# SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2005-02-28

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- **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.
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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.

Report number: 20050036.

Operator ID: 18484.

Reported incident date: 2/28/2005.

Cause detail: HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS

Cause 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.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $2,000,000 reported total cost, $1,203,906.759 in 1984 dollars, $2,950,787.138 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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