{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20120124","title":"ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION CO (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-11-21","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2012-12-12","effective_on":"2012-11-21","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in MONTVILLE, NEW LONDON County, CT. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 200 NATURAL GAS released, $50,000 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: not significant, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-9edde7d0950c92d35db7f25c.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-9edde7d0950c92d35db7f25c.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-9edde7d0950c92d35db7f25c","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 MONTVILLE, NEW LONDON County, CT. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 200 NATURAL GAS released, $50,000 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: 20120124.\n\nOperator ID: 288.\n\nReported incident date: 11/21/2012 18:30.\n\nLocation detail: 1213+90\n\nCause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED\n\nCause detail: ON NOVEMBER 21, 2012, A LANDOWNER REPORTED A SMELL ASSOCIATED WITH PIEPLINE ODORANT. SPECTRA ENERGY PERSONNEL DISCOVERED NATURAL GAS FROM ALGONQUIN 6-INCH LINE E-1 WAS BUBBLING UP IN STONY BROOK WHICH IS LESS THAN ONE FOOT DEEP. A PINHOLE LEAK IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELD OF THE PIPE WAS DISCOVERED. REPLACEMENT OF THE PIPE WAS COMPLETED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2012.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $52,673 reported total cost, $28,258.814 in 1984 dollars, $67,867.544 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":1435}