# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-033 **Citation:** P-80-033 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board **Effective:** 1980-05-07 **Published:** 1980-05-07 THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD: PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE POSTING OF A DIAGRAM OR OTHER MEANS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LOCATION OF ALL FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE FIRE WATER MAIN AND ITS ISOLATION VALVES AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUHOUT LNG RECEPTION FACILITIES. ## Document text NTSB safety recommendation P-80-033. THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE U.S. COAST GUARD: PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE POSTING OF A DIAGRAM OR OTHER MEANS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LOCATION OF ALL FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE FIRE WATER MAIN AND ITS ISOLATION VALVES AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUHOUT LNG RECEPTION FACILITIES. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1980-05-07 Adopted Date: 1980-04-16 Overall Date Closed: 1988-05-20 Synopsis: ON OCTOBER 6, 1979, AN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (NPG) VAPORS DESTROYED A TRANSFORMER BUILDING AT THE RECEPTION FACILITY OF THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION, COVE POINT, MARYLAND. ODORLESS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LEAKED THROUGH AN INADEQUATELY TIGHTENED LNG PUMP SEAL, VAPORIZED, PASSED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 210 FT OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND ENTERED THE SUBSTATION BUILDING. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, AND ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $3 MILLION. Ntsbnumber: DCA80MP001 Report Number: PAR-80-02 Addressee Name: USCG Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1988-05-20 Addressee Acronym: USCG Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government Communication Date: 1987-04-13 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: THE COAST GUARD CONCURS WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMEN DATION. THE LNG WATERFRONT FACILITIES NPRM (51 FR 18276) REQUIRES IN [127.307 THAT THE EMERGENCY MANUAL CONTAIN A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS AND THEIR OPERATING PROCEDURES.RE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS AND THEIR Addressee Acronym: USCG Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government Communication Date: 1980-08-26 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: USCG LTR: THE COAST GUARD IS PROPOSING THIS REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THE CONTENTS OF THE LNG FACILITY OPERATIONS MANUAL. ADDITIONALLY, THE MTB OPERATIONS REGULATIONS PROPOSED IN THE 11 FEBRUARY 1980 NPRM REQUIRE APPROPRIATE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO BE KEPT ADVISED OF THE LNG FACILITY FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT, ITS LOCATION, AND QUANTITY. THE COAST GUARD PROPOSED TO ADOPT THIS REQUIREMENT BY REFERENCE IN ITS NPRM FOR LNG WATERFRONT FACILITIES. THE PUBLICATION OF THIS NPRM IS EXPECTED IN LATE FALL 1980 UNDER DOCKET NUMBER 78-038. Addressee Acronym: USCG Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government Communication Date: 1980-09-23 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: USCG Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government Communication Date: 1988-05-20 Communication Type: Official Correspondence ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline` - SHA-256: `96b5b5a897f76fdc801b77834abddaabd1ec4d9a12883f6f22e72afa3f18bb2b` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T22:25:43.569Z - Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-80-033` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "ntsb_safety_recommendation", "safetyRecommendationNumber": "P-80-033", "recommendationMode": "Pipeline", "topicMode": "Pipeline", "ntsbNumber": "DCA80MP001", "priority": "CLASS II", "overallStatus": "Closed - Acceptable Action", "overallStatusAcronym": "CAA", "overallDateClosed": "1988-05-20", "lastModifiedDate": "2016-11-15", "reportNumber": "PAR-80-02", "reportUrl": "https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA80MP001.aspx", "transmittalLetterUrl": "http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P80_31_33.pdf", "addressees": [ { "addresseeName": "USCG", "addresseeStatusAcronym": "CAA", "addresseeStatus": "Closed - Acceptable Action", "addresseeDateClosed": "1988-05-20", "addresseeDetails": [ { "addresseeAcronym": "USCG", "addresseeOrganizationType": "G-Federal Government", "isFromNtsb": false, "communicationDate": "1987-04-13", "communicationType": "Official Correspondence", "communicationContents": "THE COAST GUARD CONCURS WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMEN DATION. THE LNG WATERFRONT FACILITIES NPRM (51 FR 18276) REQUIRES IN [127.307 THAT THE EMERGENCY MANUAL CONTAIN A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS AND THEIR OPERATING PROCEDURES.RE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS AND THEIR" }, { "addresseeAcronym": "USCG", "addresseeOrganizationType": "G-Federal Government", "isFromNtsb": false, "communicationDate": "1980-08-26", "communicationType": "Official Correspondence", "communicationContents": "USCG LTR: THE COAST GUARD IS PROPOSING THIS REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THE CONTENTS OF THE LNG FACILITY OPERATIONS MANUAL. ADDITIONALLY, THE MTB OPERATIONS REGULATIONS PROPOSED IN THE 11 FEBRUARY 1980 NPRM REQUIRE APPROPRIATE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO BE KEPT ADVISED OF THE LNG FACILITY FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT, ITS LOCATION, AND QUANTITY. THE COAST GUARD PROPOSED TO ADOPT THIS REQUIREMENT BY REFERENCE IN ITS NPRM FOR LNG WATERFRONT FACILITIES. 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