# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-077

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- **citation:** P-80-077
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-077
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1981-02-26
- **effective on:** 1981-02-26
- **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC.: INSTALL ADDITIONAL PERMANENT PIPELINE MARKERS SUFFICIENT TO COMPLY WITH 49 CFR 195.410.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-80-077.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC.: INSTALL ADDITIONAL PERMANENT PIPELINE MARKERS SUFFICIENT TO COMPLY WITH 49 CFR 195.410.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1981-02-26

Adopted Date: 1980-12-19

Overall Date Closed: 1983-09-07

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 30, 1980, AN 8-INCH-DIAMETER, REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PIPELINE OWNED BY THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC., AND OPERATED BY THE SHELL OIL COMPANY (PUERTO RICO) LTD. WAS STRUCK AND RUPTURED BY A BULLDOZER DURING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A NEARBY WATERLINE IN THE SECTOR CANA OF BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO, ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN. GASOLINE FROM THE RUPTURE SPRAYED DOWNHILL AND RAN OFF INTO A SMALL CREEK. ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS LATER, THE GASOLINE VAPORS WERE IGNITED BY AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE AND EXPLODED; THE SUBSEQUENT FIRE KILLED ONE PERSON AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED 25 HOUSES AND OTHER PROPERTY.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: DCA80MP008

Report Number: PAR-80-06

Addressee Name: Pipelines of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-09-07

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-11-18

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC., LETTER: RECOMMENDATION NOT IMPLEMENTED.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-07-28

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO LETTER: TO COMPLY WITH 49 CFR 195.410, 900 NEW PERMANENT PIPELINE MARKERS WERE INSTALLED DURING 1981 AS PER DOCUMENTATION ENCLOSED REGARDING MATERIALS AND INSTALLATION.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-05-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-09-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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