{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20170002","title":"TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-12-19","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2017-01-11","effective_on":"2016-12-19","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, WAYNE County, TN. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 24861 NATURAL GAS released, $0 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-2e693bf0f20946052c423c36.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-2e693bf0f20946052c423c36.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-2e693bf0f20946052c423c36","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, WAYNE County, TN. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 24861 NATURAL GAS released, $0 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: 20170002.\n\nOperator ID: 19160.\n\nReported incident date: 12/19/2016 3:20.\n\nLocation detail: MP 10, 1480'\n\nCause detail: TEMPERATURE\n\nCause detail: 12/19/2016; TGP STATION 555 IS OFF LINE; 3:20 AM, A FAULT OCCURRED IN \"B\" BUILDING RESULTING WITH AN ESD OF STATION 555 YARD PIPING; NOTIFIED BY GAS CONTROL, COMPANY EMPLOYEES ARRIVED AT STATION 555 AT 3:50 AM AND BEGAN CLOSING VALVES; VALVE AD-1 FOUND NOT CLOSED FOLLOWING ESD FUNCTION; WITH THE COLD WEATHER, FREEZING WATER IN VALVE OPERATOR GEAR BOX OF VALVE AD-1 ALLOWED REPORTABLE VOLUME OF NATURAL GAS RELEASED TO ATMOSPHERE. VALVE AD-1 WAS CLOSED AT 4:05 AM. GREASE WAS PLACED IN THIS GEAR BOX AS WELL AS THOSE OF OTHER APPLICABLE VALVES TO PREVENT SIMILAR EVENTS IN THE FUTURE. (PIR CALCULATED ON 36-INCH PIPE)\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — TEMPERATURE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $66,795 reported total cost, $70,974.184 in 1984 dollars, $87,299.114 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":1601}