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ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY
Commodity—
Pipeline Typegas_transmission

Location

State
Coordinates27.69821, -97.97083

Cause

CauseEXCAVATION DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
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Location Map

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 09:15 HOURS ON JULY 29, 2019, ENERGY TRANSFER SUSTAINED A PIPELINE STRIKE FROM A FARMER PLOWING ACROSS IT'S EASEMENT ON ITS ALICE TO DRISCOL 8"" TRANSMISSION LINE, ACCOUNT #3054. (RRC SYSTEM ID: 962481). THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN A RURAL CLASS 1 LOCATION IN SOUTH TEXAS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF ALICE IN JIM WELLS COUNTY. THERE WERE NO FIRES, INJURIES, OR EVACUATIONS. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE NRC AT 13:55 HOURS ON JULY 29, 2019 (NRC INCIDENT # 1253535) AND TX RRC (INCIDENT # 2036) AT APPROXIMATELY 14:07 HOURS. THE LINE WAS MECHANICALLY PUNCTURED BY THE LINE STRIKE. IT WAS ISOLATED, BLOWN DOWN, AND THE DAMAGED SECTION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE LINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON JULY 30, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 05:39 HOURS. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED AS A ""SIGNIFICANT EVENT"" UNDER CFR 191.3 (3) AND DOES NOT MEET OTHER REPORTING CRITERIA. THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON AN INTRASTATE GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, ENERGY TRANSFER MET WITH THE EXCAVATOR AND EXPLAINED ONE CALL PROCEDURES AND SPECIFICS OF OUR PIPELINE THROUGH THE PROPERTY. ENERGY TRANSFER ALSO LOWERED A PORTION THE AFFECTED PIPELINE IN THE AREA OF THE INCIDENT. ** PHMSA 48 HR. NRC UPDATE MADE ON JULY 30, 2019 AT 16:03 HOURS. ( #1253688)

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