NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-062

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-062.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: EXPEDITE THE PROPOSED CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF REGULATORY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS AND DEFINE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF A PIPELINE DATA ANALYSIS PLAN.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-08-20

Adopted Date: 1980-08-20

Overall Date Closed: 1981-10-07

Synopsis: THE NTSB HAS CONDUCTED A STUDY TITLED "SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION OF THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU'S PIPELINE DATA SYSTEM," SEE-80-4, EVALUATING THE MANAGEMENT AND USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) OF ITS GAS PIPELINE DATA SYSTEM. THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED, HOW THE DATA SYSTEM OPERATES, AND HOW IT IS BEING USED BY THE DOT IN FULFILLING ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY REGARDING GAS PIPELINES. THE STUDY ALSO EVALUATES THE CHANGES TO THE DATA SYSTEM THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE DOT AND WHETHER FURTHER CHANGES ARE REQUIRED.

Ntsbnumber: 80576

Report Number: SEE-80-04

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1981-10-07

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1981-07-31

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: RSPA LTR: THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS (ORPA) WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE MTB ON NOVEMBER 3, 1980. ITS CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PIPELINE DATA ANALYSIS PLAN MUST BE VIEWED IN TERMS OF THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS). IN 1979, MTB BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIMODAL, INTEGRATED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SYSTEM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE SCOPE AND QUALITY OF SAFETY INFORMATION. ORPA RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS SYSTEM, OF WHICH THE PIPELINE DATA ANALYSIS PLAN IS A PART, ARE IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING BROAD INFORMATION NEEDS FOR PLANNING AND ANALYTIC GUIDANCE, WITH FUNDING FOR MTB DATA REQUIREMENTS. THE TASK OF DEVELOPING THE PIPELINE DATA ANALYSIS PLAN FOR ITS OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT, IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SYSTEM DIVISION IN RSPA'S TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS BUREAU.

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1981-10-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence