{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20160027","title":"GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-10-01","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-03-28","effective_on":"2015-10-01","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in CHURCHPOINT, ACADIA County, LA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 132285 NATURAL GAS released, $118,350 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-a194bc5391230369ac1cd036.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-a194bc5391230369ac1cd036.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-a194bc5391230369ac1cd036","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 CHURCHPOINT, ACADIA County, LA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 132285 NATURAL GAS released, $118,350 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: 20160027.\n\nOperator ID: 31728.\n\nReported incident date: 10/1/2015 12:00.\n\nLocation detail: 10.55\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: LOCATING ISSUE\n\nCause detail: FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO INCOMPLETE MARKS AT DAMAGE LOCATION\n\nCause detail: CONTRACTOR, WHO WAS CLEANING DITCH BY EXCAVATION, GRABBED A ONE-INCH TAP VALVE WHICH PULLED THE THREADS CAUSING LEAK. 2-15-18 REVISE PER PHMSA'S INSTRUCTIONS. *APPROXIMATELY 10-1-2015, RANDY'S DIRT SERVICES (WICKOFF DRAINAGE DISTRICT/CITY OF) APPARENTLY DAMAGED A 1\" BRANCH CONNECTION. *ON 3-2-16 AT 16:15, FARMER NOTIFIED GULF SOUTH OF POTENTIAL LEAK. *ON 3-2-16 AT 16:20, LEAK CONFIRMED AND CONFIRMED DISCOVERY THAT REPORTING CRITERIA WAS MET (SINCE SMALL GAS LEAK OF UNKNOWN DURATION, ASSUMED 3 MMCF GAS LOSS). DUE TO THE LIMITED NATURE OF GAS LOSS COMING THROUGH THE 1\" BRANCH CONNECTION, PRESSURE WAS LOWERED BY 20% AND REPAIR WAS SCHEDULED. *ON 3-4-16 AT 13:00, PIPELINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND REPAIRED. 3-5-2018 REVISE IN RESPONSE TO PHMSA EMAIL. GULF SOUTH ASSUMES THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE PIPE OCCURRED AS PART OF EXCAVATION THAT OCCURRED ON 10-1-2015, BUT THAT IS ONLY AN ASSUMPTION. IN OUR OPINION, THE SUB-CAUSE IS BY PREVIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO EXCAVATION. BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE ASSUME POSSIBLE LEAKAGE OCCURRED AS EARLY AS 10-1-2015, GULF SOUTH ASSUMED THE GAS LOSS EXCEEDED 3 MMCF, THEREFORE, CREATING AN INCIDENT. THE DATA PROVIDED IS ATTEMPTING TO REFLECT THIS UNDERSTANDING OF THIS INCIDENT. A PIPELINE MARKER WAS LOCATED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 10-FEET OF THE DAMAGED PIPE. 5-2-18 REVISE IN RESPONSE TO PHMSA EMAIL. GULF SOUTH'S ASSETS WERE CLEARLY MARKED WITH PIPELINE MARKERS BUT THE ONE CALL WAS IMPROPERLY CLEARED. THE ONE CALL TICKET WAS RECEIVED ON 10-1-2015 AND THE POSITIVE RESPONSE WAS DELIVERED ON 10-2-2015 SO THE BEST SPECULATION IS THAT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10-2-2015. RESPONSES TO PART G HAVE BEEN REVISED TO PROPERLY REFLECT THIS. PART A HAS BEEN REVISED TO REFLECT THAT THE DATE AND TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 10-2-2015 WHEN WE BELIEVE THE DAMAGE LIKELY OCCURRED. THE TIME IS 12:00 BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT TIME SINCE WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL 3-2-2016 THAT DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $416,730 reported total cost, $335,613.607 in 1984 dollars, $486,017.508 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":3037}