NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-009

NTSB safety recommendation P-72-009.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 49, SECTION 195.218 WELDING: SEAM OFFSET, TO REQUIRE LONGITUDINAL WELDS TO BE PLACED IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE PIPE DURING CONSTRUCTION. SIMILARLY, THAT IN REPAIRS TO A PIPELINE INVOLVING PIPE REPLACEMENT, A REQUIREMENT BE ISSUED THAT THE LONGITUDINAL WELDS OF REPLACEMENT PIPE BE POSITIONED IN THE UPPER HALF.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Issued Date: 1972-03-01

Adopted Date: 1972-03-01

Overall Date Closed: 1982-05-24

Synopsis: ON DECEMBER 9, 1970, A RUPTURE OCCURRED IN THE PHILLIPS PIPELINE COMPANY SYSTEM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI, WHICH RELEASED 4,538 BARRELS OF PROPANE. AN EXPLOSION, EQUIVALENT TO 100,000 POUNDS OF TNT, AND A FIRE RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHIN A 2 MILE RADIUS. NO FATALITIES OCCURRED, BUT TEN PERSONS SUSTAINED INJURIES.

Ntsbnumber: PLD71XR001

Report Number: PAR-72-01

Addressee Name: FRA

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1982-05-24

Addressee Acronym: FRA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1972-08-25

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION LTR: THE FRA CONCURS WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION AND PLANS TO DEVELOP A NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING RELATIVE TO LOCATION OF THE LONGITUDINAL PIPE SEAM. THE PROPOSAL WOULD APPLY TO PIPELINES BUILT OR REPAIRED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH AN AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATION. 4/3/78 - DISCUSSED AT QUARTERLY MEETING. NPRM'S TO BE DEVELOPED TO COVER THESE TOPICS. 2/16/82 ENTRY IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER (VOL. 47, NO. 31, PAGE 6675): WITHDRAWAL OF ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING.

Addressee Acronym: FRA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1982-05-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence