{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20160069","title":"TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-08-01","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-08-29","effective_on":"2016-08-01","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, POWELL County, KY. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 48266 NATURAL GAS released, $30,000 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-100c59b723b65acaf68e33e6.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-100c59b723b65acaf68e33e6.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-100c59b723b65acaf68e33e6","source_url":"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","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, POWELL County, KY. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 48266 NATURAL GAS released, $30,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20160069.\n\nOperator ID: 19160.\n\nReported incident date: 8/1/2016 14:30.\n\nLocation detail: 17, 8+75\n\nCause detail: LIGHTNING\n\nCause detail: A HEAVY THUNDER STORM PASSED OVER TGP COMPRESSOR STATION 106 WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSING STATION ESD SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE. YARD VALVE 106-1D (24-INCH VALVE AND 24\" PIPE) DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY; LIGHTNING CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO STATION HARDWARE; (INPUT / OUTPUT CARDS, CONTROLS, COMPONENTS); DAMAGE RESULTED IN SIGNAL LOST TO ESD SOLENOID ALLOWING REPORTABLE AMOUNT OF NATURAL GAS TO BE RELEASED TO ATMOSPHERE; ON SITE EMPLOYEE MANUALLY CLOSED VALVE TO STOP THE GAS RELEASE EVENT; OTHER REPLACEMENTS INCLUDED JACKET WATER PUMP MOTOR, LIGHTING, POWER SUPPLIES, AND FUSES. IT IS BELIEVED THE LIGHTNING STRIKE WAS A DIRECT HIT ON THE FACILITY. KINDER MORGAN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP REPORTED AN OIL MIST SPRAY EVENT TO THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, KEEC, REPORT NUMBER 2414873; SAID SPRAY EVENT THE RESULT OF THE LIGHTNING STRIKE. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO ANY WATER BODY. (LAT / LONG OF VALVE 106-1D IS 37.917951 AND -83.982775) (42-INCH YARD PIPE AND 750 PSIG MAOP EQUAL PIR OF 794-FEET)\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — LIGHTNING.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $138,750 reported total cost, $130,626.286 in 1984 dollars, $178,913.072 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1957}