# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-052

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- **citation:** P-80-052
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-052
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1980-06-23
- **effective on:** 1980-06-23
- **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENT IN ANY "ONE-CALL" SYSTEM IN AREAS WHERE THEIR PIPELINES OPERATE, AND HELP ORGANIZE AND EXPAND SYSTEMS WHERE THEY DO EXIST.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-80-052.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENT IN ANY "ONE-CALL" SYSTEM IN AREAS WHERE THEIR PIPELINES OPERATE, AND HELP ORGANIZE AND EXPAND SYSTEMS WHERE THEY DO EXIST.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-06-23

Adopted Date: 1980-06-10

Overall Date Closed: 1983-05-04

Synopsis: ON OCTOBER 24, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE GREENE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE BUILDING AND THE ADJOINING GREENE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, GUTTED A CONNECTING BUILDING WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS IN STANARDSVILLE, VIRGINIA. THIRTEEN PERSONS WERE INJURED AND THE PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: DCA80MP003

Report Number: PAR-80-03

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Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable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-80-52.

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
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