# PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-09-23

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20140108
- **title:** PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-09-23
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2014-10-21
- **effective on:** 2014-09-23
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in ELWOOD, MADISON County, IN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3164 NATURAL GAS released, $5,525 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 ELWOOD, MADISON County, IN. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3164 NATURAL GAS released, $5,525 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: 20140108.

Operator ID: 15105.

Reported incident date: 9/23/2014 0:45.

Location detail: 1602+39

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

Cause detail: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DATED 01/13/15, IS TO UPDATE THIS NARRATIVE SECTION PER A REQUEST BY THE PHMSA CENTRAL REGION. A VEHICLE ACCIDENT AFFECTING A FARM TAP RESULTING IN A RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE WAS REPORTED BY MADISON CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PEPL GAS CONTROL AT 12:47PM EDT ON 9/23/2014. THE LIST BELOW IDENTIFIES THE ACTIONS FOLLOWING INITIAL NOTIFICATION IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. PROPERTY DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE (ESTIMATED AT $3,200) AND OPERATOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND REPAIRS OF $5,525. 12:45 AM EDT: LOCAL RESIDENT CONTACTED MADISON COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTING "BLOWING GAS AND FIRE" 12:46 AM EDT: MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCHED THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES/EMERGENCY RESPONDERS O PIKE CREEK FIRE DEPT., MADISON CO. SHERIFF, ELWOOD AMBULANCE, MADISON CO. EMA, FRANKTON POLICE, AND ELWOOD POLICE 12:47 AM EDT: MADISON CO. SHERIFF CONTACTED PANHANDLE EASTERN (PEPL) GAS CONTROL 12:50 AM EDT: PEPL GAS CONTROL NOTIFIED AREA TECHNICIAN (ON-CALL/STAND-BY) OF EVENT AND PROVIDED THE SITE ADDRESS AND MADISON CO. SHERIFFS CONTACT NUMBER 1:00 AM EDT: POLICE & FIRE DEPT. SHUT DOWN N CR900 W FROM NORTH AND SOUTH ACCESS ROADS. 1:26 AM EDT: SMALL FIELD FIRE WAS REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT. ON SITE. 2:02 AM EDT: PEPL PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT EVENT SITE AND CONFIRMED AFFECTED FACILITIES TO BE A FARM TAP ON THE ZIONSVILLE 100 MAINLINE. 2:08 AM EDT: SMALL FIELD FIRE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BURNT ITSELF OUT ACCORDING TO PIKE CREEK FIRE DEPT. 2:25 AM EDT: ALL PEPL PERSONNEL IN-PLACE TO BEGIN BLOW-DOWN SEQUENCE 2:40 AM EDT: NOBLESVILLE M&R STATION; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 2:45 AM EDT: ELWOOD M&R STATION; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 2:47 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 103 GATE - PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; VERIFIED 103-L CLOSED. 3:00 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 105 GATE - PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; OPEN VALVE 205-SE, OPEN VALVE 205-E, OPEN VALVE 105-E, VALVE 105-W VERIFIED CLOSED, CLOSED GATE VALVE 105. 3:13 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 103 GATE - PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; CLOSED GATE VALVE 103. 3:15 AM EDT: ANDERSON LATERAL TAKE-OFF; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 3:43 AM EDT: TIPTON LATERAL TAKE-OFF; VERIFIED R-2 VALVE OPEN, CLOSED R-1 VALVE. 3:45 AM EDT: ZIONSVILLE 105 GATE-PEPL PERSONNEL ON-SITE MONITORING PRESSURES; OPEN VALVE 105-UB AND BEGAN BLOW-DOWN FROM 578 PSIG. 4:00 AM EDT: FIRE AT ACCIDENT SITE WAS EXTINGUISHED. 5:00 AM EDT: AFFECTED SECTION OF ZIONSVILLE 100 MAINLINE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN-DOWN (0 PSIG). 6:24 AM EDT: AFFECTED RESIDENTS RETURNED HOME. 6:30 AM EDT: VEHICLE THAT STRUCK FARM TAP WAS REMOVED FROM SCENE AND THE ROAD WAS RE-OPENED.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $77,789 reported total cost, $49,370.075 in 1984 dollars, $75,716.453 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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