{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-050","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-050","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-11-11","effective_on":"1974-11-11","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: IN ITS UPCOMING RULEMAKING ACTION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF HIGHLY VOLATILE, TOXIC, OR CORROSIVE LIQUIDS, INCLUDE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA PIPELINE SYSTEMS. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON A REDUCTION OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PRESSURES FOR NH3 SYSTEMS, MORE CLOSELY SPACED VALVES, AND MORE REMOTELY OR AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED VA","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-050.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-050.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-050","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-050","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-050.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: IN ITS UPCOMING RULEMAKING ACTION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF HIGHLY VOLATILE, TOXIC, OR CORROSIVE LIQUIDS, INCLUDE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA PIPELINE SYSTEMS. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON A REDUCTION OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PRESSURES FOR NH3 SYSTEMS, MORE CLOSELY SPACED VALVES, AND MORE REMOTELY OR AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED VALVES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-11-11\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-11-11\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-08-19\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 6, 1973, A PIPELINE RUPTURED IN A RURAL AREA IN KANSAS, AND RELEASED 2,138 BARRELS OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, A VOLATILE, TOXIC MATERIAL. TWO PERSONS WHO HAD DRIVEN THROUGH THE AMMONIA VAPORS WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH BURNS TO THE EYES, NOSE, THROAT, AND LUNGS.\n\nKeywords: Hazmat\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-06\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-08-19\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-01-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MEMO FROM OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY: THE CONTRACT STUDY BEING PERFORMED INCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT THIS RECOMMENDATION. ANY RULE MAKING ACTION TAKEN WILL INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS SUCH AS ANHYDROUS AMMONIA. 2/9/76 - STUDY COMPLETED; UNDER REVIEW BY OPSO. 4/3/78 - DISCUSSED AT QUARTERLY MEETING. NH3 TO BE INCLUDED IN LPG RULEMAKING ACTION. 8/10/78 NPRM ISSUED INCLUDING DEFINITION OF HIGHLY VOLTILE LIQUID.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-08-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1883}