NTSB Safety Recommendation P-87-020

NTSB safety recommendation P-87-020.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE: IN COORDINATION WITH MEMBER COMPANIES, DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING COORDINATED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS WITH COMMUNITIES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1987-09-09

Adopted Date: 1987-07-20

Overall Date Closed: 1997-03-20

Synopsis: ABOUT 4:20 A.M. ON JULY 8, 1986, LINE 2N, AN 8-INCH PRODUCTS PIPELINE OPERATED BY WILLIAMS PIPE LINE COMPANY (WPL) AT MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA, RUPTURED. UNLEADED GASOLINE UNDER 1,434 PSIG SPEWED FROM A 7 1/2-FOOT-LONG OPENING ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL SEAM OF THE PIPE. VAPORIZED GASOLINE COMBINED WITH AIR AND LIQUID GASOLINE FLOWED ALONG NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, THE GASOLINE VAPOR WAS IGNITED WHEN AN AUTOMOBILE ENTERED THE AREA. FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION-LIKE NOISE, FIRE SPREAD RAPIDLY ALONG THE PATH OF THE LIQUID GASOLINE. TWO PERSONS WERE BURNED SEVERELY AND LATER DIED, AND ONE PERSON SUFFERED SERIOUS BURNS. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SOIL AND WATER POLLU TION.

Ntsbnumber: DCA86AP014

Report Number: PAR-87-02

Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1997-03-20

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1996-08-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: API HAS PROVIDED SEMINARS & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING & CRISIS MANAGEMENT. API BELIEVES THAT THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER 49 CFR PART 194, RESPONSE PLANS FOR ONSHORE OIL PIPELINES, & ITS APPENDIX, INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATION OF CONSISTENCY WITH ACP & NCP REQUIREMENTS, & THE PEEP PROGRAM FULLY MEET THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1987-09-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE API CONSIDERS RESPONSE TO ALL INCIDENTS INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE HAVE INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE ACTIONS DEVELOPING THE INDUSTRY'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, AND IMPROVED LIAISON WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, IN THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION AND MANUFACTURING SECTORS OF THE BUSINESS. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO PIPELINE INCIDENTS IS A SUBJECT RECEIVING CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION BY BOTH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CONGRESS. THE COGNIZANT API COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN AP PRISED OF THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS, IN THIS REGARD, AND PLANS ARE IN PROGRESS TO PROPERLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1997-03-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: AFTER ITS INVESTIGATION OF THE JULY 1986 RUPTURE OF A PIPELINE OPERATED BY THE WILLIAMS PIPE LINE COMPANY, THE BOARD IN P-87-20 URGED THE API, IN COORDINATION WITH MEMBER COMPANIES, TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING COORDINATED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS WITH COMMUNITIES. THE BOARD NOTES THAT THE API HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN A GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY TO ENSURE THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF COORDINATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PARTNERSHIP HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE THROUGH SPECIFIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT PIPELINE OPERATORS CAN INCORPORATE INTO THEIR COMPANY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS TO COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE 1987, NEW REGULATIONS (49 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 194) HAVE BEEN PROMULGATED FOR ONSHORE OIL PIPELINE & REQUIRE A PIPELINE OPERATOR TO DEVELOP AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN ADDRESSING THE COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS WITH COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE API HAS RESPONDED TO GUIDE INDUSTRY IN ESTABLISHING COORDINATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS WITH COMMUNITIES, P-87-20 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION."

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1987-10-26

Communication Type: Official Correspondence