{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-028","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-028","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-08-28","effective_on":"1974-08-28","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: REQUIRE THE MID AMERICA PIPELINE COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDITELY CORRECTIVE MEASURES IN PIPELINE CONTROLS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND METHODS OF OPERATIONS, TO ASSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM OPERATING PRESSURE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS PIPELINE IS NOT EXCEEDED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-028.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-028.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-028","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-028","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-028.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: REQUIRE THE MID AMERICA PIPELINE COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDITELY CORRECTIVE MEASURES IN PIPELINE CONTROLS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND METHODS OF OPERATIONS, TO ASSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM OPERATING PRESSURE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS PIPELINE IS NOT EXCEEDED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-08-28\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-08-28\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nSynopsis: TWO ANHYDROUS AMMONIA PIPELINE ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ON AN 8-INCH PIPELINE OWNED AND OPERATED BY MID AMERICA PIPE LINE COMPANY (MAPCO). ON DECEMBER 6, 1973, A MAPCO PIPELINE FAILED NEAR CONWAY, KANSAS, IN A SECTION OF PIPELINE WHICH HAD BEEN DAMAGED PREVIOUSLY. ON AUGUST 13, 1974, THE SAME MAPCO PIPELINE FAILED NEAR HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. THIS FAILURE WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST AND WAS ONLY 23 MILES AWAY.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR003\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10","truncated":false,"body_characters":1100}