# SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-01-28

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20030019
- **title:** SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-01-28
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2003-02-26
- **effective on:** 2003-01-28
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in MCADAMS, ATTALA County, MS. Reported cause: 16. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $56,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in MCADAMS, ATTALA County, MS. Reported cause: 16. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $56,000 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: 20030019.

Operator ID: 18516.

Reported incident date: 1/28/2003.

Cause detail: JOINT

Cause detail: LEAK DISCOVERED ON SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS' NORTH MAIN LOOP LINE, APPROXIMATE MP 140.396. HUNTER OBSERVED SWIRLING WATER IN SWAMPY AREA, IN VICINITY OF SOUTHERN'S PIPELINE. LEAK WAS FOUND TO BE LOCATED AT A MECHANICAL COUPLING.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — JOINT/FITTING/COMPONENT.

PHMSA indexed costs: $56,000 reported total cost, $36,846.256 in 1984 dollars, $65,310.587 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.
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