NTSB Safety Recommendation P-00-017

NTSB safety recommendation P-00-017.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE YOUR MEMBERS OF THE NATURAL GAS LEAK THAT RESULTED FROM THE 4/4/98, ACCIDENT AFFECTING THE PRESIDENT CASINO ON THE ADMIRAL IN ST. LOUIS HARBOR, AND RECOMMEND THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN PORT CONTINGENCY PLAN DRILL EXERCISES INVOLVING PERMANENTLY MOORED VESSELS THAT ARE SUPPLIED WITH NATURAL GAS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received

Issued Date: 2000-09-27

Adopted Date: 2000-09-08

Overall Date Closed: 2002-01-03

Synopsis: About 1950 on April 4, 1998, a tow of the M/V Anne Holly, comprising 12 loaded and 2 empty barges, which was traveling northbound on the Mississippi River through the St. Louis Harbor, struck the Missouri-side pier of the center span of the Eads Bridge. Eight barges broke away from the tow and drifted back through the Missouri span. Three of these barges drifted toward the President Casino on the Admiral (Admiral), a permanently moored vessel (PMV) below the bridge on the Missouri side of the river. The drifting barges struck the moored Admiral, causing 8 of its 10 mooring lines to break. No deaths resulted from the accident; 50 people were examined for minor injuries. Of those examined, 16 were sent to local hospitals for further treatment. Damages were estimated at $11 million.

Ntsbnumber: DCA98MM027

Report Number: MAR-00-01

Addressee Name: American Public Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received

Addressee Date Closed: 2002-01-03

Addressee Acronym: APGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2002-01-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: The Safety Board has not received a response from the APGA on action taken to implement Safety Recommendations P-95-33, P-99-4, and P-00-17 and -18, despite our request for such information in our April 16, 2001 letter. Accordingly, Safety Recommendations P-95-33, P-99-4, and P-00-17 and -18 are classified "Closed--Unacceptable Action/No Response Received." If the APGA has completed action in response to these recommendations, the Safety Board will evaluate that action and may reconsider the classification of these recommendations.

Addressee Acronym: APGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2001-04-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: TO DATE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE FROM APGA ON ACTION TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT P-00-17 AND -18. THE SAFETY BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE LEARNING OF ANY ACTIONS TAKEN OR PLANNED TO COMPLY WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.