SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC

Incident Narrative

ON 11/5/2018, AT 7:49 PM LOCAL TIME, SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE (SSCGP) WAS CONTACTED BY CASS COUNTY, MO, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS REPORTING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT IMPACTED FACILITIES POSSIBLY BELONGING TO SSCGP. IT WAS A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT AND THE SINGLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO CUSTOMERS IMPACTED OR NOTICEABLE PRESSURE LOSS IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO ABOVE GROUND FACILITIES INCLUDING THE FENCING, PIG LAUNCHER, VARIOUS ABOVE GROUND PIPING, BLOW-OFF VALVES AND DAMAGE TO LINE XT MAINLINE GATE VALVE MAKING IT INOPERABLE AND LEAKING. LINE XT IS LISTED ON THE INCIDENT REPORT BUT THE FOLLOWING LINES WERE ALL IMPACTED AT THIS JUNCTION SETTING: XM, XMA, XT, XT-022. THE FACILITY IS LOCATED ALONG A STRAIGHT SECTION OF ROAD AND IS A FENCED ENCLOSURE THAT HAD BEEN SECURED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AS A PRECAUTION. SSCGP PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SITE AT 9:00 PM AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS A SSCGP FACILITY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NRC SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AND THE CALL WAS PLACED AT 9:55 PM ON 11/5/2018 WITH A FOLLOW-UP CALL ON 11/7/2018 AT 4:42 PM. ALL REPAIRS THAT AFFECTED OPERATION OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE WERE COMPLETED ON 11/7/2018. REPAIRS TO ABOVE GROUND FACILITIES (PIG LAUNCHER, PIPING, PAINTING, FENCING) AND SURFACE RESTORATION ARE ONGOING AND WILL BE COMPLETED AS WEATHER PERMITS.