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EMD-78-28 1 (1978-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxta0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 06794 - CB2307379J Liquefied Energy Gases Safety, Volumes 1, 2, and 3. EMD-78-28; B-178205. July 31, 1978. 3 vols. (varicus pagings). Report to the Coagress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Energy: Role of Fossil Fuels in Meeting Future Needs (1609); Consumer and Worker Protection (900);TransFcrtation Systems and Policies (2400). Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy: Energy (305); Commerce and Trans=crtation: Other Advancement and Regulation of Commerce (403); Commerce and Transportaticn: Ground Transportation (404). Organization Concerned: Department of Commerce; Department of Energy, Department of Transportation; Interstate Ccmmerce Commission. Congressional Releniance: Congress. Authority: Transportation of Explosives Act of 1908 (18 U.S.C. 831). Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 O.S.C. 1301), Natural Gas Act of 1938 (15 U.S.C. 717). Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1651). Ports a.d Waterways Safety Act of 1972, title I. 30 U.S.C. 1. 33 U.S.C. 401. 49 U.S.C. 1. 16 U.S.C. 11451. =16 C.F.R. 151. =46 C.F.R. 152. =33 C.F.R. 6. =33 C.F.R. 124. =46 C.F.R. 30. =49 C.F.R. 171. =18 C.E.R. 3. =33 C.F.R. 209. =14 C.F.R. 139. =40 C.F.R. 5). =40 C.F.R. 79. =40 C.F.S. 55. =40 C.F.R. 116. =40 C.F.R. 1310. =19 C.F.Pc 177. In this 3-volume report, the results are presented of an analysis of the critical safety issues in transporting and storing liquefied energy gases--liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gases (propane and butane). Volume 1 of tUe report contains the Executive Summary and 21 chapters, as follows: Introduction; Primer; Vulnera>ility of Storage Tanks ad Containment Dikes to Natural Fcrces; Crack-Induced Failure of Metal LNG Tanks; Flow Over Containment Dikes; Ship Design, Personnel, and Operaticns; Truck Shipments; Train Shipments; Vulnerability of LEG Facilities to Sabotage; The Cleveland LNG Accident of 1944; Liability and Compensation; UetonaticL and Flame Propagation Research; The Capability of bon-Urban Sites To Meet Total U.S. Import Requiresents for LEG; The Capacity of Non-Urban Sites To Meet Total U.S. Import Requirements for LNG; Federal, State, and Local Regulaticns; Federal Regulation of LEG Trucks and Railcars; The Federal Power Commission; LNG Use in Japan; Overall Conclusions and Recommendations; and GAO Treatment of Agency and Company Comments. Volume 2 is comprised of 14 appendices that support and supplement tke cba-ters. In Volume 3, comments on a draft of the report by the Departments of Commerce, EDergy, State, and Transpcrtat on, the Interstate Comuerce Commission, and the National Transportation Safety Board are provided. (SC)

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