{"operation":"document","citation":"P-72-010","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-010","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-03-01","effective_on":"1972-03-01","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDUCT A STUDY, IN COOPERATION WITH SOURCE OF QUALIFIED PIPELINE EXPERTISE, CONCERNING MINIMUM VALVE SPACING STANDARDS AND THE USE OF REMOTELY OPERATED VALVES, AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED VALVES, AND CHECK VALVES ON ALL LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM PIPELINES. AS AN ADJUNCT TO THIS, THE SAFETY BOARD INVITES ATTENTION TO A RECOMMENDATI","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-010.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-010.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-010","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-010","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-72-010.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDUCT A STUDY, IN COOPERATION WITH SOURCE OF QUALIFIED PIPELINE EXPERTISE, CONCERNING MINIMUM VALVE SPACING STANDARDS AND THE USE OF REMOTELY OPERATED VALVES, AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED VALVES, AND CHECK VALVES ON ALL LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM PIPELINES. AS AN ADJUNCT TO THIS, THE SAFETY BOARD INVITES ATTENTION TO A RECOMMENDATION MADE IN ITS SPECIAL STUDY OF \"EFFECTS OF DELAY IN SHUTTING DOWN FAILED PIPELINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING RAPID SHUTDOWN.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1972-03-01\n\nAdopted Date: 1972-03-01\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1981-03-18\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nKeywords: Remote Operated Valves\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD71XR001\n\nReport Number: PAR-72-01\n\nAddressee Name: FRA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-03-18\n\nAddressee Acronym: FRA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-01-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION LTR: RSPA TRANSMITTED NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF MTB DOCKET PS-53 CONCERNING REMOTELY CONTROLLED VALVES AND SPACING OF VALVES ON HVL PIPELINES. ACTUAL NOTICE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER ON JANUARY 8, 1981. THE FR NOTICE DISCUSSES THE PAST NOTICES AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH RELATED COMMENTS. THE NOTICE CLOSED WITH THE STATEMENT: \"BECAUSE VALVES ARE NOT AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO REDUCE THE ACCIDENT EFFECTS OF AN HVL SPILL, THE PROPOSAL TO INSTALL VALVES ALONG THE PIPELINE, AND THE PROPOSAL TO INSTALL VALVES AT PUMP STATIONS AND TERMINALS AS CONTAINED IN DOCKET PS-53 ARE HEREBY WITHDRAWN.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: FRA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1972-08-25\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM FRA: THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY IN CONJUNCTION WITH FRA WILL SHORTLY RELEASE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO SOLICIT BIDS FROM QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING: THE RAPID SHUTDOWN OF PIPELINE FACILITIES WHICH HAVE SUSTAINED A FAILURE RESULTING IN PRODUCT ESCAPAGE, AND THE LIMITING OF EXCESS PRESSURE ON PIPELINE FACILITIES TO PREVENT FAILURE. THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WAS RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1972. 4/3/78 - DISCUSSED AT QUARTERLY MEETING. NPRM'S TO BE DEVELOPED TO COVER THESE TOPICS.\n\nAddressee Acronym: FRA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-03-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2968}