NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-026

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-026.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: MONITOR, THROUGH ITS STATE AGENT, THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THE ACTIVITY OF THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., TO UPRATE ITS GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN LONDON, KENTUCKY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-08-20

Adopted Date: 1979-08-16

Overall Date Closed: 1980-05-05

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 16, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED FIVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS IN LONDON, KENTUCKY. TWO PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. FIREFIGHTERS, THE FIRST EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE, EVACUATED THE BUILDINGS. THE LOCAL MANAGER AND A GAS SERVICEMAN FROM THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., (A SUBSIDIARY OF THE DELTA NATURAL GAS CO., INC.) ARRIVED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THE EXPLOSION. TWENTY-FIVE FIRE COMPANIES ASSISTED IN EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE.

Ntsbnumber: PLD79XR001

Report Number: PAR-79-02

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1980-05-05

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1980-03-11

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MTB LTR: THE KENTUCKY ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (ERC) CONDUCTED AN ONSITE INVESTIGATION ON JANUARY 17, 1979, AND FOUND ALLEGED VIOLATIONS AND MADE 8 RECOMENDATIONS TO THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY AT A HEARING ON OCTOBER 23, 1979, THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY WAS ORDERED TO SHOW WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS. THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY RESPONDED FAVORABLE TO THE 8 ERC RECOMMENDATIONS AND ERC ELECTED NOT TO LEVY A CIVIL PENALTY. ERC IS CONTINUING TO REVIEW THE PROGRESS BEING MADE BY THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY MTB HAS INVOLVED WITH ERC THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1980-05-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence