NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-064

NTSB safety recommendation P-78-064.

URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENT IN ANY "ONE-CALL" SYSTEM IN AREAS WHERE THEIR PIPELINES OPERATE, AND HELP ORGANIZE SYSTEMS WHERE THEY DO NOT EXIST.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1978-10-25

Adopted Date: 1978-10-12

Overall Date Closed: 1997-03-20

Synopsis: SPECIAL STUDY--SAFE SERVICE LIFE FOR LIQUID PETROLEUM PIPELINES. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD LEARNED THAT MOST PIPELINE CARRIERS REGARD RUPTURES OF THEIR PIPELINES BY OUTSIDE EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT USED IN CONSTRUCTION AS THEIR BIGGEST CURRENT PROBLEM. THESE RUPTURES CAUSED THE MOST ACCIDENTS IN 1974 AND 1976 AND CAUSED THE MOST LIQUID LOSS FROM PIPELINES. THEY ALSO CAUSED THE MOST CASUALTIES.

Ntsbnumber: 80572

Report Number: PSS-78-01

Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1997-03-20

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1996-08-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: API HAS TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NATIONWIDE COVERAGE OF ONE-CALL SYSTEMS, FOR APPROPRIATE & EFFECTIVE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS, & RECOMMENDED BROADER REQUIRED PARTICIPATION BY EXCAVATORS, ESPECIALLY STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION. API WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EXPANDED COVERAGE OF ONE-CALL SYSTEMS, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY ONE-CALL SYSTEMS, & CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT IN EXCAVATOR PARTICIPATION & USE OF ONE-CALL SYSTEMS

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1979-03-23

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API) LTR: IT IS API POLICY TO SUPPORT VOLUNTARY ONE-CALL SYSTEMS. API HAS PUBLISHED AND WIDELY DISTRIBUTED A BROCHURE ENTITLED "DIG OUR MESSAGE...NOT OUR PIPELINE." THE INDUSTRY PARTICIPATES IN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION PROGRAM FOR UTILITY LOCATION AND COORDINATION. 5/11/79 - API LTR, IN RESPONSE TO NSTB 4/17/79 LTR: THE INSTITUTE HAS PERIODICALLY DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION TO ITS MEMBER COMPANIES RELATIVE TO ONE-CALL SYSTEMS. ONE-CALL SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS DISCUSSION TOPICS IN ANNUAL CONFERENCES. A COMMITTEE OF THE API CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE INSTITUTE TO FURTHER THE USE OF ONE-CALL SYSTEMS BY LIQUID PETROLEUM PIPELINE OPERATORS.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1997-04-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE BOARD ASKED THE API IN P-78-64 TO URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN & ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENT IN ANY "ONE-CALL" SYSTEM IN AREAS WHERE THEIR PIPELINES OPERATE & HELP ORGANIZE SYSTEMS WHERE THEY DO NOT EXIST. THE BOARD AS A RESULT OF ITS SPECIAL STUDY ON THE SAFE SERVICE LIFE FOR LIQUID PETROLEUM PIPELINES, NOTES THE API SUPPORT OF ONE-CALL SYSTEMS & THEIR EXPANDED COVERAGE. BASED ON THE API SUPPORT OF MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN ONE-CALL SYSTEMS & ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THEIR EXPANDED COVERAGE, P-78-64 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION."

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1979-07-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence