{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-048","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-048","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-11-13","effective_on":"1973-11-13","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: UNDERTAKE RULEMAKING CONCERNING METHODS OF HANDLING, CONTAINING, AND DISPOSING OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES INVOLVED IN PIPELINE FAILURES. THIS RULEMAKING SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SUCH EXTERNAL FACTORS AS WEATHER CONDITIONS, LEAK SITE TOPOGRAPHY, AND POPULATION DENSITY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-048.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-048.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-048","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-048","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-048.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: UNDERTAKE RULEMAKING CONCERNING METHODS OF HANDLING, CONTAINING, AND DISPOSING OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES INVOLVED IN PIPELINE FAILURES. THIS RULEMAKING SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SUCH EXTERNAL FACTORS AS WEATHER CONDITIONS, LEAK SITE TOPOGRAPHY, AND POPULATION DENSITY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1973-11-13\n\nAdopted Date: 1973-11-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1990-01-04\n\nSynopsis: ON FEBRUARY 22, 1973, NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS LEAKED FROM A RUPTURED 10-INCH PIPELINE AT A PUMP STATION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, FLOWED INTO DITCHES ALONGSIDE A ROAD ADJACENT TO THE STATION, AND VAPORIZED. A DODGE VAN DROVE INTO THE VAPOR-RICH ZONE AND STALLED. WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE VAPOR IGNITED, AND THE DRIVER AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. SIX OF THESE PERSONS DIED AND TWO WERE CRITICALLY BURNED.\n\nKeywords: Hazmat\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR005\n\nReport Number: PAR-73-04\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1990-01-04\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1990-01-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-05-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1474}