# CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2004-05-10

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20040051
- **title:** CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2004-05-10
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2004-06-10
- **effective on:** 2004-05-10
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in RUSTON, LINCOLN County, LA. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $8,360 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 RUSTON, LINCOLN County, LA. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $8,360 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: 20040051.

Operator ID: 602.

Reported incident date: 5/10/2004.

Cause detail: THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE

Cause detail: EVEN THOUGH THIS EVENT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE DEFINITION OF AN INCIDENT IN �191.3 PARAGRAPHS (1)(I) OR (1)(II), IT WAS REPORTED BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE OPERATOR SINCE EMERGENCY RESPONDER PERSONNEL EVACUATED 12 PERSONS FROM THEIR HOMES.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $8,360 reported total cost, $5,157.983 in 1984 dollars, $11,580.302 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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