Page 22 - Tennessee 811 Magazine 2020 Issue 1

by lohii laeohi
Happy 2020!

lot happened lasr year — hiir in a eiiy, ihe olher was large diameter all the inspettion protncols ii-orn its

ir was a relaiwely sale year steel pipe in a relalively rural area. The weh sire and swiiehed. (or all praeiieal

lor pipelines. The National only eornrnon eleirienis (al least as far piirposes, io what had heen termed an

Transporlalion saleiy Board as we know now) are that horh involved "inlegratzd inspettiod (IA) proeess.
(NTSB| only irwesiigaied lwn pipeline natural gas and horh rzsulted in hres. l have heen involved in a niirriher
attidents: Firsts a 2—int1w nalural gas One other rommnn element: NOBODY of these "new" [A exercises over the
main al lhe eonneeiion lo a 4—ineh rnain — and I do rriean NOBODY — is happy past year. in my personal opinion,
(horh plastic) was darnaged lay a lhird— Ihat these Events oeeiirred. PIIMSA rnissed ihe hoai wirh this
party excavalor inslalling a Eiheropiie , . derision. The [A process is a LOT
eahle in san Frantisco. The lealr eanghi 3“ “’.T]5BS”“° “§§“?*,“"_d ‘,*“““‘°“‘ inoi-e work for both Ihe inspectors and
iii-e hiii Ihere wei-e no injiiries. There P;‘;§;‘S“A5 ‘.]f‘Y '1"“"‘fL”f“°“ Ihe pipeline opei-aioi-s. l have nol seen
was an zvamation and service to several § . )."" ‘°;".Pd° 9.! °" any meaningful improvement in rhe
hnndied cuslorners was temporarily 'r‘W'€a"°;5 _a" 1; °'".'dv °"°P;;l;;';§~° outu:-mes of the inspections. Just my
curlailed. Seconds a 30'inCh'dian|EIG|’ 11°” °1‘“:“ °‘ sh“ 5"” 3"]! Iwo rents.
naniral gas lransmissinn pipeline . “S. 3 ° ’"°"" 3“ W‘? P'P“.‘"”. . .
_ . irieidenrs that rhey are investigating) VV|lh respect io nilernalrings. the
iiipiiired and earighl lire ahorir 35 miles . , . .

. and ereniiiallg linal repons will he Hazardous Liquid Rulemakmg and
southwest nf Leiriiiglon. Kennielry on , d N I . I fl . I h C M
Aug“ M Ompmon was killed‘ issiie . lew regii auons may or may R IE1 Hrstphnlohnrohtde Bash. ekgz H
5 pmple We hmpmm and 75 um resii I. u fjvvlne piinis e ‘. cll (ta e e ect
i-esidenls evacuated. This particular Invesligalions take time. Investigators 7“ rd‘? y ‘sh’ G"“:"5 mg’: °I°§“‘°
line had an eleeirie llash—welded searri wand 10 get it “righI" and try Io avoid “"9” ‘"5 1‘ 9G “P. “if.” Kg‘ , °
and was eoared wiih mal tar hni, as or liiini-e aeeidenls. Giiess wlwal? we ALL 2°‘ “"‘.’{l‘ ‘“G;:C ‘F'° ;?;MSX‘°“/
larinaiy i, zuzoi miss had not i-eleased irialre rriislalres. we say or do ihings °’"’"‘ 9” ‘ ) °' ’
any preliminzzy lindings. Ihatp if we had it to do over again, we Finally: with respeei lo maillhorizalionp
Ohvimly Um Wm many Dam probably would not. The sarrie goes loi- i-esi assiired Ihat ihere will he hearings,
. . l . . ihings we did not do. PHMSA will he reaiiihonsed arid ihai
pipeline aeeidenis In Zcug. lehose these . . . .
Iwo they were the two picked The boltmn line e ii, to dn Ilwings so g*P;};"n;;;"' f,°,",;;';;;A‘; ‘“ "=*~‘"‘W’
by lhe NTSB. Both eoiild have heen ihal you would not feel iineornlonahle Y 3" 5”“ P“‘“""
iriiieh worse. Thai said, the loss or eirplairiing whar happened to a iiiry oi- — Unlil next iirne, he sale oni ihei-ell Q
even one lile is sorneihing that shoiild even worse — to ynllr rnoihei-ll _
never he eondoried. whai do these two . . k . h _ h /“’"' ’“"““ "“"""'f’°"' "Hm"
midgms km in Common? one was (l)ne riii lo pie wil rlilvlslh. A cu: lorqiidsnoiis oreoinniriil.-., Crltnll
mladwly Small diam?“ Plastic Pip? I iis lune asl yeai, PHMSA ieniove ,,deoliicu~slieglolmI no:
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