{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-037","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-037","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-06-18","effective_on":"1976-06-18","summary":"CONDUCT ODOR LEVEL TESTS PROMPTLY IN EACH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM OF PRESSURE REDUCTION STATIONS TO DETERMINE THE GAS-IN-AIR RATIO AT WHICH THE ODOR IN THE GAS IS FIRST DETECTABLE. BASED UPON THE RESULTS, TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO ASSURE THAT ALL PROTIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ARE ODORIZED SUFFICIENTLY TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO ANY INADVERTENT RELEASE OF GAS. THE METHODS USED TO PERFORM THESE TESTS, THE LOCA","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-037.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-037.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-037","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-037","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-037.\n\nCONDUCT ODOR LEVEL TESTS PROMPTLY IN EACH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM OF PRESSURE REDUCTION STATIONS TO DETERMINE THE GAS-IN-AIR RATIO AT WHICH THE ODOR IN THE GAS IS FIRST DETECTABLE. BASED UPON THE RESULTS, TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO ASSURE THAT ALL PROTIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ARE ODORIZED SUFFICIENTLY TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO ANY INADVERTENT RELEASE OF GAS. THE METHODS USED TO PERFORM THESE TESTS, THE LOCATION OF THE TEST POINTS, AND ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-06-18\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-06-18\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 9, 1976, A HOUSE AT 1214 OAK STREET IN NILES, MICHIGAN, EXPLODED AND BURNED. THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE HOUSE AND CRITICALLY BURNED THE THREE OCCUPANTS.\n\nKeywords: Hazmat\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76FP020\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Michigan Power Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-07-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM MICHIGAN POWER CO.: ODOROMETER \"SNIFF\" TESTS WERE COMPLETED JUNE 11, 1976, IN THE NILES 3 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH SYSTEM. TESTS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS TO ASSURE ALL REPRESENTATIVE AREAS OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HAVE ODOR LEVELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MICHIGAN GAS SAFETY CODE RULE 625. FOUR JW ODOROMETERS ORDERED TO EXPEDITE THE WORK.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1585}