SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-09-09

Gas transmission and gathering incident in VERNON, COWLEY County, KS. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1760 NATURAL GAS released, $9,000 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: 20140103.

Operator ID: 31711.

Reported incident date: 9/9/2014 18:40.

Location detail: 100/72+81

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: MISCELLANEOUS ROOT CAUSES

Cause detail: ROOT CAUSE NOT LISTED (COMMENT REQUIRED)

Cause detail: SSCGP GAS CONTROL NOTIFIED MEASUREMENT ON 9/9/14 AT 18:40 OF A "LOW LOW" PRESSURE ALARM AT THE UDALL TOWNBORDER. MEASUREMENT BEGAN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE SITE. AT 18:55 GAS CONTROL RECEIVED A CALL FROM DISPATCH STATING THAT A CONTRACTOR INSTALLING FIBER OPTIC LINE HAD HIT THE SSC LINE AT 21ST ROAD AND 118TH. AT THIS TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HIGHWAY PATROL WERE IN ROUTE AND NO FIRES OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. GAS CONTROL MADE A SECOND CALL TO MEASUREMENT GIVING AN ETA OF 1 HOUR. MEASUREMENT AND OPERATIONS ARRIVED ON SITE AND SHUT IN THE SEGMENT AT THE MAINLINE GATE VALVE AT 20:05 ON 9/9/2014. THE LINE WAS EXCAVATED AND REPAIRED BY PIPE REPLACEMENT. THE LINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 4:44 ON 9/10/2014.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $20,370 reported total cost, $11,672.65 in 1984 dollars, $22,553 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.