WILLIAMS GAS PIPELINE - TRANSCO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2004-05-07

Gas transmission and gathering incident in LITTLE FALLS, PASSAIC County, NJ. Reported cause: 14. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $84,100 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: 20040049.

Operator ID: 19570.

Reported incident date: 5/7/2004.

Cause detail: BODY OF PIPE

Cause detail: OPERATIONS REPORTED A SUSPECTED LEAK ON THE CALDWELL LOOP "B" UPSTREAM OF 88 RIDGE RD., LITTLE FALLS, NJ. THE LINE WAS ISOLATED AND DRAWN DOWN TO 18.5 PSI (2:14 PM EASTERN STANDARD ON 05/07/04) WILLIAMS PERSONNEL STARTED DIGGING THE LINE ON THE 05/07/04. PIPE WAS FOUND SETTLING ON COBBLE ROCK. THE COATING WAS DAMAGED AND THE PIPE WAS LEAKING GAS. LOCATION OF THE LEAK OCCURRED AT THE 6:00 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE PIPE. THE LEAK WAS CUT OUT ON 05/09/04 AND REPLACED WITH NEW PIPE. LINE WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE AT 12:32 A.M. ON 05/11/04.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — BODY OF PIPE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $84,100 reported total cost, $52,234.337 in 1984 dollars, $126,363.312 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.