{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-027","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-027","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-05-07","effective_on":"1980-05-07","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: REQUIRE THAT ALL BUILDINGS AND SIMILAR ENCLOSURES WITHIN LNG FACILITIES CONNECTED BY PIPING OR CONDUIT BE FITTED WITH AN EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR DETECTING LNG VAPORS AND ALERTING COMPANY PERSONNEL.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-027.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-027.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-027","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-027","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-027.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: REQUIRE THAT ALL BUILDINGS AND SIMILAR ENCLOSURES WITHIN LNG FACILITIES CONNECTED BY PIPING OR CONDUIT BE FITTED WITH AN EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR DETECTING LNG VAPORS AND ALERTING COMPANY PERSONNEL.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-05-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-04-16\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1981-05-07\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 6, 1979, AN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) VAPORS DESTROYED A TRANSFORMER BUILDING AT THE RECEPTION FACILITY OF THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION, COVE POINT, MARYLAND. ODORLESS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LEAKED THROUGH AN INADEQUATELY TIGHTENED LNG PUMP SEAL, VAPORIZED, PASSED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 210 FT OF UNDERGOUND ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND ENTERED THE SUBSTATION BUILDING. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, AND ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $3 MILLION.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA80MP001\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-02\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-05-07\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-01-26\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION LTR: SECTION 193.2819(F) OF THE NEWLY PUBLISHED REGULATIONS REQUIRES THAT ALL ENCLOSED BUILDINGS BE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED FOR COMBUSTIBLE GAS, USING INSTRUMENTATION EQUIPPED WITH AUDIBLE OR VISIBLE ALARMS. CONSISTENT WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, PART 193 ALSO REQUIRES THAT OTHER AREAS IN AN LNG PLANT WHERE FLAMMABLE FLUIDS COULD CREATE A HAZARD MUST BE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED AS WELL.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-05-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1894}