{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20170103","title":"TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-10-17","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2017-11-15","effective_on":"2017-10-17","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, GARRETT County, MD. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.714 NATURAL GAS released, $300,000 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-830d69fcd7c83ec33038a6e1.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-830d69fcd7c83ec33038a6e1.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-830d69fcd7c83ec33038a6e1","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, GARRETT County, MD. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.714 NATURAL GAS released, $300,000 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: 20170103.\n\nOperator ID: 19235.\n\nReported incident date: 10/17/2017 10:55.\n\nLocation detail: MILEPOST0.444\n\nCause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE\n\nCause detail: ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 AN ENBRIDGE COMPANY EMPLOYEE RESPONDED TO NATURAL GAS RELEASE ON ABOVE GROUND FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH A ACCIDENT WELL 67 ADJACENT TO 6-INCH LINE 49-B-18 IN GARRETT COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE NATURAL GAS RELEASE BY TIGHTENING A BLEEDER VALVE ON A TUBING HEAD. THE BLEEDER VALVE SNAPPED OFF DURING THE PROCESS. THE STORAGE WELL REMAINS ISOLATED FROM THE PIPELINE UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE SCHEDULED.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $300,002 reported total cost, $146,646.911 in 1984 dollars, $361,143.863 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":1481}