ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION - MID-TEX

Incident Narrative

ON JANUARY 14, 2022, A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR WAS DIRECTIONAL DRILLING AND BORED INTO ATMOS ENERGY'S 16-INCH STEEL GAS MAIN AT 9301 WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD. THE INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE MAIN IS A TWO-WAY FEED. THE TECHNICIAN ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND CONFIRMED THE LEAK AT 4:00 PM. ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED AT 4:20 PM. AT 4:08 PM THE TECH NOTED THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SITE INDICATING THEY WERE CONTACTED PRIOR TO THAT TIME. THIS IS THE TIME PROVIDED IN PART A QUESTION 15. OTHER NOTES INDICATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO ON THE SCENE, HOWEVER THERE IS NOT A TIME GIVEN. FIRE AND POLICE REMAINED ON SCENE TO PROVIDE TRAFFIC AND PERIMETER ASSISTANCE. STOPPLE FITTINGS WERE APPLIED TO CONTROL THE RELEASE OF GAS AND A SPLIT-WELD SLEEVE WAS INSTALLED TO REPAIR THE LEAK. THESE PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON JANUARY 15, 2022, AT 6:30 AM. ON JUNE 15, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:06 PM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT REPAIRS COSTS HAD MET THE REPORTING THRESHOLD. A REPORT WAS MADE TO NRC WITHIN THE HOUR. REGARDING PART C QUESTION 5 - THE DIAMETER OF THE PUNCTURE IS 0.226 INCHES, BUT THE FORM ONLY ALLOWS WHOLE NUMBERS. SUPPLEMENTED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS IN PART C, QUESTION 2A AND PART E, QUESTION 3B. 12/19/2022 - FURTHER SUPPLEMENTED TO CHANGE THE SUB-CAUSE FROM FACILITY MARKING OR LOCATION NOT SUFFICIENT TO INCORRECT FACILITY RECORDS/MAPS.