NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-030

NTSB safety recommendation P-73-030.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: AMEND THE 49 CFR 195.408, COMMUNICATIONS, TO DESCRIBE MORE FULLY THE TYPE OF INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE SAFE OPERATIN OF PIPELINES AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED REMOTELY.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1973-08-10

Adopted Date: 1973-08-01

Overall Date Closed: 1985-08-19

Synopsis: ON MAY 14, 1972, A SHUTDOWN, CLOSED-IN 8-INCH PIPELINE OWNED BY THE EXXON PIPE LINE COMPANY RUPTURED NEAR HEARNE, TEXAS. THE CRUDE OIL FLOWED ALONG A SMALL STREAM AND WAS DAMMED UP 1 FOOT DEEP IN A STOCK POND 1,800 FEET FROM THE LEAK. VAPORS FROM THE CRUDE OIL, WHICH CONTINUED TO LEAK FROM THE RUPTURE, ENTERED A HOUSE AND WERE IGNITED. THE EXPLOSION KILLED ONE PERSON, SERIOUSLY BURNED TWO OTHERS, DESTROYED THE HOUSE, MELTED NEARBY COMMUNICATION LINES, AND SCORCHED AN 1,800-FOOT-LONG AREA.

Ntsbnumber: PLD72XR003

Report Number: PAR-73-02

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1985-08-19

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1978-04-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: 5/1/74-LTR FROM DOT: IN THE PLANNED OVERALL EVALUATION OF PART 195 AND CONSISTENT WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OPS INTENDS TO CONSIDER MORE DEFINITIVE REGULATIONS ON THE INFORMATION THAT A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SHOULD TRANSMIT. 4/3/78-OPSO LTR IN RESPONSE TO NTSB 11/4/77 LETTER REQUESTING INFORMATION ON OPSO PROPOSED EVALUATION AND REVISION OF 49CFR 195: OPSO DISCUSSED PARAMETERS FOR QUALIFICATION OF OPERATING PRESSURE ONE OF WHICH IS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1977-11-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1985-08-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence