{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20120090","title":"EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-08-16","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2012-09-06","effective_on":"2012-08-16","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in GRAY County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 14590 NATURAL GAS released, $2,747 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: not significant, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-16eb8c13c8ba1fbd1b0eafc6.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-16eb8c13c8ba1fbd1b0eafc6.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-16eb8c13c8ba1fbd1b0eafc6","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 GRAY County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 14590 NATURAL GAS released, $2,747 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: 20120090.\n\nOperator ID: 4280.\n\nReported incident date: 8/16/2012 16:20.\n\nLocation detail: 68\n\nCause detail: DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING OR FITTING\n\nCause detail: GRAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TO EPNG GAS CONTROL A POSSIBLE RELIEF VALVE RELIEVING. EPNG EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE. TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED ON COUNTY ROAD K UNTIL THE RELIEF VALVE WAS SHUT-IN AND THE AREA MADE SAFE. EPNG EMPLOYEE SHUT THE VALVE IN AT 17:06 CENTRAL TIME.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING/FITTING.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $43,569 reported total cost, $35,456.299 in 1984 dollars, $45,491.98 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":1256}