# TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 1998-07-23

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 19980168
- **title:** TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 1998-07-23
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1998-08-21
- **effective on:** 1998-07-23
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in CAMERON, LA. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/MATERIAL DEFECT. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $70,000 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.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in CAMERON, LA. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/MATERIAL DEFECT. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $70,000 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.

Report number: 19980168.

Operator ID: 19160.

Reported incident date: 19980723.

Cause detail: LEAK DEVELOPED IN STEM PACKING ON A SUBSEA CHECK VALVE.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED MATERIAL/WELD FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $70,000 reported total cost, $48,891.394 in 1984 dollars, $120,404.456 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.
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