NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-039

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-039.

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.

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Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable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 UNDERGROUND ACT SATISFIES P-79-39.

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