# EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS, LLC (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-03-01

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20190034
- **title:** EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS, LLC (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-03-01
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2019-03-28
- **effective on:** 2019-03-01
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in ALCOA, BLOUNT County, TN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 190 NATURAL GAS released, $50 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.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in ALCOA, BLOUNT County, TN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 190 NATURAL GAS released, $50 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: 20190034.

Operator ID: 4070.

Reported incident date: 3/1/2019 15:16.

Location detail: .713

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION

Cause detail: ORIGINAL REPORT: 48 HR NRC REPORT 1239112 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:16 PM EST ON MARCH 1, 2019, EAST TENNESSEE NATURAL GAS (ETNG) RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR ABOUT DAMAGE TO ETNG'S PIPELINE FACILITIES (M&R 59048) IN BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED ONSITE AND IMPLEMENTED A PARTIAL CLOSURE OF AN ADJACENT HIGHWAY UNTIL THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED. ETNG PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SITE AT APPROXIMATELY, 3:53 PM EST ON MARCH 1, 2019 AND DETERMINED THAT A 1/2-INCH NIPPLE AND AN ISOLATION VALVE WAS DAMAGED CAUSING A RELEASE OF GAS. ETNG PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY ISOLATED THE METER RUN AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM EST AND REPLACED THE NIPPLE AND ISOLATION VALVE. THE METER RUN WAS RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE AT 4:10 PM EST. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR DAMAGING ETNG'S PIPELINE FACILITY WITH A FORKLIFT WHILE PREFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK FOR A THIRD PARTY PIPELINE UTILITY COMPANY. WHILE THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT MEET THE GAS LOSS OR COST CRITERIA OF A REPORTABLE INCIDENT, ETNG CLASSIFIED IT AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO THE PARTIAL CLOSURE OF THE HIGHWAY.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.

PHMSA indexed costs: $594 reported total cost, $587.417 in 1984 dollars, $750.188 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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