{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-037","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-037","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-10-24","effective_on":"1974-10-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: REQUIRE PIPELINE OPERATORS WHO USE MATERIALS NOT SPECIFICALLY COVERED IN THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO FORMALLY ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF ITS USE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-037.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-037.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-037","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-037","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-037.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: REQUIRE PIPELINE OPERATORS WHO USE MATERIALS NOT SPECIFICALLY COVERED IN THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO FORMALLY ADVISE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF ITS USE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Reconsidered\n\nIssued Date: 1974-10-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-10-24\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-10-21\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 23, 1973, A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, FOLLOWED BY FIRE, OCCURRED AT 12321 WELLING LANE IN BOWIE, MARYLAND. THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WERE KILLED, AND A FOURTH WAS INJURED; THE HOUSE WAS BADLY DAMAGED. HOUSES IN A FIVE-BLOCK AREA WERE EVACUATED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR006\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-05\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Reconsidered\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-10-21\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-01-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MEMO FROM OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY: IT IS OUR OPINION THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN PART 192 ENSURES THAT GAS PIPELINES ARE AS SAFE AS CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND PROCEDURES CAN PRACTICALLY PROVIDE. THEREFORE, NO FURTHER ACTION ON THIS MATTER IS PLANNED BY OPS AT THIS TIME.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1304}