NTSB Safety Recommendation P-99-002

NTSB safety recommendation P-99-002.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: REVIEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 7/21/97, PIPELINE RUPTURE AND FIRE IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AND INCORPORATE LANGUAGE INTO THE PRESSURE PIPING CODES B31.4 AND B31.8 TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE OPERATORS OF BURIED GAS AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINES TO ASSIST THEM IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FACILITIES ARE NOT DAMAGED DURING DIRECTIONAL DRILLING ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN PROXIMITY TO THOSE FACILITIES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1999-04-28

Adopted Date: 1999-04-20

Overall Date Closed: 2008-03-17

Synopsis: ABOUT 2:33 P.M. ON 7/21/97, A 20-INCH-DIAMETER STEEL NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE OWNED AND OPERATED BY CITIZENS GAS & COKE UTILITY COMPANY (CITIZENS GAS) RUPTURED AND RELEASED NATURAL GAS NEAR AN INTERSECTION ADJOINING THE CHARTER POINTE SUBDIVISION IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. THE GAS IGNITED AND BURNED, KILLING ONE RESIDENT AND INJURING ANOTHER. ABOUT 75 RESIDENTS REQUIRED TEMPORARY SHELTER. SIX HOMES WERE DESTROYED, AND ABOUT 65 OTHERS SUSTAINED DAMAGE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO BE DOCUMENTED BY THE LOCAL INVESTIGATION TEAM.

Probable Cause: The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of Citizens Gas and Miller to have adequate controls in place to ensure that directional drilling operations carried out in the proximity of existing underground facilities would not cause damage to those facilities.

Ntsbnumber: DCA97FP005

Report Number: PAB-99-02

Addressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 2008-03-17

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2002-04-26

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 05/20/2002 7:43:59 PM MC# 2020525 The I33 1.4 Section Committee on Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids, and B3 1.8 Section Committee on Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems have formulated wording to add to the B3 1.4 and B3 1.8 Codes respectively, to provide for an effective program for damage prevention of pipe due to directional drilling for both gas, and liquid pipeline transportation systems. Both B3 1.4 Section Committee (composed of 24 members), and B3 1.8 Section Committee (composed of 52 members) have already developed a proposal, items 41 l-01 -0 15 and AI99-0 17 respectively, addressing directional drilling guidelines. At this point the proposal is under review by the B3 1 Code for Pressure Piping Standards Committee (composed of 36 members). ASME encourages the public to review and comment on any proposed revision to our Codes and Standards. The formulated material can be reviewed for comment upon request. Please feel free to contact the undersigned.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2008-07-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 7/22/2008 2:55:34 PM MC# 2080432: ASME has approved 331.8 Committee item 02-207, and the revisions haw been published in the 2007 Edition of the B31.8 Code Section. The 2007 edition of the E33 1.8 Code Section was issued on November 30,2007 and is available to the public.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2003-07-11

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 7/23/2003 2:46:13 PM MC# 2030365 The B31 Piping committees on Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids (namely, B31.4) and Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems (namely, B31.8) are currently reviewing the subject issue, in order to respond to the need for an effective program for damage prevention of pipe due to horizontal directional drilling. The B31.4 committee is currently developing new provisions concerning third party damage, specifically directional drilling. These new clauses will form part of existing requirements found under the B31.4 Code clauses 422, 434.2 and 434.13 The B31.8 committee is currently writing a new standard on damage prevention that would be used as a program for not just third party damage (such as directional drilling) but for damage prevention in general.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2007-11-06

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 11/13/2007 2:14:19 PM MC# 2070655: Ref:. P-99-2, P-04-4, and P-04-14: On behalf of Virgil Carter and ASME we, the undersigned, thank you for your letter dated October 5, 2007 and would like to offer the following status update on NTSB Safety Recommendations P-99-2, P-04-4, and P-04-14. Regarding recommendation P-99-2: ASME has approved B3 1.8 Committee item 02-207, and the revisions will be published in the 2007 Edition of the B31.8 Code Section. The 2007 edition of the B31.8 Code Section is expected to be published and be available to the public on November 30,2007. For your convenience, copies of all approved and proposed revisions as well as other pertinent information have been attached. Feel free to contact the undersigned for any additional information you may need. Respectfully, Gerardo Moino, Secretary, B31.4 Tel: 212.5 9 1.8534 (MoinoG@,asme.org); Paul Stumpf, Secretary, B31.8, Tel: 212.591.8536 (StumpfP@,asme.org), Copy of approved/revised Item 02-207

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2007-05-30

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 6/7/2007 10:27:49 AM MC# 2070259: ASME approved B3 1.4/11 Committee item 02-2229, and published the revisions in the 2006 edition of B3 1.4 Code Section. ASME has approved B31.8 Committee item 02-207, and the revisions will be published in the 2007 Edition of the B3 1.8 Code Section.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2006-11-13

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 11/20/2006 1:27:59 PM MC# 2060556: This letter serves to notify the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the measures taken by the ASME B31.4/11 Committee on Liquid and Slurry Piping Transportation Systems concerning the above referenced NTSB recommendations. Regarding NTSB recommendations P-99-2 and P-04-4 {should be P-04-5}: On October 20, 2006, ASME issued the 2006 edition of the B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids Standard. The 2006 edition of the B31.4 Standard contains new requirements developed to address these NTSB recommendations. For your convenience, I have attached the new pertinent requirements contained in the 2006 edition. For your records, NTSB recommendations P992 and P-04-4 were addressed under ASME B31.4/11 Committee items 02-2229, and 04-956 respectively.Please, feel free to contact me for any additional information you may need. Sincerely, Gerardo Moino, Secretary, B31.4 Committee, Phone: (212) 591-8534, Moino@asme.orq cc: Thomas O'Grady, Chair, B31.4/11, Paul Stumpf, Secretary, B31

