# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-009 - **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. 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. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1978-02-08 Adopted Date: 1978-01-12 Overall Date Closed: 1980-06-03 Synopsis: 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. Ntsbnumber: DCA77MP027 Report Number: PAR-78-01 Addressee Name: RSPA Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1980-06-03 Addressee Acronym: RSPA Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government Communication Date: 1978-09-12 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication 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. Addressee Acronym: RSPA Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government Communication Date: 1980-06-03 Communication Type: Official Correspondence - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 1865