NTSB Issues Pipeline Safety Recommendation

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued seven safety recommendations arising from its investigation into the San Bruno, CA, pipeline explosion, which killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes last September. Recommendations call on pipeline operators and regulators to ensure that the records, surveys, and documents for all pipeline systems accurately reflect the pipeline infrastructure, so that safe operating pressures are accurately calculated. Three urgent recommendations were sent to the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates pipeline operations within California.