NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-038

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-038.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: COOPERATE WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES SERVING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO ESTABLISH A "ONE-CALL" EXCAVATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-11-14

Adopted Date: 1979-11-13

Overall Date Closed: 1981-11-05

Synopsis: ON OCTOBER 30, 1979, A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION DEMOLISHED A TOWNHOUSE AT 215 THIRD STREET SE., IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND DAMAGED SEVERAL NEARBY BUILDINGS. NO ONE WAS IN THE TOWNHOUSE AT THE TIME, BUT THREE PERSONS PASSING BY IN A CAR WERE INJURED WHEN DEBRIS FROM THE EXPLOSION SHATTERED GLASS IN THE CAR.

Ntsbnumber: PLD80XR002

Report Number: PAR-80-04

Addressee Name: District of Columbia

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1981-11-05

Addressee Acronym: DC

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1980-01-09

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LTR: RESPONSE INCLUDED A COPY OF BILL 3-240, THE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES PROTECTION ACT OF 1979. THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED TO THE D.C. CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 14, 1979. SECTION 3 OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION CONCERNS THE FORMATION AND OPERATION OF A ONE-CALL CENTER FOR THE MUTUAL RECEIPT OF PROPOSED EXCAVATION OR DEMOLITION OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT. NOTE: UNDERGROUND FACILITIES PROTECTION ACT OF 1980 APPROVED 1/7/81; NEWS RELEASE ON ONE-CALL-MISS UTILITY SYSTEM 8/17/81: THE FORMATION OF A COMPLETE GAS/WATER/ ELECTRICITY/TELEPHONE ONE-CALL SYSTEM SATISFIES P-79-38.

Addressee Acronym: DC

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1980-02-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: DC

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1981-11-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence