{"operation":"document","citation":"P-97-032","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-97-032","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1998-01-06","effective_on":"1998-01-06","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION: DEVELOP STANDARDS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, FOR MAP DEPICTION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES THAT WERE INSTALLED USING DIRECTIONAL BORING TECHNIQUES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-97-032.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-97-032.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-97-032","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-97-032","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-97-032.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION: DEVELOP STANDARDS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, FOR MAP DEPICTION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES THAT WERE INSTALLED USING DIRECTIONAL BORING TECHNIQUES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received\n\nIssued Date: 1998-01-06\n\nAdopted Date: 1997-12-23\n\nOverall Date Closed: 2001-02-26\n\nSynopsis: A GAS EXPLOSION ON 11/21/96, IN THE RIO PIEDRAS SHOPPING DISTRICT OF SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, RESULTED IN 33 FATALTIES & 69 INJURIES. THIS ACCIDENT, ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN PIPELINE HISTORY, MADE 1996 A RECORD YEAR FOR PIPELINE FATALITIES. THE SAN JUAN ACCIDENT ACCOUNTED FOR MORE FATALITIES THAN OCCURRED THE ENTIRE PREVIOUS YEAR, & IT VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATES THE TRAGIC POTENTIAL OF A SINGLE EXCAVATION-DAMAGED PIPE.\n\nNtsbnumber: 80433\n\nReport Number: SS-97-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Public Works Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 2001-02-26\n\nAddressee Acronym: APWA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1998-01-26\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: (Letter Mail Controlled 2/2/98 3:52:55 PM MC# 980119) APWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF RECOMMENDATIONS P-97-25 THRU -33, HAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS & THINKS THEY CAN DO SOME OF THEM. APWA HAS SUGGESTED WE CONTACT A LOCAL REP.\n\nAddressee Acronym: APWA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2001-02-26\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: On June 7, 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board sent the American Public Works Association (APWA) a letter requesting information on the status of safety recommendations about which we have never received a response. As noted in the Safety Board’s letter of March 12, 1998, APWA and Safety Board staff met to discuss the 1997 recommendations with the expectation that an APWA follow-on response would be forthcoming. As there has never been a response from APWA to the Board’s June 7, 2000, letter on any of these issues, Safety Recommendations P-95-8 and -9, and P-97-25 through -33, are classified \"Closed--Unacceptable Action, No Response Received.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: APWA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1998-03-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD STAFF HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE APWA OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., & HAS SCHEDULED A MEETING ON 3/12/98, TO DISCUSS THESE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THIS MEETING, P-97-25 THROUGH -33 WILL REMAIN CLASSIFIED \"OPEN--AWAIT RESPONSE.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: APWA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 2000-06-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AS NOTED IN THE SAFETY BOARD'S LETTER OF 3/12/98, APWA AND SAFETY BOARD STAFF MET TO DISCUSS THE 1997 RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT AN APWA FOLLOW-ON RESPONSE WOULD BE FORTHCOMING. TO DATE, THE SAFETY BOARD HAS RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM APWA AND WOULD APPRECIATE BEING INFORMED ABOUT EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING MADE TO IMPLEMENT THESE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3330}