# ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2010-08-27

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20100220  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2010-08-27  
**Published:** 2010-10-07

Hazardous liquid incident in GILBOA, SCHOHARIE County, NY. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3283 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $1,441,000 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 GILBOA, SCHOHARIE County, NY. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3283 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $1,441,000 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: 20100220.

Operator ID: 31618.

Reported incident date: 8/27/2010 16:30.

Location detail: MP 133.87

Cause detail: ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING-RELATED

Cause detail: 5/12/2011-THE FAILURE OCCURRED AS A CIRCUMFERENTIAL LEAK THAT ORIGINATED AT A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-ORIENTED STRESS CORROSION CRACK (SCC) ADJACENT TO THE THE TOE OF A GIRTH WELD ON THE UPSTREAM PIPE JOINT.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING-RELATED.

PHMSA indexed costs: $1,811,756 reported total cost, $991,327.535 in 1984 dollars, $2,441,334.622 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/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `e35b2516b64e3c93b3d3546387d93ca9010398eeefef4f28455a5a1c86a64b2f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T04:57:15.203Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-f848e0cf8a694bb7f24667c8`

### Source metadata

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