NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-022

NTSB safety recommendation P-73-022.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS: URGE ITS MEMBER COMMISSIONS TO PROPOSE AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION REQUIRING PERSONS PLANNING TO EXCAVATE, AND OPERATORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT TO BE LICENSED.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1973-06-18

Adopted Date: 1973-06-07

Overall Date Closed: 1976-07-20

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: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1976-07-20

Addressee Acronym: NARUC

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1973-10-02

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER FROM NARUC: THE NARUC COMMITTEE ON GAS HAS TAKEN TWO SIGNIFICANT STEPS AIMED AT REDUCING PIPELINE DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE SOURCES. ONE OF THESE STEPS INVOLVES PREPARATION OF A MODEL STATE STATUTE DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN PREVENTING SUCH DAMAGE, AND THE OTHER INVOLVES A SUGGESTED STATE-WIDE ONE-CALL NOTICE SYSTEM TO CENTRALIZE INFORMATION RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES AS A MEANS OF ELIMINATING DAMAGE FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.