NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-042

NTSB safety recommendation P-77-042.

INSTRUCT ALL OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OPERATIONS REGIONAL COMPLIANCE OFFICES AND STATE AGENTS TO INSPECT GAS COMPANIES UNDER THEIR JURISDICTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE TO THE AMENDED 49 CFR 192.615 (EMERGENCY PLANS) EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1976. PARTICULAR ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THAT THE GAS COMPANY TRAIN ITS APPROPRIATE OPERATING PERSONNEL TO ASSURE THAT THEY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND HOW THE COMPANY TESTS ITS EMPLOYEES TO VERIFY THAT THE TRAINING IS EFFECTIVE.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1977-12-09

Adopted Date: 1977-12-09

Overall Date Closed: 1979-04-17

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 25, 1977, A LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA; THE OCCUPANT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED BY THE EXPLOSION.

Keywords: Oversight, Training and Education

Ntsbnumber: DCA77MP011

Report Number: PAR-77-04

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1979-04-17

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1978-11-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MTB LTR: AS STATED IN RESPONSE TO P-73-38, REGIONAL COMPLIANCE OFFICERS AND STATE AGENTS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO REVIEW ALL PROVISIONS OF 49 CFR 192.615. INCREASED ATTENTION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT GAS COMPANIES TRAIN AND TEST OPERATING PERSONNEL. THIS ISSUE WILL BE REEMPHASIZED AT THE NEXT REGIONAL CHIEFS MEETING.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1979-04-17

Communication Type: Official Correspondence