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COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorCOLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typegas_transmission

Location

State
Coordinates40.50778, -83.82194

Cause

CauseOTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
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Incident Narrative

ON DECEMBER 10, 2019, AT 14:23 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC (COLUMBIA) GAS CONTROLLER RECEIVED A CALL FROM VECTREN, THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (LDC), REGARDING LOW PRESSURE INDICATIONS AT DAYTON LAKE DELIVERY MEASURING STATION (MS) 704997. AN OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WAS DISPATCHED AND ARRIVED ON SITE AT 15:45 EST WHERE HE CONFIRMED THAT THE LOW-PRESSURE ALARM WAS DUE TO A CAR ACCIDENT. A CAR DAMAGED THE MS BUILDING AND INITIATED AN UNINTENTIONAL NATURAL GAS RELEASE FROM COLUMBIA FACILITY (MS704997). THE DRIVER WAS SENT TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL JUST FOR ROUTINE CHECK-UP AND WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL ON THE SAME DAY. AT 18:45 EST, THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED, AND THE FACILITY WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. THE INITIAL NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC) REPORT NO.1266049 AND THE NRC 48-HOUR REPORT NO. 1266185 HAVE BEEN CALLED-IN ON DECEMBER 10TH AND DECEMBER12TH RESPECTIVELY . THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MS FACILITY HAS BEEN COMPETED, COMMISSIONED AND WAS READY TO START THE FLOW AS OF DECEMBER 8TH, 2020. THIS FLOW WILL START ONCE THE DOWNSTREAM LDC COMPLETES THEIR TIE-IN TO THE MS. TO AVOID ANY FUTURE SIMILAR VEHICULAR DAMAGE TO THE NEWLY FACILITY FROM RE-OCCURRING , THE NEW MS WAS CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 100 FEET OFF OF THE ROAD.

About This Pipeline Incident

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