# PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-05-10 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20190067 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2019-05-10 **Published:** 2019-06-05 Gas transmission and gathering incident in TUSCOLA, DOUGLAS County, IL. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3121.014 NATURAL GAS 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: not significant, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in TUSCOLA, DOUGLAS County, IL. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3121.014 NATURAL GAS 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: 20190067. Operator ID: 15105. Reported incident date: 5/10/2019 18:45. Location detail: 0+00 Cause detail: OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE Cause detail: 5/10/19 18:47 CST PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFIED OPERATIONS OF GAS BLOWING AT STATION. 5/10/19 18:49 CST YARD NOISE ALARM TO GAS CONTROL. 5/10/19 19:03 CST UNIT 1215 SHUTDOWN AND TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. 5/14/19 10:53 CST NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1245594. 5/14/19 11:11 CST PHMSA AID UPDATED. 5/16/19 10:16 CST 48-HOUR NRC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1245848. 5/16/19 10:47 CST PHMSA AID UPDATED. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED 8/20/19, IS MADE TO UPDATE PART D: 7D AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY THE EVENT. - THERE WERE NO REPAIRS REQUIRED TO THE RELIEF VALVE AS IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. IT WAS A FAULTY TEST STAND USED DURING THE TEST AND INSPECT OF THE RELIEF VALVE THAT LED TO THE SET-POINT BEING SET BELOW WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET, RESULTING IN THE RELEASE OF GAS. - THE TEST STAND WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT AND THE ACCURACY CONFIRMED. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE. PHMSA indexed costs: $8,396 reported total cost, $8,615.308 in 1984 dollars, $10,669.128 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: `c6b7d8a2bc25bb1e5791f96d3a3716640089cc05ffaf3b73e0d53e5f7ff344ee` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-22T22:04:40.884Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-d8cba54fea8ede3c4cf77b7e` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20190067", "supplementalNumber": "32584", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2019-06-05", "receivedDateRaw": "6/5/2019" }, "operator": { "id": "15105", "name": "PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2019-05-10", "dateRaw": "5/10/2019 18:45" }, "location": { "city": "TUSCOLA", "county": "DOUGLAS", "state": "IL", "postalCode": "61953", "latitude": 39.79018, "longitude": -88.35888, "type": "OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "0+00" }, "facilityName": "TUSCOLA COMPRESSOR STATION" }, "cause": { "category": "EQUIPMENT FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE", "NARRATIVE": "5/10/19 18:47 CST PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFIED OPERATIONS OF GAS BLOWING AT STATION. 5/10/19 18:49 CST YARD NOISE ALARM TO GAS CONTROL. 5/10/19 19:03 CST UNIT 1215 SHUTDOWN AND TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. 5/14/19 10:53 CST NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1245594. 5/14/19 11:11 CST PHMSA AID UPDATED. 5/16/19 10:16 CST 48-HOUR NRC NOTIFICATION MADE NRC#1245848. 5/16/19 10:47 CST PHMSA AID UPDATED. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED 8/20/19, IS MADE TO UPDATE PART D: 7D AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY THE EVENT. - THERE WERE NO REPAIRS REQUIRED TO THE RELIEF VALVE AS IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. 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