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PHMSA Report 19860101
UNION CARBIDE CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 1986-05-07
Current as of 1986-05-07 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in VERDONVILLE, LOGAN County, WV. Reported cause: CORROSION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $15,800 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: 19860101.
Operator ID: 20040.
Reported incident date: 19860507.
Location detail: EXTERNALLY
Location detail: GENERAL CORROSION
Cause detail: THE INCIDENT OCCURED IN A 10" NATURAL GAS PIPELINE APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM THE FENCE LINE OF A COMPRESSOR STATION WHICH PUMPS NATURAL GAS. GENERAL EXTERNAL GALVANIC CORROSION ACCELERATED BY THE COMPRESSOR OUTLET TEMPERATURE (90 DEGREES F) IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PRIMARY CAUSE. OTHER POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE THE LOCAL SOIL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLY VIBRATIONS FROM THE COMPRESSOR.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $15,800 reported total cost, $14,951.24 in 1984 dollars, $36,820.302 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.
This material provides agency context. It does not replace binding regulatory text, and its legal effect depends on the underlying authority and facts.