{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-053","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-053","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: ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO REQUIRE IN THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES THE TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES FOR THE CONTROL OF GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE FAILURES IN SYSTEMS WHERE QUALIFIED GAS COMPANY EMPLOYEES CANNOT RESPOND RAPIDLY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-053.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-053.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-053","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-053","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-053.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO REQUIRE IN THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES THE TRAINING AND EQUIPPING OF LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES FOR THE CONTROL OF GAS DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE FAILURES IN SYSTEMS WHERE QUALIFIED GAS COMPANY EMPLOYEES CANNOT RESPOND RAPIDLY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-06-23\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-06-10\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-05-04\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nKeywords: Firefighting, Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA80MP003\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-03\n\nAddressee Name: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-02-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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-80-53.\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-05-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-07-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2017}