{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-017","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-017","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-06-18","effective_on":"1973-06-18","summary":"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-017.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-017.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-017","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-017","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-017.\n\nTHE 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.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1973-06-18\n\nAdopted Date: 1973-06-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: \"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.\n\nNtsbnumber: 80571\n\nReport Number: PSS-73-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Public Works Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: APWA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1973-07-24\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1541}