{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-040","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-040","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 WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, THE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, AND THE CHEASAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY: IN COOPERATION WITH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT, EXPAND THE \"MISS UTILITY\" \"ONE-CALL\" SYSTEM NOW SERVING AREAS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA TO INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-040.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-040.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-040","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-040","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-040.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, THE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, AND THE CHEASAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY: IN COOPERATION WITH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT, EXPAND THE \"MISS UTILITY\" \"ONE-CALL\" SYSTEM NOW SERVING AREAS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA TO INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.\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: 1986-09-16\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: Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-12-26\n\nAddressee Acronym: C&P Telephone\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-09-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP AND THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF PAST CORRESPONDENCE. C&P'S DECEMBER 26, 1979 LETTER.\n\nAddressee Acronym: C&P Telephone\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-01-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: C&P Telephone\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-11-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: C&P Telephone\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-09-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Name: Washington Gas\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1986-09-24\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-09-24\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THIS WAS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP LETTER WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: ALTHOUGH THE SAFETY BOARD NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM WGL, THE BOARD WAS INFORMED THROUGH A NEWS RELEASE IN AUGUST 1981 OF THE FORMA TION OF A COMPLETE GAS/WATER/ELECTRICITY/TELEPHONE ONE-CALL SYSTEM. THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT WGL WAS AN ACTIVE PARTI CIPANT IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE \"MISS UTILITY\" SYSTEM. IN VIEW OF THIS INFORMATION, THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD HAS PLACED P-79-40 IN A CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-01-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-11-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-09-24\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Name: Potomac Electric Power Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-12-07\n\nAddressee Acronym: PEPCO\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-09-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP AND THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF PAST CORRESPONDENCE. PEPCO'S RESPONSE OF DECEMBER 7, 1979. NTSB'S FOLLOWUP LETTER OF JANUARY 8, 1980.\n\nAddressee Acronym: PEPCO\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-11-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: PEPCO\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-09-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":3721}