# GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-03-13

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150043  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-03-13  
**Published:** 2015-04-02

Gas transmission and gathering incident in CRYSTAL SPRINGS, COPIAH County, MS. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $40,000 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: not significant, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in CRYSTAL SPRINGS, COPIAH County, MS. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $40,000 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: 20150043.

Operator ID: 31728.

Reported incident date: 3/13/2015 11:15.

Location detail: 21

Cause detail: OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE

Cause detail: THE RUBBER SEAL ON AN UNDERGROUND SPLIT SLEEVE CLAMP FAILED RESULTING IN LEAK.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $53,509 reported total cost, $27,060.302 in 1984 dollars, $66,058.398 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: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `e6162628843838b7b3a608f27f73513aeee94a3f8c58727d9a57d9b9aa3ce17d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:28:41.379Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-4e8244df42fb3712c578fb93`

### Source metadata

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```