# EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS, LLC (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-03-01 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20190034 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2019-03-01 **Published:** 2019-03-28 Gas transmission and gathering incident in ALCOA, BLOUNT County, TN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 190 NATURAL GAS released, $50 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 ALCOA, BLOUNT County, TN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 190 NATURAL GAS released, $50 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: 20190034. Operator ID: 4070. Reported incident date: 3/1/2019 15:16. Location detail: .713 Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION Cause detail: ORIGINAL REPORT: 48 HR NRC REPORT 1239112 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:16 PM EST ON MARCH 1, 2019, EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS (ETNG) RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR ABOUT DAMAGE TO ETNG'S PIPELINE FACILITIES (M&R 59048) IN BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED ONSITE AND IMPLEMENTED A PARTIAL CLOSURE OF AN ADJACENT HIGHWAY UNTIL THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED. ETNG PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SITE AT APPROXIMATELY, 3:53 PM EST ON MARCH 1, 2019 AND DETERMINED THAT A 1/2-INCH NIPPLE AND AN ISOLATION VALVE WAS DAMAGED CAUSING A RELEASE OF GAS. ETNG PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY ISOLATED THE METER RUN AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM EST AND REPLACED THE NIPPLE AND ISOLATION VALVE. THE METER RUN WAS RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE AT 4:10 PM EST. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR DAMAGING ETNG'S PIPELINE FACILITY WITH A FORKLIFT WHILE PREFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK FOR A THIRD PARTY PIPELINE UTILITY COMPANY. WHILE THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT MEET THE GAS LOSS OR COST CRITERIA OF A REPORTABLE INCIDENT, ETNG CLASSIFIED IT AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO THE PARTIAL CLOSURE OF THE HIGHWAY. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION. PHMSA indexed costs: $594 reported total cost, $587.417 in 1984 dollars, $750.188 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: `fc7a32f769ee3a88f283965e5d7b78a120f0076bf57537cc47c86d1ec0fb3c00` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T08:31:24.158Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-a4c968b1e96c5747df97ccd2` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20190034", "supplementalNumber": "32184", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2019-03-28", "receivedDateRaw": "3/28/2019" }, "operator": { "id": "4070", "name": "EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS, LLC (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP)" }, "incident": { "date": "2019-03-01", "dateRaw": "3/1/2019 15:16" }, "location": { "city": "ALCOA", "county": "BLOUNT", "state": "TN", "postalCode": "37701", "latitude": 35.82201235, "longitude": -83.97914167, "type": "OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": ".713" }, "facilityName": "M&R 59048" }, "cause": { "category": "OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION", "NARRATIVE": "ORIGINAL REPORT: 48 HR NRC REPORT 1239112 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:16 PM EST ON MARCH 1, 2019, EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS (ETNG) RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR ABOUT DAMAGE TO ETNG'S PIPELINE FACILITIES (M&R 59048) IN BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED ONSITE AND IMPLEMENTED A PARTIAL CLOSURE OF AN ADJACENT HIGHWAY UNTIL THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED. ETNG PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SITE AT APPROXIMATELY, 3:53 PM EST ON MARCH 1, 2019 AND DETERMINED THAT A 1/2-INCH NIPPLE AND AN ISOLATION VALVE WAS DAMAGED CAUSING A RELEASE OF GAS. ETNG PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY ISOLATED THE METER RUN AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM EST AND REPLACED THE NIPPLE AND ISOLATION VALVE. THE METER RUN WAS RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE AT 4:10 PM EST. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR DAMAGING ETNG'S PIPELINE FACILITY WITH A FORKLIFT WHILE PREFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK FOR A THIRD PARTY PIPELINE UTILITY COMPANY. WHILE THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT MEET THE GAS LOSS OR COST CRITERIA OF A REPORTABLE INCIDENT, ETNG CLASSIFIED IT AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO THE PARTIAL CLOSURE OF THE HIGHWAY." } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "190", "propertyDamage": 50, "estimatedOperatorCost": 0, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 0, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 0, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "190", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "50", "PRPTY": "594" } }, "provenance": { "viewId": "27nc-rsge", "viewUrl": "https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge", "assetId": "2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8", "archiveFilename": "Gas Transmission & Gathering Incident Data - January 2010 to present.zip", "archiveSha256": "fe0b136ca4b00ac987a8bc2e195098accf910d97512c5fc3b59e62d9da5f674e", "memberPath": "incident_gas_transmission_gathering_jan2010_present.txt", "memberSha256": "b435f2a25718cf54c54e00294e6788c4f9c6860e02fb86355e75d294c243c4dd", "rowNumber": 867, "rowSha256": "ae08be0b565c4684c4c5539586801754410a662b445082047c59049992535cbe" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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