# PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-01-07 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160013 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2016-01-07 **Published:** 2016-02-08 Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, SAN BERNARDINO County, CA. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $100,000 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: significant incident, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, SAN BERNARDINO County, CA. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $100,000 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: 20160013. Operator ID: 15007. Reported incident date: 1/7/2016 13:11. Location detail: 108.44 Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED Cause detail: ON JANUARY 7, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1311 HOURS, DURING A ROUTINE LEAK SURVEY, PG&E DISCOVERED A GRADE 1 LEAK ON TRANSMISSION L-300A MILE POINT 108.44, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST OF LUDLOW, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. PG&E CREWS ISOLATED AND DEPRESSURIZED THE LINE SECTION ON 1/10/16 AT 0600 HOURS AND COMPLETED THE REPAIR BY INSTALLING A REPAIR SLEEVE. THE COST ESTIMATE OF THE CONTROLLED BLOWDOWN TO FACILITATE THE REPAIR OF THE PIPELINE IS $31,000. PG&E HAD AN EMPLOYEE STANDBY AT ALL TIMES OVERSEEING THE REPAIRS, INCLUDING AFTER-HOURS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE LEAK. ULTRASONIC SHEARWAVE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE ENTIRE LEAK AREA; THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS DUE TO POROSITY AT THE SEAM OF THE DOUBLE SUBMERGED ARC WELD (DSAW). NO OTHER INDICATIONS WERE FOUND. THE LINE WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE ON 1/11/16 AT 0630 HOURS. THERE WAS NO CUSTOMER IMPACT. THERE ARE NO INJURIES, FATALITIES, OR IGNITION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO POLICE, FIRE, OR MEDIA ON SITE. THIS INCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED TO THE DOT AND CPUC DUE TO REPAIR COSTS EXCEEDING $50,000, WHICH WAS DETERMINED ON 1/8/16. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED. PHMSA indexed costs: $131,000 reported total cost, $82,759.783 in 1984 dollars, $163,055.363 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: `1375760d8d7cd3d430011204882c7217f8546669ff50804f6aa8c00fe32f9b4c` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-27T13:16:00.297Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-50aabb9a27409fd45767b0bc` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20160013", "supplementalNumber": "17003", "type": "ORIGINAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2016-02-08", "receivedDateRaw": "2/8/2016" }, "operator": { "id": "15007", "name": "PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2016-01-07", "dateRaw": "1/7/2016 13:11" }, "location": { "city": "Not Within a Municipality", "county": "SAN BERNARDINO", "state": "CA", "postalCode": "92338", "latitude": 34.747902, "longitude": -116.295419, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "108.44" }, "facilityName": "L-300A" }, "cause": { "category": "MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED", "NARRATIVE": "ON JANUARY 7, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1311 HOURS, DURING A ROUTINE LEAK SURVEY, PG&E DISCOVERED A GRADE 1 LEAK ON TRANSMISSION L-300A MILE POINT 108.44, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST OF LUDLOW, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. PG&E CREWS ISOLATED AND DEPRESSURIZED THE LINE SECTION ON 1/10/16 AT 0600 HOURS AND COMPLETED THE REPAIR BY INSTALLING A REPAIR SLEEVE. THE COST ESTIMATE OF THE CONTROLLED BLOWDOWN TO FACILITATE THE REPAIR OF THE PIPELINE IS $31,000. PG&E HAD AN EMPLOYEE STANDBY AT ALL TIMES OVERSEEING THE REPAIRS, INCLUDING AFTER-HOURS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE LEAK. ULTRASONIC SHEARWAVE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE ENTIRE LEAK AREA; THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS DUE TO POROSITY AT THE SEAM OF THE DOUBLE SUBMERGED ARC WELD (DSAW). NO OTHER INDICATIONS WERE FOUND. THE LINE WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE ON 1/11/16 AT 0630 HOURS. THERE WAS NO CUSTOMER IMPACT. THERE ARE NO INJURIES, FATALITIES, OR IGNITION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO POLICE, FIRE, OR MEDIA ON SITE. 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