NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-073

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-073.

MONITOR ACTIONS TAKEN BY OFFICIALS OF PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF COMPLIANCE AND TO INSTITUTE NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-10-02

Adopted Date: 1976-09-08

Overall Date Closed: 1978-11-16

Synopsis: ON MARCH 27, 1976, A TWO-STORY BUILDING THAT HOUSED PHENIX CUTTING AND SEWING, INC. IN PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, EXPLODED AND BURNED. THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE KILLED THE SIX PERSONS IN THE BUILDING.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76FP019

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: State of Alabama, Public Service Commission

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-11-16

Addressee Acronym: APSC

Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government

Communication Date: 1978-11-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-11-16

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1978-08-21

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LTR FROM MTB: THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION CLOSELY SURVEYED THE ACTIONS OF THE PHENIX CITY UTILITIES BOARD IN THEIR ACTION TO BRING THEIR GAS SYSTEM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON MARCH 7, 1977, WHICH RESULTED IN A CITATION AGAINST THE PHENIX CITY UTILITIES BOARD. THE BOARD WAS ORDERED TO TAKE ACTION TO REPAIR CLASS I AND CLASS II LEAKS, COMPLY WITH ODORIZATION REQUIREMENTS, UPDATING MAPS, LOCATING AND SERVICING VALVES, AND REPLACEMENT OF CAST-IRON PIPING. THE DOT HAS BEEN ACTIVE, THROUGH FREQUENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT THE COMMISSION IS SATISFIED THAT THE PHENIX CITY UTILITIES BOARD HAS CORRECTED THE DEFICIENCIES AND THAT AN ACCEPTABLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CAST-IRON PIPE IS BEING PURSUED.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1978-11-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence