{"operation":"document","citation":"P-93-015","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-93-015","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-12-15","effective_on":"1993-12-15","summary":"THE NSTB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY: IN COORPERATION WITH MAPCO NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS, INC., DEVELOP DISASTER PLANS FOR BRENHAM STATION THAT IDENTIFY CONDITIONS THAT WARRANT AN EVACUATION, THAT IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF THE AREA TO BE EVACUATED, AND THAT INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR CARRYING OUT AN EVACUATION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-015.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-015.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-015","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-93-015","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-93-015.\n\nTHE NSTB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY: IN COORPERATION WITH MAPCO NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS, INC., DEVELOP DISASTER PLANS FOR BRENHAM STATION THAT IDENTIFY CONDITIONS THAT WARRANT AN EVACUATION, THAT IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF THE AREA TO BE EVACUATED, AND THAT INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR CARRYING OUT AN EVACUATION.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1993-12-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1993-11-04\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1995-07-03\n\nSynopsis: ON APRIL 7, 1992, AN UNCONTROLLED RELEASE OF HIGHLY VOLATILE LIQUIDS (HVLS) FROM A SALT DOME STORAGE CAVERN IN THE SEMINOLE PIPELINE SYSTEM NEAR BRENHAM, TEXAS, FORMED A LARGE, HEAVIER-THAN-AIR GAS CLOUD THAT EXPLODED. THREE PEOPLE DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED EITHER FROM THE BLAST OR IN THE FIRE. AN ADDITIONAL 21 PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES AT AREA HOSPITALS. DAMAGE FROM THE ACCIDENT EXCEEDED $9 MILLION.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA92MP006\n\nReport Number: PAR-93-01\n\nAddressee Name: State of Texas, County of Washington, Courthouse\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1995-04-18\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1995-07-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD NOTES THAT WASHINGTON & AUSTIN COUNTIES HELD A DRILL & TRAINING EXERCISE. THE BOARD ALSO NOTES THAT TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION HAS NOT PERMITTED MAPCO TO REOPEN & THAT MAPCO WILL NOT APPEAL THE DECISION. BASED ON THIS INFO P-93-15 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED \"CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION.\"\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1995-04-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1707}