{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-039","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-039","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: ENACT LEGISLATION WHICH REQUIRES PERSONS PLANNING TO EXCAVATE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO NOTIFY UTILITY COMPANIES OF THEIR PLANS SO THAT THE LOCATION OF THE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES CAN BE MARKED BEFORE EXCAVATION IS STARTED. THESE NOTIFICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE \"ONE-CALL\" SYSTEM ONCE ONE IS ESTABLISHED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-039.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-039.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-039","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-039","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-039.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: ENACT LEGISLATION WHICH REQUIRES PERSONS PLANNING TO EXCAVATE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO NOTIFY UTILITY COMPANIES OF THEIR PLANS SO THAT THE LOCATION OF THE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES CAN BE MARKED BEFORE EXCAVATION IS STARTED. THESE NOTIFICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE \"ONE-CALL\" SYSTEM ONCE ONE IS ESTABLISHED.\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PLD80XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-04\n\nAddressee Name: District of Columbia\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-11-05\n\nAddressee Acronym: DC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: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 UNDERGROUND ACT SATISFIES P-79-39.\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":2046}