{"operation":"document","citation":"P-70-028","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-70-028","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1970-03-05","effective_on":"1970-03-05","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY CONTACT EACH MUNICIPAL GAS SYSTEM UNDER ITS JURISDICTION TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT AND PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED NOTICES SO THAT NO MISUNDERSTANDING EXISTS. SUCH NOTIFICATION COULD BE BY LETTER, EITHER REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED, TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL OF THE CITY, SUCH AS THE MAYOR OR CITY ATTORNEY, ADDRESSED BY NA","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-70-028.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-70-028.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-70-028","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-70-028","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-70-028.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY CONTACT EACH MUNICIPAL GAS SYSTEM UNDER ITS JURISDICTION TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT AND PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED NOTICES SO THAT NO MISUNDERSTANDING EXISTS. SUCH NOTIFICATION COULD BE BY LETTER, EITHER REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED, TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL OF THE CITY, SUCH AS THE MAYOR OR CITY ATTORNEY, ADDRESSED BY NAME. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT IT UNDERSTANDS ITS OBLIGATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nIssued Date: 1970-03-05\n\nAdopted Date: 1970-03-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nSynopsis: BASED ON THE BOARD'S OBSERVATIONS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN HOUMA, LOUISIANA, ON JANUARY 24, 1970, IT IS APPARENT THAT THE CITY OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT OF 1968. EVEN THOUGH THE ACT PLACED MUNICIPAL GAS SYSTEMS NOT REGULATED BY THE STATES, SUCH AS THE ONE IN HOUMA, UNDER THE DIRECT JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OPERATORS OF THIS GAS SYSTEM CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE JURISDICTION OF OPS NOR THE INTERIM MINIMUM FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARD FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA70FP002\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1970-03-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM OPS: ON FEBRUARY 19, 1970, OPS SENT A CIRCULAR LETTER TO ALL MUNICIPALLY OWNED GAS DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, CALLING TO THEIR ATTENTION THE INFORMATION WHICH SUGGESTED IN NTSB MARCH 12, LETTER. OPS SENT THIS NOTICE TO THE OPERATING OFFICIAL, RATHER THAN THE MAYOR OR CITY ATTORNEY. IN THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THIS AND OTHER SAFETY PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE FOUND THAT THE BEST WAY TO GET ACTION IS TO COMMUNICATION WITH OPERATING OFFICIALS. CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTATION INCOMPLETE.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2197}