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P-80-070
NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-070
Current as of 1980-09-24 Government source
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NTSB safety recommendation P-80-070.
THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE: NOTIFY MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO EVALUATE THEIR LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES AND TO PROVIDE FOR PERIODIC EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AROUND FILLET-WELDED SLEEVES FOR SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.
Priority: CLASS II
Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Issued Date: 1980-09-24
Adopted Date: 1980-09-16
Overall Date Closed: 1983-04-07
Synopsis: 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.
Ntsbnumber: FTW80FP002
Report Number: None
Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute
Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable
Addressee Date Closed: 1983-04-07
Addressee Acronym: API
Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations
Communication Date: 1982-12-15
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE LETTER: IN REGARD TO RECOMMENDATIONS P-79-7 AND P-80-70, THE NTSB FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION AT THE TIME NTSB MADE THEM KNOWN TO US, IN ORDER TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION WIDE DISSEMINATION AMONG THE INDUSTRY. API CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE WORK OF THE AGA PIPELINE RESEARCH COMMITTEE. ALSO, THROUGH OUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WELDING RESEARCH COUNCIL, THE METAL PROPERTIES COUNCIL AND OTHER ORGANIZATONS, AS WELL AS OUR STANDARDIZATON ACTIVITIES, WE EXAMINE ON A CONTINUING BASIS ANY NEED FOR NEW RESEARCH WORK.
Addressee Acronym: API
Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations
Communication Date: 1983-04-07
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Acronym: API
Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations
Communication Date: 1982-10-08
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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