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.y.1en. occurred in the City oiL.1wmncc 1“ tlte deatgn and Implementation of GM hpdm Adm”), Comm“
and the «awn. ofAndovcz and Noah the P-pelme replacement ptaxeet Tlte (GPAC) Wm hm mmplmd amp“
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urgent Safety Reeammendatmn Report l’°““'“’ “ml l"°“°d‘”"‘ “““ ‘°“” }‘“"“ wxll be p.;bh.hee1 in 2019. snmeume.
(SW, By ‘hm, mm mfmmmm W” and .-honm have been followed Other Pmgm‘ mm A LONG mm

available ”Tl\e sysmm ovcrprcsaum Pmeed-tre~ were fallvwed

dflmflgcd 131 ,t,,,c,um,/ ,,,d,,d,,,g a, Em, dapm bmcfinm 0 mm unm next umc, remcmbnrtlmln ..
least five lwme~ that were destn-wed enmpnehend anyone mvolvnd wanung "‘“““ hm“ ‘° 1*‘ “ “M” ‘W “‘““‘“‘

In the my of l-awrente and the town» IhIngal1kI:tlu~tol\.1ppr:n nn then ‘}“‘“ ‘° “°‘ ‘l“"“ l’° ““““" ““°“5"’

of Andaver and Nvrtlt Ar-rlaver Mv-wt watch — no mallcr their role), very bad 1; aumctlung does not scnm nghl, SAY
cf Lhc damage we. a mun of .-nnenne ,h,,,g, happened 0, DD wmcd,mg_, ‘

fires Igmled by gm-funlnd appliances.

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natural gm explchlnns. one pnxwn Petleel We Al-L "take mtstakea» M01‘ [alm I/zcabz renmijmm PHMSA.

was killed and at lem 21 mdwuduale, It-t~tal<e»~ tame ltttle ltam-» Wltalevet For qucsflznvzs Dr eammms, cmml
mcludmg two firefighters, wem "“~tal<e~ ‘We made (and them “W1 ‘P ,,1zeobzzwsbeg1amzr.m

transponsd to the hn.pna1. seven oLhex have been many) added up to a lwmble

firefighlexs mcewed mmur Inyurina." outcome-

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human etwn Cast "on PlP° waa being and enacted. w.u pxpclmns be any +1’ 3 5 1 5 g 7 4 5 2
replaced with modern, rnlxable plum: aaiez’ Ihopn so. Tlmlamd,1iIhI:n£w '5 4 2 - 6

We» There ta ~peealatmn that the regulations are so tomplnx am they can 2' 7 5 E ‘ 3 9
exhttng PlL“>“l”° ~'en~'or~' were left tn be understood Lmly by mdxvxduala with 4°
Plate on tlte ald pipe and tlte new we ycaxs 1.vilram|ng or by the mdlvlduah E
did not have stmtlat preasate ~enwr> whn created them m |he I-int placn, "'

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