{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-073","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-073","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-02","effective_on":"1976-10-02","summary":"MONITOR ACTIONS TAKEN BY OFFICIALS OF PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF COMPLIANCE AND TO INSTITUTE NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-073.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-073.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-073","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-073","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-073.\n\nMONITOR ACTIONS TAKEN BY OFFICIALS OF PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF COMPLIANCE AND TO INSTITUTE NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-10-02\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-09-08\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-11-16\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76FP019\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Alabama, Public Service Commission\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-11-16\n\nAddressee Acronym: APSC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-11-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-11-16\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-08-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-11-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2151}