LENOX MUNICIPAL GAS SYSTEM — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2004-02-22

Gas transmission and gathering incident in PRESCOTT, ADAMS County, IA. Reported cause: 5. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $68,900 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: 20040032.

Operator ID: 11384.

Reported incident date: 2/22/2004.

Cause detail: HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS

Cause detail: AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM ON FEB 22, 2004 WE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A POSSIBLE GAS TRANSMISSION LINE BREAK. UPON INVESTIGATION BY OUR GASMEN IT WAS DETERMINED THE LINE THAT CROSSED THE BRANCH OF THE NODAWAY RIVER HAD BROKEN. AT THIS TIME THE GAS SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN. THE TOWNS OF LENOX,CLEARFIELD AND BEDFORD WERE AFFECTED BY THE OUTAGE.IOWA PIPELINE WAS CONTACTED AFTER 11:00PM ON THE 22ND TO ASK THEM HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET STARTED ON THE REPAIRS.IOWA PIPELINE ARRIVED AT 600AM ON MONDAY MORNING TO BEGIN THE WORK. A DIRECTIONAL BORE UNDER THE RIVERBED RESTORED SERVICE AND GAS WAS FLOWING AGAIN BY 630PM ON TUESDAY THE 24TH . WE ASKED FOR MUTUAL AID TO HELP TO RESTORE THE SEVICES AND BUSINESSES. THREE OTHER COMMUNITIES ASSITED US. WE HAD 10 QUALIFIED GAS PERSONNEL ASSISTED BY APPROX 30 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IN THE LIGHTING OF PILOTS. WE HAD 100% COVERAGE OF THE TOWN BY 1:00 AM ON THE 25TH WITH COMPLETION OF EVERYONE IN THE CITIES OF LENOX AND CLEARFIELD RESTORED BY 6:30 PM ON THE 25TH .

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $68,900 reported total cost, $42,865.143 in 1984 dollars, $105,563.655 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.