{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-038","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-038","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: IN ITS STUDY OF PLASTIC PIPE, DETERMINE WHETHER OCCLUDED PARTICLES DURING EXTRUSION ARE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY PROBLEM, AND, IF SO FOUND, TAKE NECESSARY REGULATORY ACTION TO CONTROL THAT PROBLEM.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-038.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-038.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-038","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-038","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-038.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: IN ITS STUDY OF PLASTIC PIPE, DETERMINE WHETHER OCCLUDED PARTICLES DURING EXTRUSION ARE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY PROBLEM, AND, IF SO FOUND, TAKE NECESSARY REGULATORY ACTION TO CONTROL THAT PROBLEM.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-10-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-10-24\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-09-03\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 - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-09-03\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: THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF A CURRENT CONTRACT STUDY BEING PERFORMED BY TOUPS CORPORATION FOR OPS. THIS STUDY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL 1975, AND UPON EVALUATION OF THE CONTRACTOR'S REPORT BY OPS, THE APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-03-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: RSPA LETTER: THE SAFETY ISSUE DEALING WITH OCCLUDED PARTICLES ARISING FROM EXTRUSION PROCESSES (P-74-38) WAS ADDRESSED BY THE DOT TECHNICAL REPORT AND FOUND NOT TO BE OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE; AND ACCORDINGLY, REGULATORY ACTION WAS NOT WARRANTED.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-09-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1937}