# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-090

**Citation:** P-80-090  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1981-02-26  
**Published:** 1981-02-26

TO THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Amend 49 CFR 195 to include a section similar to 49 CFR 192.615, emergency plans, that will require operators to establish written procedures to minimize the hazards resulting from a liquid pipeline emergency. (Superseded by P-84-026)

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-090.

TO THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Amend 49 CFR 195 to include a section similar to 49 CFR 192.615, emergency plans, that will require operators to establish written procedures to minimize the hazards resulting from a liquid pipeline emergency. (Superseded by P-84-026)

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Superseded

Issued Date: 1981-02-26

Adopted Date: 1980-12-19

Overall Date Closed: 1985-09-03

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 30, 1980, AN 8-INCH-DIAMETER, REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PIPELINE OWNED BY THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC., AND OPERATED BY THE SHELL OIL COMPANY (PUERTO RICO) LTD. WAS STRUCK AND RUPTURED BY A BULLDOZER DURING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A NEARBY WATERLINE IN THE SECTOR CANA OF BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO, ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN. GASOLINE FROM THE RUPTURE SPRAYED DOWNHILL AND RAN OFF INTO A SMALL CREEK ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS LATER, THE GASOLINE VAPORS WERE IGNITED BY AN UNDERTERMINED SOURCE AND EXPLODED; THE SUBSEQUENT FIRE KILLED ONE PERSON AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED 25 HOUSES AND OTHER PROPERTY.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: DCA80MP008

Report Number: PAR-80-06

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Superseded

Addressee Date Closed: 1985-09-03

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1983-03-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: RSPA LETTER: DOT HAS ACCOMPLISHED THE SAFETY OBJECTIVES ADDRESSED BY THIS RECOMMENDATION BY PROMULGATING A FINAL RULE IN DECEMBER 1979 IN DOCKET PS-51. THIS AMENDMENT REQUIRES OPERATORS TO ESTABLISH WRITTEN PROCEDURES TO MINIMIZE THE HAZARDS RESULTING FROM A LIQUID PIPELINE EMERGENCY. THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO 49 CFR 192.615. SECTION 195.402(C)(9) OF DOCKET PS-51 ALSO ESTABLISHES MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE PROMPT DETECTION AND LOCATION OF FAILED SECTIONS OF HVL PIPELINES.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1985-09-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-090>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
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- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-80-090`

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