# SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2011-08-15 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20110336 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2011-08-15 **Published:** 2011-09-12 Gas transmission and gathering incident in SAVONBURG, ALLEN County, KS. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 17700 NATURAL GAS released, $116,300 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 SAVONBURG, ALLEN County, KS. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 17700 NATURAL GAS released, $116,300 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: 20110336. Operator ID: 31711. Reported incident date: 8/15/2011 15:19. Location detail: 105 / 75711.3 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811 Cause detail: ON AUGUST 15, 2011 A CALL WAS PLACED BY DOZER OPERATOR, RON HALLACY WITH BEACHNER CONSTRUCTION, TO OUR EMERGENCY NUMBER AT 15:19. THE CALL WAS ANSWERED BY SOUTHERN STAR GAS CONTROL CENTER. THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR THAT ANSWERED THE PHONE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE PERSON ON CALL IN THE WELDA WORK LOCATION TO RESPOND TO THE INCIDENT. THE ON CALL PERSON IN THE WELDA WORK LOCATION CONTACTED THE REGION MANAGER FOR THE AREA AND THE REGION MANAGER RESPONDED AS WELL. THE ON CALL OPERATOR IN THE WELDA WORK LOCATION ARRIVED ON SITE AT 16:08 AND FOUND A DOZER HAD STRUCK SSCGP FT. SCOTT 12" LINE AND GAS WAS BLOWING. LOCAL LAW ENFOREMNET WAS CONTACTED BY THE SSCGP ON CALL AT 16:10 TO CLOSE THE SEGEMNT OF CALIFORNIA ROAD NEAREST THE INCIDENT SITE. THE SEGMNET WAS ISOLATED AND CUSTOMERS WERE INFORMED OF POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION. THE REGION MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 19:00. AT 19:38 THE CREW FROM SSCGP STARETD TO EXPOSE PIPE AND INSTALL EMERGENCY SLEEVE. BY 20:00 THE EMERGENCY SLEEVE WAS INSTALLED. GAS CONTROL WAS CONTACTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT NORMAL PRESSURE COULD BE RESTORED ON THE FT. SCOTT LINE. AT 20:50 THE LINE PACK HAD STARTED. THE SSCGP CUSTOMERS WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE SEGMENT HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY REPAIRED AND THAT THE SEGEMENT HAD BEEN RESTORED BUT WOULD BE OPERATING AT A REDUCED PRESSURE. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $188,335 reported total cost, $111,200.45 in 1984 dollars, $220,447.154 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: `2c72752b01fc1c33eba36c85c3d546f97e5a377e1e6986b990024155769144d0` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-27T03:25:24.362Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-47d2153f1a6117538cdbac5d` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20110336", "supplementalNumber": "17166", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2011-09-12", "receivedDateRaw": "9/12/2011" }, "operator": { "id": "31711", "name": "SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC" }, "incident": { "date": "2011-08-15", "dateRaw": "8/15/2011 15:19" }, "location": { "city": "SAVONBURG", "county": "ALLEN", "state": "KS", "postalCode": "66772", "latitude": 37.76156501, "longitude": -95.2092591, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "105 / 75711.3" }, "facilityName": "FT. 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THE SEGMNET WAS ISOLATED AND CUSTOMERS WERE INFORMED OF POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION. THE REGION MANAGER ARRIVED ON SITE AT 19:00. AT 19:38 THE CREW FROM SSCGP STARETD TO EXPOSE PIPE AND INSTALL EMERGENCY SLEEVE. BY 20:00 THE EMERGENCY SLEEVE WAS INSTALLED. GAS CONTROL WAS CONTACTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT NORMAL PRESSURE COULD BE RESTORED ON THE FT. SCOTT LINE. AT 20:50 THE LINE PACK HAD STARTED. 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