NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-010

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NTSB safety recommendation P-78-010.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: INCLUDE IN PROPOSED REGULATIONS A SECTION SIMILAR TO THE EMERGENCY PLAN SECTION OF THE NATURAL GAS CODE (49 CFR 192.615) THAT WILL REQUIRE OPERATORS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PERSONS WHO LIVE OR WORK WITHIN 220 YARDS OF A PROPANE PIPELINE, AND UP TO 1 MILE IF LOCATED DOWNHILL OF A LPG PIPELINE, ABOUT THE PARTICULAR HAZARDS OF LPG AND HOW TO CONTACT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL.

Priority: CLASS III

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 RECOMMENDATIONSS P-78-9 AND P-78-10. 7/16/79 - FEDERAL REGISTER, FINAL RULE, NPRM PUBLISHED AUGUST 10, 1978: THE NPRM OF AUGUST 10, 1978 INCLUDED THE WORDING RECOMMENDED IN P-78-10. THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT UNDER THE "EMERGENCIES" SECTION BUT IN A SEPARATE SECTION 195.440, "PUBLIC EDUCATION."

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1980-06-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

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