{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-030","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-030","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-08-10","effective_on":"1973-08-10","summary":"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-030.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-030.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-030","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-030","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-030.\n\nTHE 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.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1973-08-10\n\nAdopted Date: 1973-08-01\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-08-19\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD72XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-73-02\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-08-19\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-04-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-11-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-08-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2121}