{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-054","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-054","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 REQUIRE THE MID AMERICA PIPE LINE COMPANY TO: INPROVE ITS CURRENT WRITTEN PROCEDURES UNDER 49 CFR SECTION 195.402, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE THAT DISPATCHERS PERFORM DETAILED MONITORING OF ALL POINTS ON A PIPELINE SYSTEM DURING STARTUP UNTIL CONDITIONS HAVE STABILIZED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-054.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-054.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-054","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-054","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-054.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REQUIRE THE MID AMERICA PIPE LINE COMPANY TO: INPROVE ITS CURRENT WRITTEN PROCEDURES UNDER 49 CFR SECTION 195.402, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE THAT DISPATCHERS PERFORM DETAILED MONITORING OF ALL POINTS ON A PIPELINE SYSTEM DURING STARTUP UNTIL CONDITIONS HAVE STABILIZED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-11-11\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-11-11\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-12-12\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\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-06\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-12-12\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 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. 8/4/78 - LETTER FROM MAPCO STATING THAT OPERATOR'S MANUAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED WHICH COVERS BOTH NORMAL AND ABNORMAL OPERATIONS.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1615}