{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-067","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-067","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-09-24","effective_on":"1980-09-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY: NOTIFY THE PIPELINE PATROL OF THE LOCATION OF EXISTING FILLET-WELDED SLEEVES AND INSTRUCT IT TO EXAMINE, DURING PERIODIC PATROLS, THE AREAS AROUND THE SLEEVE INSTALLATIONS FOR SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-067.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-067.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-067","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-067","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-067.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY: NOTIFY THE PIPELINE PATROL OF THE LOCATION OF EXISTING FILLET-WELDED SLEEVES AND INSTRUCT IT TO EXAMINE, DURING PERIODIC PATROLS, THE AREAS AROUND THE SLEEVE INSTALLATIONS FOR SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-09-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-09-16\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1981-02-11\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 2, 1980, CRUDE OIL LEAKED FROM A FRACTURED 22-INCH PIPELINE AT A LEVEE CROSSING AT BERWICK, LOUISIANA; THE PIPELINE IS OWNED BY THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY AND RUNS BETWEEN HOUMA AND ERATH, LOUISIANA. AT 9:54 A.M., THE CRUDE OIL IGNITED. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, AND SIX HOMES WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR DAMAGED.\n\nNtsbnumber: FTW80FP002\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Texas Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-02-11\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-12-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: TEXAS PIPE LINE COMPANY LTR: WE HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF OUR MAIN LINES AND HAVE NOT FOUND ANY LOCATION WHERE A SLEEVE IS SUBJECTED TO ANY UNUSUAL STRESS. WE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR AIR PATROL PILOTS TO CLOSELY OBSERVE ALL PIPELINE RIGHTS OF WAY FOR SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-02-11\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1491}