{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20140016","title":"TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-01-23","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2014-02-10","effective_on":"2014-01-23","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in COUDERSPORT, POTTER County, PA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 8370 NATURAL GAS released, $144 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-4794b055519c8a36f654df7c.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-4794b055519c8a36f654df7c.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-4794b055519c8a36f654df7c","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 COUDERSPORT, POTTER County, PA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 8370 NATURAL GAS released, $144 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: 20140016.\n\nOperator ID: 19160.\n\nReported incident date: 1/23/2014 0:30.\n\nCause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT\n\nCause detail: EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES (0 DEGREES F) FROZE OFF INSTRUMENTATION/SUPPLY EQUIPMENT FOR A RELIEF VALVE AT THE TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE HEBRON STORAGE LITTLE ACRE METER STATION, CAUSING THE RELIEF VALVE TO ACTIVATE PREMATURELY. NATURAL GAS WAS RELEASED THROUGH THE RELIEF VALVE'S OUTLET PORT OF A QUANTITY SUFFICIENT TO REQUIRE 49 CFR 191 INCIDENT REPORTING.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $33,828 reported total cost, $23,337.002 in 1984 dollars, $28,872.344 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":1340}