{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20180013","title":"SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-12-19","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2018-01-16","effective_on":"2017-12-19","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, TUSCALOOSA County, AL. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 15150 NATURAL GAS released, $1,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-ebadfb9578a9fc93714a38ef.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-ebadfb9578a9fc93714a38ef.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-ebadfb9578a9fc93714a38ef","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, TUSCALOOSA County, AL. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 15150 NATURAL GAS released, $1,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20180013.\n\nOperator ID: 18516.\n\nReported incident date: 12/19/2017 17:20.\n\nLocation detail: MP 286.138\n\nCause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT\n\nCause detail: ALL TIMES ARE CST; PIR OF PIPELINE IS 454 FEET; PIR WITH KM BUFFER IS 494 FEET; NRC 48-HOUR UPDATE REPORT NUMBER 1200280; DIAPHRAGM OF ACTUATOR ON CONTROL VALVE OF FUEL GAS SYSTEM SPLIT RESULTING IN LOSS OF VALVE CONTROL; SAID VALVE OPENED RELEASING NATURAL GAS THROUGH SYSTEM PIPING TO ATMOSPHERE; EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON SITE AND ISOLATED SYSTEM TERMINATING NATURAL GAS RELEASE; INVESTIGATION AND REPAIR COMMENCED; UNIT WAS AVAILABLE FOR NORMAL SERVICE 12/19/2017 AT 20:30 HOURS;\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $44,428 reported total cost, $41,609.362 in 1984 dollars, $51,844.492 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1513}