GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-06-19

Gas transmission and gathering incident in ERATH, VERMILION County, LA. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 13111 NATURAL GAS released, $50 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: 20130065.

Operator ID: 31728.

Reported incident date: 6/19/2013 8:00.

Location detail: 2.04

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION

Cause detail: DURING AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF AN UNACCOUNTED FOR GAS DISCREPENCY, THE CAUSE WAS EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS A PIPELINE LEAK. APPARENT CAUSE WAS FROM SURFACE ACTIVITY CONDUCTED IN AN ACTIVE SUGAR CANE FIELD.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.

PHMSA indexed costs: $50,450 reported total cost, $40,704.067 in 1984 dollars, $50,265.828 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.