NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-026

NTSB safety recommendation P-73-026.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO ASSIST LIQUID PIPELINE OPERATORS TO ESTABLISH EXCAVATION-ORIENTED DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1973-06-18

Adopted Date: 1973-06-07

Overall Date Closed: 1997-03-20

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: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1997-03-20

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1996-08-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: ASSISTING OUR MEMBERS IN DEVELOPING PIPELINE PUBLIC AWARENESS & DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF API'S GENERAL COMMITTEE ON PIPELINES. THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1123, DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS BY HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE OPERATORS.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1973-08-31

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER FROM API: WE ACCEPT THIS RECOMMENDATION AND WILL DEVELOP SUCH GUIDELINES.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1997-03-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: A-73-26 WAS ISSUED AS RESULT OF A BOARD SPECIAL STUDY ON THE PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO PIPELINES & URGED THE API TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO ASSIST LIQUID PIPELINE OPERATORS TO ESTABLISH EXCAVATION-ORIENTED DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT THE API HAS PUBLISHED A NEW EDITION OF ITS RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1123, DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS BY HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE OPERATORS, WHICH ENCOMPASES PUBLIC & DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. API ALSO PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES SPECIFIC CURRENT MATERIALS TO PREVENT ECAVATION-CAUSED DAMAGE. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD NOTES THAT THE API DEVELOPS & PROVIDES EXHIBITS, VIDEOTAPES, BROCHURES, & OTHER PUBLIC AWARENESS MATERIALS ON PIPELINE SAFETY. WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO LEARN OF THE API PARTNESHIP EFFORT WITH THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY TO REDUCE DAMAGE TO PIPELINES FROM THIRD PARTIES. BECAUSE OF THESE CURRENT ACTIONS & THE API COMMITMENT TO PIPELINE SAFETY PUBLIC AWARENESS, P-73-26 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION."

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1985-07-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence