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PHMSA Report 20140031
TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-03-02
Current as of 2014-03-02 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in LAKE CORMORANT, DESOTO County, MS. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 48864 NATURAL GAS released, $0 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: 20140031.
Operator ID: 19270.
Reported incident date: 3/2/2014 23:21.
Location detail: 229.8752
Cause detail: TEMPERATURE
Cause detail: FREEZING WEATHER CAUSED THE VENT ON THE CONTROL PILOT TO FREEZE WHICH CAUSED THE VALVE TO OPERATE WHEN THE PRESSURE EQUALIZED WITH THE STATION DISCHARGE PRESSURE. 3-27-14 CORRECTED LAT/LONG COORDINATES 4-7-15 CORRECTED PART A, QUESTION 19A TIME TO REFLECT TIME BASED ON 24 HOUR CLOCK (CHANGED FROM 11:21 TO 23:21).
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — TEMPERATURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $237,979 reported total cost, $164,534.278 in 1984 dollars, $202,336.392 in current-year dollars.
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