# ENABLE GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-09-17 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150124 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2015-09-17 **Published:** 2015-10-15 Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, UNION County, AR. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.5 NATURAL GAS released, $350,000 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, UNION County, AR. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.5 NATURAL GAS released, $350,000 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: 20150124. Operator ID: 602. Reported incident date: 9/17/2015 15:22. Location detail: 389+10 Cause detail: PREVIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO EXCAVATION ACTIVITY Cause detail: MISCELLANEOUS ROOT CAUSES Cause detail: PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause detail: ON 9/16/15 AT 17:33 AN ENABLE EMPLOYEE WITH THE EL DORADO DISTRICT REPORTS A POSSIBLE LEAK WAS FOUND DURING A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LEAK SURVEY OF THEIR PIPELINE. THE ENABLE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE POSSIBLE LEAK TO SYSTEM CONTROL. ENABLE'S KT-1, THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AND 2 FOREIGN PIPELINES ARE NEAR THE POSSIBLE LEAK. THE ENABLE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT CONFIRM WHICH OF THE 4 PIPELINES IN THE AREA IS LEAKING. LEAK INDICATIONS WERE SMALL. ON 9/17/15 11:15 ENABLE EMPLOYEES CONFIRMED KT-1 IS LEAKING TO SYSTEM CONTROL. AT 15:22 LOCAL EMPLOYEES CALCULATED AND PROVIDED SYSTEM CONTROL A COST ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS OF $300,000. ON 9/17/15 16:10 SYSTEM CONTROL NOTIFIED THE NRC (REPORT # 1128754) AFTER DECIDING AND DETERMINING THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CROSSING. ON 9/19/2015 PERFORMED A LINE STOP TO ELIMINATE THE LEAKING VALVE AND PIPE CROSSING. THE CROSSING PIPE WAS LEFT IN PLACE AND A NEW SECTION OF PIPE WAS INSTALLED ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING PIPELINE CROSSING. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — PREVIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO EXCAVATION. PHMSA indexed costs: $351,152 reported total cost, $176,225.995 in 1984 dollars, $433,816.351 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: `6a2ff89bdfa85fd29f43a7788776049c143fade395790d40fbc9ba68245bc02a` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T17:07:13.664Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-f500b79b16fbfb00e7a79ffa` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20150124", "supplementalNumber": "16923", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2015-10-15", "receivedDateRaw": "10/15/2015" }, "operator": { "id": "602", "name": "ENABLE GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC" }, "incident": { "date": "2015-09-17", "dateRaw": "9/17/2015 15:22" }, "location": { "city": "Not Within a Municipality", "county": "UNION", "state": "AR", "postalCode": "71731", "latitude": 33.15774, "longitude": -92.728778, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "389+10" }, "facilityName": "LINE KT-1" }, "cause": { "category": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "PREVIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO EXCAVATION ACTIVITY", "ROOT_CAUSE_CATEGORY": "MISCELLANEOUS ROOT CAUSES", "ROOT_CAUSE_TYPE": "PREVIOUS DAMAGE", "NARRATIVE": "ON 9/16/15 AT 17:33 AN ENABLE EMPLOYEE WITH THE EL DORADO DISTRICT REPORTS A POSSIBLE LEAK WAS FOUND DURING A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LEAK SURVEY OF THEIR PIPELINE. THE ENABLE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE POSSIBLE LEAK TO SYSTEM CONTROL. ENABLE'S KT-1, THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AND 2 FOREIGN PIPELINES ARE NEAR THE POSSIBLE LEAK. THE ENABLE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT CONFIRM WHICH OF THE 4 PIPELINES IN THE AREA IS LEAKING. LEAK INDICATIONS WERE SMALL. ON 9/17/15 11:15 ENABLE EMPLOYEES CONFIRMED KT-1 IS LEAKING TO SYSTEM CONTROL. AT 15:22 LOCAL EMPLOYEES CALCULATED AND PROVIDED SYSTEM CONTROL A COST ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS OF $300,000. ON 9/17/15 16:10 SYSTEM CONTROL NOTIFIED THE NRC (REPORT # 1128754) AFTER DECIDING AND DETERMINING THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CROSSING. ON 9/19/2015 PERFORMED A LINE STOP TO ELIMINATE THE LEAKING VALVE AND PIPE CROSSING. THE CROSSING PIPE WAS LEFT IN PLACE AND A NEW SECTION OF PIPE WAS INSTALLED ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING PIPELINE CROSSING." } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "0.5", "propertyDamage": 350000, "estimatedOperatorCost": 0, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 1000, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 0, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "0.5", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "350000", "PRPTY": "351152" } }, "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": 1276, "rowSha256": "ba17ebbdda74d6bd774bedf1feec3d5dab12da4097c72a3929680eae6ca17f2a" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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