{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-051","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-051","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 CONSIDERATION TO TAKE REGULATORY ACTION CONCERNING THE METHODS OF HANDLING, CONTAINING, AND DISPOSING OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES, INCLUDE NH3. NECESSARY INFORMATION SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE OPS STUDY ON HIGHLY VOLATILE, TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE LIQUIDS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. RULEMAKING SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SUCH EXTE","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-051.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-051.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-051","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-051","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-051.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: IN ITS CONSIDERATION TO TAKE REGULATORY ACTION CONCERNING THE METHODS OF HANDLING, CONTAINING, AND DISPOSING OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES, INCLUDE NH3. NECESSARY INFORMATION SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE OPS STUDY ON HIGHLY VOLATILE, TOXIC AND/OR CORROSIVE LIQUIDS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. RULEMAKING SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SUCH EXTERNAL FACTORS AS WEATHER CONDITIONS, LEAK SITE TOPOGRAPHY, AND POPULATION DENSITY. ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE LOCAL TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS CAUSED BY THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE ESCAPING NH3 AND THE POSSIBLE USE OF EXTERNALLY SUPPLIED HEAT AND AIR BLOWERS TO FORCE THE NH3 VAPORS TO RISE AND DISSIPATE.\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 OPS: THE CONTRACT STUDY BEING PERFORMED INCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT OF 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":2164}