{"operation":"document","citation":"P-09-005","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-09-005","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2009-10-27","effective_on":"2009-10-27","summary":"TO THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE: Revise American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1162 to explicitly identify 911 emergency call centers as emergency response agencies to be included in outreach programs under a pipeline operator’s public education program.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-09-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-09-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-09-005","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-09-005","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-09-005.\n\nTO THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE: Revise American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1162 to explicitly identify 911 emergency call centers as emergency response agencies to be included in outreach programs under a pipeline operator’s public education program.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 2009-10-27\n\nAdopted Date: 2009-10-14\n\nOverall Date Closed: 2013-12-16\n\nSynopsis: On November 1, 2007, at 10:35:02 a.m. central daylight time, a 12-inch-diameter pipeline segment operated by Dixie Pipeline Company (Dixie) was transporting liquid propane at about 1,405 pounds per square inch, gauge (psig), when it ruptured in a rural area near Carmichael, Mississippi. The resulting gas cloud expanded over nearby homes and ignited, creating a large fireball that was heard and seen from miles away. About 10,253 barrels (430,626 gallons) of propane were released. As a result of the ensuing fire, two people were killed and seven people sustained minor injuries. Four houses were destroyed, and several others were damaged. About 71.4 acres of grassland and woodland were burned. Dixie reported that property damage resulting from the accident, including the loss of product, was $3,377,247.\n\nProbable Cause: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the November 1, 2007, rupture of the liquid propane pipeline operated by Dixie Pipeline Company near Carmichael, Mississippi, was the failure of a weld that caused the pipe to fracture along the longitudinal seam weld, a portion of the upstream girth weld, and portions of the adjacent pipe joints.\n\nKeywords: Public Education (Pipeline), Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA08MP001\n\nReport Number: PAR-09-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Petroleum Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 2013-12-16\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2009-11-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 12/3/2009 4:54:52 PM MC# 2090709: - From Jack Gerard, President and Chief Executive Officer: API’s Operations Technical Committee is currently undertaking a thorough review of API Recommended Practice 1162, Public Awareness Program for Pipeline Operators in accordance with API’s Procedures for Standards Development. I have communicated this recommendation to the 1162 task group so they may consider it in their review of the standard. I anticipate that the standard will be balloted for revision early next year and published mid-year. At that time, we will send you a detailed synopsis of the revisions made to the document in response to the above recommendation along with a copy of the publication. Should you need any additional information in the interim, please contact David Miller, API Standards Director at 202-682-8159.\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2010-04-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: The NTSB is pleased that the API has agreed to consider revising RP 1162, Public Awareness Program for Pipeline Operators, during the API Operations Technical Committee’s current review of that document, in accordance with API’s Procedures for Standards Development. The NTSB understands that the revised RP 1162 was balloted for revision early in 2010 and will be published mid year. Pending publication of the revised document containing the recommended addition, Safety Recommendation P 09-5 is classified OPEN -- ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. We would appreciate receiving periodic updates on the API’s progress on this issue and receiving a copy of the revised RP when it becomes available.\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2013-12-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: We have reviewed the API’s Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators, RP 1162, second edition, dated December 2010, and are pleased that the requested information is included at section 5.5.2, “Emergency Officials.” Because this action satisfies Safety Recommendation P-09-5, the recommendation is classified CLOSED—ACCEPTABLE ACTION. Thank you for your prompt action and your commitment to pipeline safety.","truncated":false,"body_characters":4385}