NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-004

NTSB safety recommendation P-75-004.

DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE USE, SETTING, AND MAINTENANCE OF AUTOMATIC VALVES ON GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE SYSTEMS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1975-04-02

Adopted Date: 1975-04-02

Overall Date Closed: 1987-09-23

Synopsis: ON MARCH 2, 1974, A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR MONROE, LOUISIANA. 30-INCH PIPELINE FAILED AT A GIRTH WELD INSIDE A CASING UNDER A HIGHWAY. A RESULTING FIRE BURNED 10 ACRES OF FOREST, BUT NO DEATHS OR INJURIES RESULTED.

Ntsbnumber: PLD74XR004

Report Number: PAR-75-01

Addressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1987-09-23

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1975-05-30

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER ASME GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: WE WILL ASME LETTER: THE COMMITTEE AGREES WITH NTSB THAT GUIDELINES UNDERTAKE TO DEVELOP THESE GUIDELINES, RECOGNIZING THAT HAVE MERIT BUT SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS UNDER THE PROPER CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH PROPER DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE SUFFICIENTLY INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE, AUTOMATIC VALVES CAN ADVANCED TO PROVIDE PROPER OPERATION. SERVE A USEFUL PURPOSE.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1987-07-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE RESPONSE OF THE COMMITTEE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION IN 1978 WAS THAT GUIDE MATERIAL COULD NOT BE DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE SATE OF THE ART IN AVAILABLE DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY AND REPEATABILITY OF AUTOMATIC VALVES IN GAS TRANS MISSION PIPELINE SYSTEMS. THE COMMITTEE HAS AGAIN REVIEWED THE CURRENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT LITTLE ADVANCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE SINCE 1978. IT IS THE OPINOIN OF THE COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME THAT ADDITIONAL MEANINGFUL GUIDE MATERIAL CANNOT BE DE VELOPED.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1978-07-17

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1978-10-25

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1987-09-23

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1985-07-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence