NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-017

NTSB safety recommendation P-73-017.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION: ENCOURAGE ITS LOCAL CHAPTERS TO ADOPT STANDARDS WHICH SHOW THE DESIRED LOCATIONS FOR ALL FACILITIES INSTALLED BELOW GROUND.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1973-06-18

Adopted Date: 1973-06-07

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: "SPECIAL STUDY - PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO PIPELINES." THIS SPECIAL STUDY CONCERNS DAMAGE TO GAS AND LIQUID PIPELINES CAUSED BY EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BLASTING.

Ntsbnumber: 80571

Report Number: PSS-73-01

Addressee Name: American Public Works Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: APWA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1973-07-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER FROM APWA: A MEETING HAD BEEN SET UP TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH APWA MAY IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 1/4/77 - LTR. FROM UTILITY LOCATION AND COORDINATION COUNCIL: I FEEL THAT THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY STUDIED AND DOCUMENTED BY OUR RESEARCH PROJECT, "ACCOMMODATION OF UTILITIES WITHIN RIGHTS-OF-WAYS OF URBAN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS" AND ITS COMPANION MANUAL FOR IMPROVED PRACTICES. WE FOUND THAT THERE IS NO "BEST" SINGLE SET OF LOCATION STANDARDS WHICH WOULD BE APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA. BUT, THE STEPS ONE SHOULD TAKE IN DETERMINING LOCATIONS ARE APPLICABLE ON A BROAD GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE.