{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-006","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-006","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-02-08","effective_on":"1978-02-08","summary":"ESTABLISH A CONTROL CENTER FOR THE LIQUID PROPANE PIPELINE AND TELEMETER ALL PRESSURE, FLOW, AND OTHER PERTINENT DATA NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THIS PIPELINE TO THIS CENTRAL LOCATION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-006.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-006.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-006","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-006","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-006.\n\nESTABLISH A CONTROL CENTER FOR THE LIQUID PROPANE PIPELINE AND TELEMETER ALL PRESSURE, FLOW, AND OTHER PERTINENT DATA NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THIS PIPELINE TO THIS CENTRAL LOCATION.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-02-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-01-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-09-29\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Number: PAR-78-01\n\nAddressee Name: Consolidated Gas Transmission Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-09-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-07-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official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: THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION FOR G-136 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE GAS CONTROL CENTER AT CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA OFFICE. A MAIN CONTROL CENTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THE CONTROL HOUSE AT THE HASTINGS EXTRACTION PLANT. BOTH CENTERS ARE MANNED 24-HOURS PER DAY. THERE ARE 6 INSTRUMENTS TO MONITOR G-136 ALL LOCATED IN THE HASTINGS CONTROL CENTER: (1) ACOUSTIC PIPELINE MONITOR, (2) DISTANCE CALCULATOR, (3) TWO ODOMETERS, (4) TWO RECORDERS WITH TW PENS EACH, (5) A RED LIGHT ALARM SYSTEM, AND (6) A PRESSURE RECORDING CONTROLLER. INFORMATION OBTAINED IS TRANSMITTED ON AN HOURLY BASIS BY TELEPHONE TO THE GAS CONTROL CENTER IN CLARKSBURG.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1990}