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1999-05-13

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 5/17/99 4:47:50 PM MC# 990521 WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR 4/28/99 LETTER TO DR. WINFRED M. PHILLIPS, PRESIDENT, ASME INTERNATIONAL (REFERENCE P-99-2), WHICH PROVIDES NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE ASME B31.4 AND B31.8 CODES. IN SEPTEMBER 1997, THE B31.8 GS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PIPING SYSTEMS SECTION COMMITTEE HAD INITIATED CONSIDERATION IN RESPONSE TO THE ACCIDENT REFERRED TO IN YOUR LETTER AND OPENED AN ITEM NO. AI 97-225 TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE REVISIONS TO THE B31.8 CODE. THE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL IN YOUR APRIL 28 LETTER WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION IN THEIR CONTINUED DELIBERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, A COPY OF THE NTSB RECOMMENDATION WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO THE B31.4 SECTION COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE REVISION TO THE B31.4 CODE. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE B31.8 SECTION COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD JUNE 8-10, 1999 IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN; THE NEXT MEETING OF THE B31.4 SECTION COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 4-8, 1999 IN NEWPORT BEACH, CA. THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN AND NTSB IS WELCOMED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE. WE WILL ADVISE YOU OF THE COMMITTEES' CONSIDERATION OF YOUR PROPOSAL; HOWEVER, SHOULD YOU REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: MARK SHEEHAN, DIRECTOR, PRESSURE TECHNOLOGY C&S, ASME INTERNATIONAL, THREE PARK AVENUE, NY, NY 10016; (212) 591-8530.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2002-06-28

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: Pending completion of action to revise the pressure piping codes B31.4 and B31.8 as indicated, Safety Recommendation P-99-2 remains classified "Open--Acceptable Response." The Safety Board would appreciate being informed when this action is completed and receiving a copy of the revised guidelines once they are finalized.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2003-09-04

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: The Safety Board appreciates the ASME's update on the committees' activities. We would also appreciate receiving an estimated completion date for the actions being undertaken by the two committees. In the interim, Safety Recommendation P-99-2 will remain classified "Open--Acceptable Response."

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2002-04-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: In its March 8, 2001, letter, the Safety Board requested an update on action that had been completed or was planned to implement Safety Recommendation P-99-2. Through staff contact, the Safety Board is aware that ASME intends to provide information on what actions have resulted from the committee's study of this issue. Pending receipt of this information and completion of action to revise the pressure piping codes B31.4 and B31.8 as indicated, Safety Recommendation P-99-2 remains classified "Open--Acceptable Action." Enclosed is a copy of our March 8, 2001, letter for your reference.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2008-03-17

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: The Safety Board notes that the 2006 edition of Pressure Piping Code B31.4 has been revised as recommended to include guidance to the operators of buried hazardous liquid pipelines, which will assist operators in developing effective damage prevention programs. The Board further notes that ASME approved B31.8 Committee Item 02-207. We are pleased that the requested information was published in the 2007 edition of Pressure Piping Code B31.8. This completes the recommended action. Accordingly, Safety Recommendation P-99-2 is classified Closed Acceptable Action. Safety Recommendation P-04-4 was issued to ASME on July 1, 2004, as a result of the Safety Board’s investigation of the July 4, 2002, pipeline rupture and subsequent crude oil spill near Cohasset, Minnesota.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2007-10-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: The Safety Board is aware that the 2006 edition of the B31.4 standard has been revised as recommended to include guidance to the operators of buried hazardous liquid pipelines and that this guidance will assist them in developing effective damage prevention programs. The Board is pleased to learn that ASME approved B31.8 Committee item 02-207, and that the requested information will be published in the 2007 Edition of the B31.8 Code Section. Pending notification that the revised B31.8 standard for gas pipelines has been published, Safety Recommendation P992 is classified Open Acceptable Response.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2007-05-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: The Safety Board is pleased that the 2006 edition of the B31.4 standard has been revised as recommended to include guidance to the operators of buried hazardous liquid pipelines and that this guidance will assist them in developing effective damage prevention programs. Pending notification that the B31.8 standard for gas pipelines has also been revised as requested, Safety Recommendation P-99-2 is classified Open Acceptable Response. The Board is aware that it will be another year until the update to B31.8 is published.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1999-06-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE SAFETY BOARD IS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT BEFORE THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATION WAS ISSUED, THE B31.8 GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PIPING SYSTEMS SECTION COMMITTEE HAD BEGUN CONSIDERING THE ACCIDENT AND HAD OPENED ITEM NUMBER AI 97-225 AS A STEP IN REVISING THE B31.8 CODE. THE BOARD IS ALSO PLEASED THAT THE PEOPLE CONSIDERING THE ACCIDENT AND THE REVISION HAVE BEEN GIVEN COPIES OF THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATION. ACCORDINGLY, PENDING FURTHER RESPONSE FROM THE ASME ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IN THE B31.4 AND B31.8 CODES, P-99-2 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED "OPEN--ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE."

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 2001-03-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: On June 8, 1999, based on information provided in the ASME letter of May 13, 1999, Safety Recommendation P-99-2 was classified "Open--Acceptable Response," pending receipt of further information from ASME. To date, the Safety Board has received no further response on this issue and would appreciate learning what action has been taken to implement Safety Recommendation P-99-2.