NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-057

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-057.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA, INC.: REVIEW ITS CARD RECORDS AND MAPS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INACCURACIES FOUND IN ITS STANARDSVILLE, VIRGINIA, RECORDS EXIST IN OTHER AREAS, AND IF APPROPRIATE, EXPEDITE ACTION TO UPDATE THE RECORDS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-06-23

Adopted Date: 1980-06-10

Overall Date Closed: 1980-12-19

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: NiSource, Inc. (formerly Columbia Gas)

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1980-12-19

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1980-09-09

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA, INC. LTR: THE MAPPING AND CARD UPDATING DISCUSSED IN P-80-056 COVERS THE ENTIRE COLUMBIA SYSTEM AND SOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1981. THE PROCEDURE TO UPDATE MAPS AND CARDS TO REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL PLANT APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1980-12-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence