{"operation":"document","citation":"P-96-024","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-96-024","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1996-09-11","effective_on":"1996-09-11","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: DEVELOP, IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE & THE ASSOCIATION OF OIL PIPE LINES, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ADEQUATE FOR PIPELINES TO SAFELY CROSS FLOOD PLAINS & STREAMBEDS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR PERIODICALLY REASSESING CROSSING DESIGNS IN LIGHT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FLOOD","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-96-024.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-96-024.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-96-024","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-96-024","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-96-024.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: DEVELOP, IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE & THE ASSOCIATION OF OIL PIPE LINES, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ADEQUATE FOR PIPELINES TO SAFELY CROSS FLOOD PLAINS & STREAMBEDS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR PERIODICALLY REASSESING CROSSING DESIGNS IN LIGHT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OR STREAMBED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received\n\nIssued Date: 1996-09-11\n\nAdopted Date: 1996-09-06\n\nOverall Date Closed: 2001-04-05\n\nSynopsis: IN MID-OCTOBER 1994, SERIOUS FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE SAN JACINTO RIVER FLOOD PLAIN NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS, FORCING OVER 14,000 PEOPLE TO EVACUATE & RESULTING IN 20 DEATHS. DUE EO THE FLOODING, EIGHT PIPELINES RUPTURED & MANY OTHERS WERE UNDERMINED. MORE THAN 35,000 BARRELS OF PETROLEUM & PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WERE RELEASED INTO THE RIVER. IGNITION OF THE RELEASED PRODUCTS RESULTED IN 547 PEOPLE RECEIVING (MOSTLY MINOR) BURN & INHALATION INJURIES. SPILL RESPONSE COSTS EXCEED $7 MILLION, & ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGE LOSSES WERE ABOUT $16 MILLION.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA95MP002\n\nReport Number: SIR-96-04\n\nAddressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 2001-04-05\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2000-08-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: TO DATE THE SAFETY BOARD HAS HAD NO RESPONSE FROM INGAA, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE LEARNING WHAT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THIS RECOMMENDATION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2001-04-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: Because the Safety Board has never received a response from INGAA on this issue, Safety Recommendation P-96-24 is classified “Closed--Unacceptable Action, No Response Received.”","truncated":false,"body_characters":2123}