Liquified Energy Gases Safety: Report to the Congress, Volume 3General Accounting Office, 1978 - Liquefied natural gas |
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Page 7-15 - Unless there is no practicable alternative, a motor vehicle which contains hazardous materials must be operated over routes which do not go through or near heavily populated areas, places where crowds are assembled, tunnels, narrow streets, or alleys.
Page 3-15 - ZONE 1 - Minor damage; distant earthquakes may cause damage to structures with fundamental periods greater than 1.0 second; corresponds to intensities V and VI of the MM "Scale. ZONE 2 - Moderate damage; corresponds to intensity VII of the MM "Scale.
Page 17-18 - ... it is not intended that this act will diminish that authority and responsibility of the FPC ... It is not intended by the Committee that this process of certification of compliance with the Secretary's standards will bar the FPC from continuing to consider safety in the same fashion it presently does in connection with awarding certificates of public convenience and necessity.
Page 16-10 - Activies are of a regulatory nature over the transportation and sale for resale of natural gas in interstate commerce, including the...
Page 17-6 - Except as provided in §§391.37, 391.61, and 391.67, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle unless he has first taken a written examination and has been issued a certificate of written examination in accordance with this section. (b) The objective of the written examination is to instruct prospective drivers In the rules and regulations established by the Federal Highway Administration pertaining to commercial vehicle safety. It is an instructional 49 CFR Ch.
Page 3-41 - Simplified Procedure for Evaluating Soil Liquefaction Potential," Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundation Division, ASCE, Vol.
Page 3-41 - RATIONAL DETERMINATION OF THE OPERATIONAL BASIS EARTHQUAKE AND ITS IMPACT ON OVERALL SAFETY AND COST OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
Page 16-46 - Design and construction of LP-gas installations at marine and pipeline terminals, natural gas processing plants, refineries and tank farms...
Page 7 - ... each facility operates. Because there are already many large LEG facilities, it is virtually certain that during their lifetime many of them will experience natural forces greater than those the UBC standards require them to withstand.