WILLIAMS PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1999-03-24

Hazardous liquid incident in WILL County, IL. Reported cause: OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2693 GASOLINE released, $500,000 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.

Report number: 19990057.

Operator ID: 22610.

Reported incident date: 19990324.

Location detail: 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 113 ON WEST RIVER ROAD (SECTION 26-TOWNSHIP 32 NORTH- RANGE EAST)

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY OPERATOR OR ITS CONTRACTOR

Cause detail: 10:21-SCADA ALARM SOUNDED IN WILLIAMS PIPELINE COMPANY DISPATCH CENTER INTULSA, AND LINE PRESSURE DROPPED FROM 477 PSIG TO 67 PSIG. THE LINE WAS SHUTIN AT THE TIME. 10:30-EMPLOYEE OF TENANT FARMING THE LAND CALLED THE TULSADISPATCH CENTER AND REPORTED HITTING THE PIPELINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DIG UPTREE STUMPS AND SMALL BRUSH NEAR THE LINE. HE ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT THINKHE NEED TO CALL THE ILLINOIS ONE-CALL AGENCY TO HAVE THE LINE LOCATED,ALTHOUGH HE KNEW THE PIPELINE WAS IN THE VICINITY. DISPATCH IMMEDIATELY BEGANDRAINING LINE PRESSURE BACK INTO THE HEYWORTH TERMINAL TO MINIMIZE THE SIZE OFANY POTENTIAL RELEASE. (SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY WPL MAINTENANCE CREWDISCOVERED 11 FRESH DOZER BLADE MARKS ON THE PIPELINE SURFACE IN ADDITION TOTHE HIT FROM THE BLADE THAT PUNCTURED THE LINE). 11:05-NEAREST MAINTENANCECREW DISPATCHED TO SITE. 11:15-AREA OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR NOTIFIED ANDDISPATCHED TO THE SITE. 11:45-AREA ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALISTS NOTIFIED ANDLOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACT CREWS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING VACUUM TRUCKSDISPATCHED TO THE SITE. 12:00-ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGNECYNOTIFIED. 12:15-NATIONAL RESPOSE CENTER NOTIFIED (CASE #473977) 12:30-WILLCOUNTY SHERIFF NOTIFIED. 12:45-INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM INSTITUTED BY WPLPERSONNEL TO MANAGE THE INCIDENT. 12:45-CLEANUP OPERATIONS COMMENCED. FREEPRODUCT RECOVERED FROM SITE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE WPL HEYWORTH TERMINAL.CONTINUED UNTIL ALL FREE STANDING PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED. 12:46-WILL COUNTYEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (LEPC) NOTIFIED. MARCH 26, 1999 6:00_-18:00- LINEREPAIRED BY CUTTING OUT THE DAMAGED SECTION AND REPLACING WITH 20-PLUS FEET OFNEW X-42 GRADE PRE-TESTED PIPE WITH FUSION BONDED EPOXY COATING. ALL WELDSWERE X-RAYED. 19:45-BEGAN FILLING LINE WITH PRODUCT. REMOVAL OF PRODUCTSATURATED SOIL CONTINUED WITH OVERVIEW BY THE ILLINOIS EPA UNTIL COMPLETED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $500,000 reported total cost, $344,924.689 in 1984 dollars, $849,443.353 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.