NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-044

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-044.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE ITS MEMBER SYSTEMS TO REVIEW AND MODIFY AS NECESSARY THEIR PROCEDURES FOR MAINTAINING ODORIZATION RECORDS AND FILES IN COMPLIANCE WITH CFR 192.625, ODORIZATION OF GAS, AND ADVISE ITS MEMBER SYSTEMS TO REVIEW AND MODIFY AS NECESSARY THEIR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT ALL LEAKS RESULTING FROM EXCAVATOR DAMAGE HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND REPAIRED.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-06-04

Adopted Date: 1980-05-29

Overall Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Synopsis: ON FEBRUARY 21, 1980, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED FOUR STORES IN A SHOPPING COMPLEX AND SEVERLY DAMAGED AN ADJOINING RESTAURANT IN CORDELE, GEORGIA. OF THE EIGHT PERSONS WHO WERE INJURED, THREE DIED LATER AS A RESULT OF THEIR INJURIES. PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: PLD80XR001

Report Number: PAR-80-05

Addressee Name: American Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-02-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION (AGA) LETTER AND DISCUSSION WITH AGA GOVERNMENT LIAISON ON MARCH 21, 1983: AGA WILL COMPLY WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION BY ISSUING A NOTICE TO ITS MEMBER SYSTEMS. THIS NOTICE MAY CONTAIN, HOWEVER, SOME CHANGES WHICH THE AGA FEELS ARE NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF RECOMMENDATION P-80-44.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-05-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-07-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: American Public Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Addressee Acronym: APGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-15

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION (APGA) LETTER: WE ARE ENCLOSING A PACKET OF THE INFORMATION WHICH WAS SENT TO ALL PUBLICLY OWNED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE MANY PUBLICLY OWNED SYSTEMS ARE NEITHER MEMBERS OF APGA NOR OF AGA. IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MATTER, WE SENT A COPY OF THE ENCLOSED PACKET TO 993 PUBLICLY OWNED SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PACKET IS ATTACHED AND REFERS TO ALL THREE RECOMMENDATIONS.

Addressee Acronym: APGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1982-10-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: APGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-01-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence