BRIDGELINE HOLDINGS, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-07-29

Gas transmission and gathering incident in GOLDEN MEADOW, LAFOURCHE County, LA. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 44 NATURAL GAS released, $95,000 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: 20130079.

Operator ID: 11820.

Reported incident date: 7/29/2013 16:28.

Location detail: 0+00

Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: THE LAFOURCHE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM IS AN INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND IS OWNED BY BRIDGELINE HOLDINGS, L.P. LA DNR OPID NO. PFPL0317. THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO A EXTERNAL PINHOLE CAUSED BY ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION. THE LEAK OCCURED ON 1-INCH AUXILLARY PIPING. AT THE LEAK POINT, THE COATING/PAINT WAS DAMAGED, ALLOWING ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION TO SET IN. THE LEAK WAS SO SMALL THAT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE MODE WAS NOT REQUIRED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $97,021 reported total cost, $50,773.138 in 1984 dollars, $123,018.593 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.