINE, THOROUGH PLANNING AND COORDINATION ARE NECESSARY. THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION IS THE REGULATORY AGENCY FOR PIPELINES IN TEXAS. THIS AGENCY IS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING LEGISLATION FOR PRESENTATION TO THE 66TH LEGISLATURE. (NTSB FOLLOWUP LETTERS DATED 4/17/79 AND 6/18/80 TO TEXAS.) Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1997-11-06 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1998-04-15 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1980-06-18 Communication Type: Official Correspondence ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline` - SHA-256: `fd69d376d20dd5d9d483aad6becc0fd2a7a8551da2f9691280e21a11c496b9e3` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T20:12:58.386Z - Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-78-065` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "ntsb_safety_recommendation", "safetyRecommendationNumber": "P-78-065", "recommendationMode": "Pipeline", "topicMode": "Pipeline", "ntsbNumber": "80572", "priority": "CLASS II", "overallStatus": "Closed - Acceptable Action", "overallStatusAcronym": "CAA", "overallDateClosed": "1998-04-15", "lastModifiedDate": "2016-11-15", "reportNumber": "PSS-78-01", "reportUrl": "https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/80572.aspx", "transmittalLetterUrl": "http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P78_65.pdf", "addressees": [ { "addresseeName": "State of Oklahoma", "addresseeStatusAcronym": "CAA", "addresseeStatus": "Closed - Acceptable Action", "addresseeDateClosed": "1998-04-15", "addresseeDetails": [ { "addresseeAcronym": "OK", "addresseeOrganizationType": "S-State Government", "isFromNtsb": false, "communicationDate": "1979-03-28", "communicationType": "Official Correspondence", "communicationContents": "LTR NOT DATED, RECEIVED 3/28/79, FROM TEXAS: THE GOVERNOR WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS THE INTENT OF SUCH A PROGRAM. 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