# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-028

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- **citation:** P-73-028
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-028
- **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 GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE INDEPENDENT NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA DESIGN A STANDARD GAS PIPELINE MARKER THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY ALL GAS PIPELINE OPERATORS TO MARK THE LOCATION OF THEIR TRANSMISSION PIPELINES.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-73-028.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE INDEPENDENT NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA DESIGN A STANDARD GAS PIPELINE MARKER THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY ALL GAS PIPELINE OPERATORS TO MARK THE LOCATION OF THEIR TRANSMISSION PIPELINES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Issued Date: 1973-06-18

Adopted Date: 1973-06-07

Overall Date Closed: 1987-01-12

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 Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1987-01-12

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1974-01-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AGA LETTER: CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATION IN DETAIL, HAD RESPONDED TO OPS PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON MARKING AND HAD NO OBJECTION TO A STANDARD MARKER. ASME GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND THE PIPELINE COMMITTEE OF THE AGA OPERATING SECTION ARE ALSO CONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARD MARKER. 11/16/79 - AGA LTR: THE COORDI NATING GROUP FOR PIPELINE SAFETY ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBER COMPANIES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO A 'STANDARD' PIPELINE MARKER DESIGN.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1987-01-12

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP AND THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF PAST CORRESPONDENCE. AGA'S NOVEMBER 16, 1979, LETTER, AND NTSB'S FOLLOWUP LETTER OF FEBRUARY 14, 1980.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-02-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1987-01-12

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: Independent Natural Gas Association of America

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1987-01-12

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1974-01-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-02-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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