{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20180033","title":"TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE COMPANY LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2018-02-16","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2018-03-21","effective_on":"2018-02-16","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in GALLUP, MCKINLEY County, NM. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1047 NATURAL GAS released, $85,000 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: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-ee4dd6da3e1063c423d582eb.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-ee4dd6da3e1063c423d582eb.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-ee4dd6da3e1063c423d582eb","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 GALLUP, MCKINLEY County, NM. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1047 NATURAL GAS released, $85,000 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: 20180033.\n\nOperator ID: 19610.\n\nReported incident date: 2/16/2018 12:18.\n\nLocation detail: MP 89\n\nCause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED\n\nCause detail: 2/16/18 12:18 GAS CONTROL RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM A LANDOWNER OF A POSSIBLE LEAK. 14:40 MCKINLEY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND LANDOWNER WERE NOTIFIED OF BLOWDOWN. 16:21 THE AFFECTED LINE SEGMENT WAS ISOLATED AND BLOWN DOWN BETWEEN VALVE SECTIONS. 2/21/18 EXCAVATION OPERATIONS CONFIRMED LEAK SOURCE; CRACK IN GIRTH WELD. NRC TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION MADE AT 17:02 NRC#1204895. PHMSA AID NOTIFIED. 2/23/18 48-HOUR UPDATE NRC NOTIFICATION MADE AT 11:24 NRC#1205058. PHMSA AID UPDATED. 3/1/18 REPAIRS COMPLETED, THE LINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 12:00. 7/11/18 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL REPORT UPDATES PART G APPARENT CAUSE. THE RESULTS OF THE METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE LEAK INITIATED AT A BOTTOM SIDE CRACK IN A GIRTH WELD. PART D - 7.D COST FOR THE METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS WAS ALSO UPDATED. 7/16/18 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL REPORT UPDATES THE PART A #4 - TO 2/16/18 AT 12:18.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $180,145 reported total cost, $110,749.76 in 1984 dollars, $210,307.702 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":1969}