# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-065

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- **citation:** P-76-065
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-065
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1976-08-11
- **effective on:** 1976-08-11
- **summary:** CLARIFY ITS JURISDICTION WITH RESPECT TO LPG TANKS WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO A PIPELINE SYSTEM THAT TRANSPORTS LPG VAPOR.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-76-065.

CLARIFY ITS JURISDICTION WITH RESPECT TO LPG TANKS WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO A PIPELINE SYSTEM THAT TRANSPORTS LPG VAPOR.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-08-11

Adopted Date: 1976-07-22

Overall Date Closed: 1979-02-02

Synopsis: ON MARCH 23, 1976, A 1,000-GALLON LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS TANK OWNED BY LEHIGH UTILITIES, INC., RUPTURED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF LEHIGH ACRES, FLORIDA. LIQUID AND VAPORS ESCAPED FROM THE RUPTURES. THE ESCAPING LIQUID VAPORIZED, FORMED A WHITE, FOG-LIKE CLOUD NEAR THE GROUND, AND IGNITED. THE ENSUING FIRE AND EXPLOSION KILLED ONE PERSON, DESTROYED ONE TRUCK, AND DAMAGED ANOTHER.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76FP018

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1979-02-02

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1976-12-23

Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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