# TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-03-02

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20140031  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-03-02  
**Published:** 2014-03-25

Gas transmission and gathering incident in LAKE CORMORANT, DESOTO County, MS. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 48864 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: significant incident, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in LAKE CORMORANT, DESOTO County, MS. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 48864 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: 20140031.

Operator ID: 19270.

Reported incident date: 3/2/2014 23:21.

Location detail: 229.8752

Cause detail: TEMPERATURE

Cause detail: FREEZING WEATHER CAUSED THE VENT ON THE CONTROL PILOT TO FREEZE WHICH CAUSED THE VALVE TO OPERATE WHEN THE PRESSURE EQUALIZED WITH THE STATION DISCHARGE PRESSURE. 3-27-14 CORRECTED LAT/LONG COORDINATES 4-7-15 CORRECTED PART A, QUESTION 19A TIME TO REFLECT TIME BASED ON 24 HOUR CLOCK (CHANGED FROM 11:21 TO 23:21).

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — TEMPERATURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $237,979 reported total cost, $164,534.278 in 1984 dollars, $202,336.392 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: `0d49ff217a220b1cabf618d78747dd8caea36a23027df59ef3148bbad5946a6d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T22:15:33.252Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-e7c7fb99cf079f3c9b999870`

### Source metadata

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