# KOCH PIPELINE COMPANY, L.P. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2002-07-16

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20020284  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2002-07-16  
**Published:** 2002-07-16

Hazardous liquid incident in CLEAR LAKE, CERRO GORDO County, IA. Reported cause: 15. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES CRUDE OIL & NAPTHA released, $120,000 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

Hazardous liquid incident in CLEAR LAKE, CERRO GORDO County, IA. Reported cause: 15. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES CRUDE OIL & NAPTHA released, $120,000 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: 20020284.

Operator ID: 22855.

Reported incident date: 7/16/2002.

Cause detail: COMPONENT

Cause detail: MAINLINE CHECK VALVE FOR PUMP STATION HAD BONNET GASKET FAILURE, DUE TO GASKET MATERIAL DETERIORATION.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — JOINT/FITTING/COMPONENT.

PHMSA indexed costs: $120,000 reported total cost, $77,943.026 in 1984 dollars, $191,949.686 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/928038f8-523b-4003-aeff-79675b193086?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `49bda4b535b836cfda2e157f0d430ce87c6f87ae27d1444d4b5fb98470819ef9`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T10:08:18.111Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-f62d4d418febec50f1d10182`

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