{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-009","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-009","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-02-08","effective_on":"1978-02-08","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: EXPEDITE THE PUBLISHING OF THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON REGULATIONS FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORTATION BY PIPELINES OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES (LPG). INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE SECTION ON THE COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF LPG PIPELINES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-009.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-009.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-009","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-009","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-009.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: EXPEDITE THE PUBLISHING OF THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON REGULATIONS FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORTATION BY PIPELINES OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES (LPG). INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE SECTION ON THE COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF LPG PIPELINES.\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: 1980-06-03\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: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1980-06-03\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MTB LTR: MTB PUBLISHED A NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON AUGUST 10, 1978, WHICH INCORPORATED THE INTENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS P-78-9 AND P-78-10. 7/16/79 - FEDERAL REGISTER, FINAL RULE, NPRM PUBLISHED AUGUST 10, 1978: THE NPRM WAS PUBLISHED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE RECOMMENDA TION. THE PROPOSED RULES INCLUDE SECTION 195.408 \"COMMUNICATIONS\", WHICH IS COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-06-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1865}