NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-052

NTSB safety recommendation P-74-052.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: AMEND CFR 49 195.404(B), MAPS AND RECORDS, TO PROVIDE FOR PRESSURE RECORDING INSTRUMENTS TO BE INSTALLED AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED AT EACH PUMP STATION AND EACH PIPELINE TERMINAL AND THAT THESE RECORDED PRESSURES BE RETAINED AT A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1974-11-11

Adopted Date: 1974-11-11

Overall Date Closed: 1985-08-19

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: PLD74XR002

Report Number: PAR-74-06

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1985-08-19

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1975-01-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MEMO FROM OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY: THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE APPROPRIATE NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING THAT ARE ISSUED FOR THE PLANNED REVISION OF PART 195. 4/1/78 - ACTION PENDING AVAILABILITY OF OPSO RESOURCES.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1985-08-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence