{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20180066","title":"MONUMENT PIPELINE, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2018-05-26","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2018-06-25","effective_on":"2018-05-26","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in PEARLAND, BRAZORIA County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20017.851 NATURAL GAS released, $175,000 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: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-af5fdccc9c5e5b204039a30f.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-af5fdccc9c5e5b204039a30f.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-af5fdccc9c5e5b204039a30f","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 PEARLAND, BRAZORIA County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20017.851 NATURAL GAS released, $175,000 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: 20180066.\n\nOperator ID: 32231.\n\nReported incident date: 5/26/2018 21:00.\n\nLocation detail: 80642.72 FT\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: MISCELLANEOUS ROOT CAUSES\n\nCause detail: ROOT CAUSE NOT LISTED (COMMENT REQUIRED)\n\nCause detail: DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, MONUMENT'S PRIMARY DELIVERY CUSTOMER LOST POWER TO THEIR FACILITY AND SHUT IN THE METER. DURING THE RESULTING PRESSURE BUILD-UP, THE PIPELINE RUPTURED. THE PIPELINE RUPTURE OCCURRED AT A RECENT EXCAVATION LOCATION WHERE A STORM WATER LINE, SEWER LINE, AND NEW DRIVEWAY WERE INSTALLED. UPON DISCOVERY, THE RUPTURED PIPELINE SECTION WAS ISOLATED BETWEEN TWO MAINLINE VALVES AND THE PRESSURE BLED DOWN TO 0 PSI. THE PIPELINE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AND THE PIPELINE RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 5/30/2018. FINAL REPORT FINAL DETERMINATION BASED ON COMPLETION OF METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS WAS MECHANICAL DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $447,500 reported total cost, $241,132.894 in 1984 dollars, $524,649.804 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":1785}