"DOMINION ENERGY QUESTAR PIPELINE, LLC"

gas_transmission Incident — — April 20, 2020

Incident Information

Incident DateApril 20, 2020
Operator"DOMINION ENERGY QUESTAR PIPELINE, LLC"
CommodityNATURAL GAS
Pipeline Typegas_transmission

Location

State
Coordinates41.51572, -109.45875

Cause

CauseOTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE
SubcauseELECTRICAL ARCING FROM OTHER EQUIPMENT OR FACILITY

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage$110,000
Emergency Response$2,000
Other Costs$0

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Incident Narrative

"DOMINION ENERGY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE ALERTED TO AND MITIGATED A FIRE AT A COMPANY FACILITY ON 4/15/2020. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL ARC WHICH DAMAGED ACTUATOR POWER GAS TUBING AND IGNITED THE LEAK IT CAUSED. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT A FACILITY LOCATED NEAR GREEN RIVER, WY ON ML001. INITIAL DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE BELOW THE $50,000 INCIDENT REPORTING THRESHOLD; HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS THAT LED TO A DECISION TO REPLACE ADDITIONAL PIPING OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, INCREASED THE ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COSTS ABOVE THE $50,000 THRESHOLD. THIS REPORTING CRITERIA WAS MET ON 4/20/2020 AT 14:30 AND A NRC REPORT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE. ADDITIONAL TESTING DETERMINED THAT THE REPLACED EQUIPMENT WAS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE FIRE. NOTES ON SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: D2) THE PIR OF THE FAILED TUBING WOULD NOT CREATE AN HCA IN THE AREA; HOWEVER, THE FACILITY IS LOCATED WITHIN AN HCA ON ML001 D3) REPORTED PIR IS FOR ML001 DUE TO ML001 BEING USED IN QUESTION D2 E1A) REPORTED FLOW RATE IS FOR ML001 E2A) MAOP DETERMINATION METHOD REPORTED IN QUESTION E2A IS FOR THE TUBING THAT LEAKED. THE MAXIMUM SAFE OPERATING PRESSURE FOR THE TUBING IS DETERMINED PER 192.619(A)(4) TO BE THE MAIN LINE MAOP. MAIN LINE PIPING MAOP ON THIS SECTION OF ML001 WAS DETERMINED BY 192.619(A)(1). E6) LENGTH BETWEEN VALVES DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BLOCK VALVES LOCATED AT THE FACILITY INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT"

About This Pipeline Incident

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