# TRANS - COLORADO PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2000-11-20

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20010001
- **title:** TRANS - COLORADO PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2000-11-20
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2000-12-29
- **effective on:** 2000-11-20
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in MONTROSE, MONTROSE County, CO. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $92,000 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 MONTROSE, MONTROSE County, CO. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $92,000 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: 20010001.

Operator ID: 19580.

Reported incident date: 20001120.

Cause detail: THERE WAS A FALSE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN AT THE OLATHE COMPRESSOR STATION DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CONTROL PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE CONTROL PANEL ONLY SENT A PARTIAL ESD SIGNAL, LEAVING THE COMPRESSOR INLET VALVE OPEN, UNDETECTED, FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS. THIS ALLOWED VENTING OF PIPELINE GAS TO ATMOSPHERE. NOTICE OF SITUATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A PRIVATE PARTY AND SUBSEQUENTLY CORRECTED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $92,000 reported total cost, $62,171.414 in 1984 dollars, $153,109.058 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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