AQUILA SOUTHWEST (EX. CLAJON GAS CO) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2001-11-07

Gas transmission and gathering incident in INDEPENDENCE, TX. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $63,342 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: 20040073.

Operator ID: 2436.

Reported incident date: 11/7/2001.

Cause detail: THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE

Cause detail: LANDOWNER WAS USING A BACKHOE TO DIG DITCHES AND A HOLE FOR A NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM ON HIS PROPERTY. UPON HITTING AQUILA'S 24" PIPELINE, LANDOWNER MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION, DETERMINED THAT THE PIPE WAS NOT DAMAGED JUST HAD SOME COATING SCRAPED OFF. LANDOWNER DECIDED TO COVER HOLE AND DITCHES BACK UP UNTIL A LATER DATE. AQUILA EMPLOYEE NOTICED DIGGING ON 1-15-02 WHILE MAKING HIS ROUNDS. THIS EMPLOYEE INVESTIGATED THE DIG SITE AND DISCOVERED LANDOWNER MAY HAVE HIT AQUILA'S 24" PIPELINE. WENT BACK 1-21-02 WITH DIGGING EQUIPMENT DISCOVERED 24" PIPELINE HAD BEEN HIT. (LANDOWNER STATED THAT THE PIPE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN HIT ON 11-7-2001). REPAIR BEGAN ON 1-22-02, COMPLETED ON 1-23-02.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $63,342 reported total cost, $43,111.238 in 1984 dollars, $69,613.037 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.