{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 19980151","title":"EXPLORER PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1998-09-23","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"1998-10-26","effective_on":"1998-09-23","summary":"Hazardous liquid incident in FANNIN County, TX. Reported cause: FAILED PIPE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20 OIL AND GASOLINE released, $120,000 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-b8320379000eea01cef48517.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-b8320379000eea01cef48517.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-b8320379000eea01cef48517","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2cb38c7d-9a3e-4074-b175-05a5cd0c44a6?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%201986%20to%20January%202002.zip","body":"Hazardous liquid incident in FANNIN County, TX. Reported cause: FAILED PIPE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20 OIL AND GASOLINE released, $120,000 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: 19980151.\n\nOperator ID: 4805.\n\nReported incident date: 19980923.\n\nLocation detail: 2 MILES NORTH AND 1/2 MILE WEST OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 69 AND COUNTY ROAD 896, NEAR LEONARD, TEXAS.\n\nCause detail: ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 EXPLORER'S MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR BEGAN EXCAVATION ALONGTHE 28\" PIPELINE FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF REFINED PRODUCT IN AN OLD ABANDONEDHAND-DUG WATER WELL LOCATED 75 FEET EAST OF THE PIPELINE NEAR LEONARD, TEXAS.THERE WERE NO OTHER VISIBLE SIGNS OF RELEASED PRODUCT IN THE VICINITY, SOEXCAVATION ALONG THE PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS STARTED TO LOCATE A POSSIBLELEAK. AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 PRODUCT WASDISCOVERED AT A LOCATION 150 FEET SOUTH OF THE ABANDONED WATER WELL SIT.VACUUM TRUCKS WERE ON SITE WHILE EXCAVATION CONTINUED UNTIL THE SOURCE OF THELEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SMALL CRACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE 28\" PIPE WHERE ITWAS RESTING ON ROCK. THE LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AT 1040 HOURS SEPTEMBER 24, 1998,A FULL ENCIRCLEMENT BOLT-ON PLIDCO SPLIT SLEEVE INSTALLED AND THE LINE PLACEDBACK IN OPERATION AT 1412 HOURS THE SAME DAY. AT 24-FOOT SECTION OF THEDEFECTIVE PIPE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED ON OCTOBER 15, 1998. CLEANUPACTIVITIES ARE BEING COORDINATED WITH THE TNRCC.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED PIPE BODY OR SEAM.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $120,000 reported total cost, $83,813.818 in 1984 dollars, $206,407.638 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":2038}