{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-023","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-023","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 SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED BY GAS PIPELINE OPERATORS DURING DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF PIPING SYSTEMS, WITH EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION OF FUTURE EXCAVATION DAMAGE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-023.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-023.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-023","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-023","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-023.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED BY GAS PIPELINE OPERATORS DURING DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF PIPING SYSTEMS, WITH EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION OF FUTURE EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\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: 1979-02-06\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Number: PSS-73-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-06\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1973-07-24\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM ASME GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION IS PUTTING TOGETHER A MASSIVE NEW RESEARCH PLANNING PROGRAM TO EARMARK RESEARCH NEEDS FOR THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM FUTURE, WITH FOREIGN PARTY DAMAGE TO PIPELINES IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. THE ASME GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE IS PURSUING THIS MATTER. 9/6/78 - ASME LTR: GUIDE MATERIAL FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GUIDE JULY 1977, ADDENDA NO. 6, AS APPENDIX G-14.\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-05-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1627}