{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20150017","title":"GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-01-14","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2015-02-11","effective_on":"2015-01-14","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in BRANDON, RANKIN County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 51085 NATURAL GAS released, $600,720 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-44bb4695f4dcfe6efaf95a1a.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-44bb4695f4dcfe6efaf95a1a.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-44bb4695f4dcfe6efaf95a1a","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 BRANDON, RANKIN County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 51085 NATURAL GAS released, $600,720 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: 20150017.\n\nOperator ID: 31728.\n\nReported incident date: 1/14/2015 6:22.\n\nLocation detail: 253.3\n\nCause detail: ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING-RELATED (NOT GIRTH WELD OR OTHER WELDS FORMED IN THE FIELD)\n\nCause detail: THE FAILURE OF THE PIPELINE WAS THE RESULT OF HYDROGEN CRACKING IN A HARD SPOT THAT IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE PLATE USED TO MANUFACTURE THE PIPE BY A. O. SMITH. 2-19-16 UPDATED WITH RESTART DATE/TIME AND COST OF UNINTENTIONAL GAS LOSS AS REQUESTED BY PHMSA. FINAL REPORT TO FOLLOW WHEN WORK IS COMPLETE. 3-2-16 REVISED COST TO REFLECT ONLY THOSE COSTS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT AND NOT ADDITIONAL WORK THAT FOLLOWED. 2-5-2020: REVISED PER PHMSA REQUEST. CAUSE WAS CONFIRMED AS A HARD SPOT WITH A BRINELL HARDNESS GREATER THAN 300, THAT WAS GREATER THAN TWO (2) INCHES IN LENGTH, AND WAS PREVIOUSLY REINFORCED WITH A TYPE A SLEEVE. FOLLOWING PHMSA INVESTIGATION, GULF SOUTH ENTERED INTO A CONSENT AGREEMENT (CPF NO. 2-2015-1001S) WITH PHMSA SOUTHERN REGION. ALL REMEDIATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO PHMSA SOUTHERN REGION.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — MANUFACTURING-RELATED.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $763,681 reported total cost, $452,463.631 in 1984 dollars, $927,690.838 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":1932}