{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-011","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-011","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-04-19","effective_on":"1976-04-19","summary":"EXPEDITE ITS REVIEW OF THE STUDY OF \"RAPID SHUTDOWN OF FAILED PIPELINE SYSTEMS AND LIMITING OF PRESSURE TO PREVENT PIPELINE FAILURE DUE TO OVERPRESSURE\" AND DETERMINE WHAT REGULATORY ACTION IS NECESSARY CONCERNING THE USE OF EXCESS FLOW VALVES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-011.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-011.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-011","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-011","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-011.\n\nEXPEDITE ITS REVIEW OF THE STUDY OF \"RAPID SHUTDOWN OF FAILED PIPELINE SYSTEMS AND LIMITING OF PRESSURE TO PREVENT PIPELINE FAILURE DUE TO OVERPRESSURE\" AND DETERMINE WHAT REGULATORY ACTION IS NECESSARY CONCERNING THE USE OF EXCESS FLOW VALVES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nIssued Date: 1976-04-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-02-19\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-12-29\n\nSynopsis: ON APRIL 22, 1974, A MASSIVE, LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION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Flow Valves\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR001\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-02\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-12-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: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: 1976-07-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1352}