{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20130024","title":"CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-02-28","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2013-03-19","effective_on":"2013-02-28","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in CONWAY, FALKNER County, AR. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2689 NATURAL GAS released, $195 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-39872f189fbe52117d7affac.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-39872f189fbe52117d7affac.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-39872f189fbe52117d7affac","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 CONWAY, FALKNER County, AR. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2689 NATURAL GAS released, $195 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: 20130024.\n\nOperator ID: 602.\n\nReported incident date: 2/28/2013 15:08.\n\nLocation detail: CONWAY TB #2\n\nCause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT\n\nCause detail: THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE SIGNIFICANT BY THE OPERATOR. CEGT BELIEVES THE EVENT IS SIGNIFICANT DUE TO EMERGENCY RESPONDERS EVACUATING 60 PEOPLE FROM A NEAR BY BUILDING (DAYCARE) TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. THERE WERE NO DEATHS, INJURIES OR A FIRE. THIS EVENT DID NOT HAVE A REPORTABLE LOSS OF GAS VOLUME AND HAD A MINIMAL REPAIR COST. THE METERING FACILITY INVOLVED FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND AS DESIGNED. TRASH IN A SENSING LINE CAUSED THE REGULATOR TO OPEN AND BUILD PRESSURE IN THE MEASUREMENT STATION. THE SYSTEM RELIEF OPENED/BLEW AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. CEGT TECHNICIANS ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION, CORRECTED THE ISSUES AND MADE THE AREA SAFE.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $2,208 reported total cost, $1,642.578 in 1984 dollars, $2,332.995 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":1676}