{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-061","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-061","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-17","effective_on":"1976-09-17","summary":"ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES THAT OPERATE SIMILAR PIPELINE FACILITIES TO REASSESS THEIR STATION AND TERMINAL OPERATING PROCEDURES IN LIGHT OF THIS ACCIDENT.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-061.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-061.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-061","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-061","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-061.\n\nADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES THAT OPERATE SIMILAR PIPELINE FACILITIES TO REASSESS THEIR STATION AND TERMINAL OPERATING PROCEDURES IN LIGHT OF THIS ACCIDENT.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-09-17\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-07-20\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 2, 1975, AN 8-INCH PIPELINE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY RUPTURED IN ROMULUS, MICHIGAN. PROPANE ESCAPED FROM THE RUPTURE, SPRAYED INTO THE AIR, VAPORIZED, AND IGNITED; FLAMES 500 FEET HIGH ENGULFED A 600-FOOT-DIAMETER AREA, DESTROYED FOUR HOUSES AND DAMAGED THREE OTHERS, AND BURNED 12 VEHICLES. NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD75XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-07\n\nAddressee Name: American Petroleum Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-11-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE: THE INSTITUTE AGREES WITH THE BOARD'S INTENT AND HAS TAKEN STEPS TO INSURE WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NTSB REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE NATION'S PETROLEUM PIPELINES.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1315}