{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-009A","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-009A","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-04-19","effective_on":"1976-04-19","summary":"TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Determine the availability, the practicability, and the state-of-the-art in the manufacture of excess flow valves for use on low-pressure gas distribution systems. Based upon the results of these findings, amend 49 CFR 192 to incorporate the use of these valves in commercial buildings. (Superseded by P-81-38 through P-81-39)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-009a.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-009a.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-009a","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-009A","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-009A.\n\nTO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Determine the availability, the practicability, and the state-of-the-art in the manufacture of excess flow valves for use on low-pressure gas distribution systems. Based upon the results of these findings, amend 49 CFR 192 to incorporate the use of these valves in commercial buildings. (Superseded by P-81-38 through P-81-39)\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Superseded\n\nIssued Date: 1976-04-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-02-19\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1982-10-25\n\nSynopsis: ON APRIL 22, 1974, A MASSIVE, LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION DEMOLISHED THE WEST WALL OF A 25-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 305 EAST 45TH STREET IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADJACENT BUILDING WAS DAMAGED AND GLASS WAS BROKEN IN OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE AREA. GLASS FRAGMENTS AND SLIVERS WERE BLOWN INTO 46TH STREET, WHERE THEY LAY 1 INCH DEEP IN PLACES. NO PERSONS WERE KILLED, BUT MORE THAN 70 PERSONS WERE INJURED.\n\nKeywords: Excess Flow Valves\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR001\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-02\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Superseded\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-10-25\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-10-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-12-27\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-25\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-07-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-10-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-11-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-08-11\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2386}