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PHMSA Report 19870153
CHEVRON PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1987-07-23
Current as of 1987-07-23 Government source
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Hazardous liquid incident in BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON County, TX. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 100 CRUDE OIL released, $2,500 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: 19870153.
Operator ID: 2731.
Reported incident date: 19870723.
Location detail: 2-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF HWY. 287 ON W. PT. ARTHUR ROAD
Cause detail: UNKNOWN;CRACK AT BOTTOM
Cause detail: LEAK WAS DISCOVERED 10:00A.M. 7/23/87 BY A TANK INSPECTOR. CRUDE WAS CONTAINED INSIDE THE FIREWALL AND RECOVERED BY VACUUM TRUCK. IT WAS RETURNED TO TANKAGE. TANK 1101 WAS EMPTIED SO THAT IT WILL GE GAS FREED, CLEANED AND REPAIRED AT A LATER DATE.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.
PHMSA indexed costs: $2,500 reported total cost, $2,314.148 in 1984 dollars, $5,699.033 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.
This material provides agency context. It does not replace binding regulatory text, and its legal effect depends on the underlying authority and facts.