{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-003","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-003","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-02-08","effective_on":"1978-02-08","summary":"ESTABLISH WRITTEN PROCEDURES TO INSURE THE SAFE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS PIPELINE SYSTEM UNDER NORMAL AND EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-003.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-003.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-003","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-003","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-003.\n\nESTABLISH WRITTEN PROCEDURES TO INSURE THE SAFE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS PIPELINE SYSTEM UNDER NORMAL AND EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-02-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-01-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-04-30\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 20, 1977, A 12-INCH PROPANE PIPELINE, OWNED BY THE CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORPORATION, RUPTURED NEAR THE TOWN OF RUFF CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA. THE LIQUID ESCAPED FROM THE PIPELINE, VAPORIZED, AND PROPANE VAPORS SETTLED LIKE A FOG OVER THE BOTTOM OF A VALLEY. TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRUCK ENTERED THE PROPANE CLOUD; THE TRUCK STALLED AND THE PROPANE GAS IGNITED WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE TRUCK. THE 2 PERSONS IN THE TRUCK WERE KILLED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77MP027\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-01\n\nAddressee Name: Consolidated Gas Transmission Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-04-30\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-07-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORP. LTR: A DRAFT FORM OF WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR THE SAFE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LPG PIPELINES AND RELATED FACILITIES IS BEING REVIEWED BY CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. THE PROCEDURES WILL BE ISSUED TO OPERATING PERSONNEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1/23/79 - CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORP. LTR: WRITTEN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES A DRAFT OF THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY OUR LEGAL STAFF. WE HOPE TO HAVE IT ISSUED AT AN EARLY DATE. 3/30/79 - CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORP. REPLY TO NTSB 3/14/79 LTR: A COPY OF WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LPG FACILITIES IS FORWARDED WITH THIS LETTER.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-04-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1975}