{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-070","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-070","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 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-070.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-070.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-070","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-070","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-070.\n\nTHE 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.\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: 1983-04-07\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FTW80FP002\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: American Petroleum Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-07\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-12-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2102}