{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-031","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-031","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-08-21","effective_on":"1974-08-21","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO AID PIPELINE OPERATORS DETERMINE WHEN TO CONDUCT LEAKAGE SURVEYS ON VARIOUS TYPES OF PIPE. THESE GUIDELINES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AGE OF PIPE, GENERAL CONDITION OF PIPE, CLASS LOCATION OF PIPE AND METALLURGY OF PIPE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-031.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-031.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-031","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-031","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-031.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO AID PIPELINE OPERATORS DETERMINE WHEN TO CONDUCT LEAKAGE SURVEYS ON VARIOUS TYPES OF PIPE. THESE GUIDELINES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AGE OF PIPE, GENERAL CONDITION OF PIPE, CLASS LOCATION OF PIPE AND METALLURGY OF PIPE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-08-21\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-08-21\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-02-06\n\nSynopsis: On December 2, 1973, an explosion followed by an intense fire killed three persons, injured two others, and destroyed a house on the outskirts of Charleston, W. Va. Fire, fueled by natural gas which had saturated the soil, later rekindled briefly in the ground around the house.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR008\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-04\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-06\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1974-10-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: ASME LTR: ASME IS PRESENTLY COMPLETING WORK ON GUIDELINES FOR 192.615(D), TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM TO ENABLE CUSTOMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT A GAS EMERGENCY TO THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS. 9/6/78 - ASME LTR: GUIDE MATERIAL FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTED UNDER 192.723 ADDENDA NO. 6, JULY 1977, AND APPEARED IN THE GUIDE IN JULY 1977.\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-05-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1701}