# FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2018-10-11 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20180110 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2018-10-11 **Published:** 2018-11-08 Gas transmission and gathering incident in CHIPLEY, WASHINGTON County, FL. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 released, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in CHIPLEY, WASHINGTON County, FL. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 released, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. Report number: 20180110. Operator ID: 5304. Reported incident date: 10/11/2018 2:00. Location detail: MP 12.5 Cause detail: OTHER NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE Cause detail: DUE TO SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, ONE OF THE METER RUNS WERE OUT OF SERVICE, AND WITH POWER OUTAGE DURING THE HURRICANE, SERVICE WAS INTERRUPTED. FGT PLANS TO REVISE THE STATION DESIGN FOR THIS STATION, ALTER PROCEDURES FOR STORM PREPARATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES WITH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR STATION MAINTENANCE TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE. 10/11/18 MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM PUBLIC AT 02:00 THAT THE CITY OF CHIPLEY, FL WAS WITHOUT GAS. NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE AT 07:22 NRC#1227167. PHMSA AID NOTIFIED. 10/11/18 FGT OPENED THE VALVE AND PRESSURED UP TO THE CUSTOMERS MAIN GATE STATION AT 09:00. 10/12/18 48-HOUR UPDATE NRC NOTIFICATION MADE AT 19:40 NRC#1227325. 10/15/18 CITY OF CHIPLEY WAS RETURNED TO FULL SERVICE, RELIGHT COMPLETE AT 07:45. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED 11/13/18, IS TO CORRECT THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — OTHER NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $146,000 reported total cost, $69,742.608 in 1984 dollars, $171,754.58 in current-year dollars. PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `282832a77d2e27a51e31ddcf06c5fe3bd066e3434526e745d25c3f0616f3883e` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T19:40:51.312Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-2e9a01aa5f751e507166ecbc` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20180110", "supplementalNumber": "31170", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2018-11-08", "receivedDateRaw": "11/8/2018" }, "operator": { "id": "5304", "name": "FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2018-10-11", "dateRaw": "10/11/2018 2:00" }, "location": { "city": "CHIPLEY", "county": "WASHINGTON", "state": "FL", "postalCode": "32428", "latitude": 30.7791, "longitude": -85.5583, "type": "OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "MP 12.5" }, "facilityName": "FGT CHIPLEY M&R" }, "cause": { "category": "NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "OTHER NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE", "NARRATIVE": "DUE TO SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, ONE OF THE METER RUNS WERE OUT OF SERVICE, AND WITH POWER OUTAGE DURING THE HURRICANE, SERVICE WAS INTERRUPTED. FGT PLANS TO REVISE THE STATION DESIGN FOR THIS STATION, ALTER PROCEDURES FOR STORM PREPARATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES WITH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR STATION MAINTENANCE TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE. 10/11/18 MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM PUBLIC AT 02:00 THAT THE CITY OF CHIPLEY, FL WAS WITHOUT GAS. NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE AT 07:22 NRC#1227167. PHMSA AID NOTIFIED. 10/11/18 FGT OPENED THE VALVE AND PRESSURED UP TO THE CUSTOMERS MAIN GATE STATION AT 09:00. 10/12/18 48-HOUR UPDATE NRC NOTIFICATION MADE AT 19:40 NRC#1227325. 10/15/18 CITY OF CHIPLEY WAS RETURNED TO FULL SERVICE, RELIGHT COMPLETE AT 07:45. 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