{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20050036","title":"SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2005-02-28","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2005-03-11","effective_on":"2005-02-28","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in PIRU, VENTURA County, CA. Reported cause: 5. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $2,000,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-791602c55457e7c474bf90ea.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-791602c55457e7c474bf90ea.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-791602c55457e7c474bf90ea","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/3f48859a-5658-4f64-acf0-e33e632af625?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in PIRU, VENTURA County, CA. Reported cause: 5. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $2,000,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20050036.\n\nOperator ID: 18484.\n\nReported incident date: 2/28/2005.\n\nCause detail: HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS\n\nCause detail: ON FEBRUARY 28, 2005 A 34\" TRANSMISSION LINE WAS SEVERED WHEN A MAJOR LANDSLIDE OCCURRED IN THEIN AN UNPOPULATED AREA OF THE FOOTHILLS SURROUNDING PIRU. THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF PIPELINE, WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OF COVER, HAD NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO PREVIOUS LANDSLIDES. GAS WAS CONTROLLED BY CLOSING 2 LINE VALVES. DAMAGED PIPING WAS CAPPED, AND IS CURRENTLY AWAITING RE-ROUNTING. THIS INCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN DAMAGE ESTIMATES, INCLUDING GAS LOSS EXCEEDED $50,000. THERE WAS IGNITION, BUT NO RESULTING DAMAGE TO PUBLIC OR PERSONAL PROPERTY. FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, CONTACT JEFF KOSKIE AT 213-244-3283.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $2,000,000 reported total cost, $1,203,906.759 in 1984 dollars, $2,950,787.138 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":1540}