{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-038","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-038","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-11-14","effective_on":"1979-11-14","summary":"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-038.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-038.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-038","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-038","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-038.\n\nTHE 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.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1979-11-14\n\nAdopted Date: 1979-11-13\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1981-11-05\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD80XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-04\n\nAddressee Name: District of Columbia\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-11-05\n\nAddressee Acronym: DC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-01-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Acronym: DC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-02-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: DC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-11-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1913}