{"operation":"document","citation":"P-71-002","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-71-002","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1971-01-27","effective_on":"1971-01-27","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION: THAT THE REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCUR IN LIQUID PIPELINE SYSTEMS BE REVISED TO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE TELEPHONE REPORTS UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH NOW REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF GAS PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENTS. THIS WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAFETY BOARD TO BE MADE AWARE, WITHOUT DELAY, OF ACCIDENTS REQ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-71-002.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-71-002.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-71-002","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-71-002","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-71-002.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION: THAT THE REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCUR IN LIQUID PIPELINE SYSTEMS BE REVISED TO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE TELEPHONE REPORTS UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH NOW REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF GAS PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENTS. THIS WILL ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAFETY BOARD TO BE MADE AWARE, WITHOUT DELAY, OF ACCIDENTS REQUIRING INVESTIGATION, AND WILL RESULT IN MORE MEANINGFUL INVESTIGATIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1971-01-27\n\nAdopted Date: 1971-01-27\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nSynopsis: IN REGARD TO THE REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCUR IN LIQUID PIPELINE SYSTEMS, THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY IN THE NOTIFICATION TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OF CERTAIN MAJOR ACCIDENTS. THE REASON FOR THE DELAY APPEARS TO STEM FROM A DEFICIENCY IN THE REGULATIONS THEMSELVES.\n\nNtsbnumber: 80419\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: FRA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nAddressee Acronym: FRA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1971-05-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM FRA: FRA STAFF IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY HAS DRAFTED AN AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE (49 CFR, PART 195.52) TO PROVIDE A REPORTING PROCEDURE AND COMMUNICATION CHANNEL THE SAME AS THOSE PRESENTLY USED BY GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSAL SHOULD GO TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 6/26/71 - AN NPRM APPEARED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER BROADENING THE ACCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE IMMEDIATE TELEPHONE REPORTING OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS. 4/19/73 - THE NEW REGULATIONS NOW IN EFFECT COMPLY WITH THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: FRA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1971-06-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2087}