{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-016","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-016","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-06-22","effective_on":"1976-06-22","summary":"STUDY AND INCORPORATE IN 49 CFR 192 AND 195 THE EFFECTS OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES ON THE SAFETY OF GAS AND LIQUID PIPELINES. THE MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES FROM COMPRESSORS, PUMPS, AND TERMINALS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHERE NECESSARY. THE LOCATIONS OF POWER LINES IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVES AND GAS BLOWDOWN FACILITIES ALSO SHOULD BE STUDIED AND MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-016.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-016.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-016","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-016","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-016.\n\nSTUDY AND INCORPORATE IN 49 CFR 192 AND 195 THE EFFECTS OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES ON THE SAFETY OF GAS AND LIQUID PIPELINES. THE MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES FROM COMPRESSORS, PUMPS, AND TERMINALS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHERE NECESSARY. THE LOCATIONS OF POWER LINES IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVES AND GAS BLOWDOWN FACILITIES ALSO SHOULD BE STUDIED AND MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHERE NECESSARY.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-06-22\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-04-27\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1988-09-29\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 17, 1975, A PIPE RUPTURED AT THE MID-VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY'S LIMA, OHIO, CRUDE OIL TERMINAL. A MOTOR-OPERATED VALVE WITHIN THE TERMINAL HAD BEEN CLOSED INADVERTENTLY AND PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP. A 14-INCH LONG CRACK DEVELOPED. CRUDE OIL WAS SPRAYED FROM THE CRACK, ATOMIZED, IGNITED, AND BURNED; FLAMES RESULTED WHICH WERE MORE THAN 100 FEET HIGH. ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND TO SHUT OFF VALVES TO THE TERMINAL WERE HAMPERED. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE TERMINAL BUILDINGS AND KILLED THE TERMINAL DELIVERYMAN.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD75XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-03\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1988-09-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-10-27\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-03-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1775}