{"operation":"document","citation":"P-93-016","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-93-016","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-12-15","effective_on":"1993-12-15","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY: EVALUATE THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DISASTER PLAN TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT PROVIDES TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, SITE SECURITY AND CONTROL, AND PERSONNEL EVACUATION; AND, IF IT DOES NOT, MAKE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-016.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-016.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-016","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-93-016","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-93-016.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY: EVALUATE THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DISASTER PLAN TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT PROVIDES TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, SITE SECURITY AND CONTROL, AND PERSONNEL EVACUATION; AND, IF IT DOES NOT, MAKE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS.\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: 1995-07-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1995-07-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DRILL & TRAINING EXERCISE, WASHINGTON COUNTY HELD AN EVALUATION SESSION TO MAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES TO THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY DISASTER PLAN. ALTHOUGH THE SEMINOLE WELL HAS BEEN PLUGGED, THE ANNUAL CHECKS OF THE PLANT BY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WILL HELP PROVIDE CONTINUING SAFETY TO THE RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY & ITS NEIGHBORS. P-93-16 HAS THEREFORE BEEN CLASSIFED \"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":1859}