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PHMSA Report 20110051
DCP MIDSTREAM — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2011-02-05
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Hazardous liquid incident in BISHOP, NUECES County, TX. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1000 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $200 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: 20110051.
Operator ID: 31130.
Reported incident date: 2/5/2011 5:00.
Cause detail: TEMPERATURE
Cause detail: SUB-FREEZING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE LED TO ICE FORMATION IN WATER DRAW VALVE LOCATED AT BOTTOM OF 20,000 BARREL STORAGE TANK. EXPANSION OF ICE DAMAGED VALVE AND VALVE CAP ASSEMBLY RESULTING IN LEAK.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — TEMPERATURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $115,200 reported total cost, $61,788.024 in 1984 dollars, $152,164.888 in current-year dollars.
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