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CONSENT AGREEMENTConsent Agreement • May 5th, 2020
On July 6, 2011, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation, issued a Notice of Proposed Safety Order (Notice) to Columbia Gas Transmission (Respondent). The Notice alleges that Respondent’s Millennium pipeline has a condition or conditions that, without corrective measures, pose a pipeline integrity risk to public safety, property, or the environment. Specifically, the Notice alleges that, on January 11, 2011, a natural gas leak demonstrated the presence of integrity risks on the Millennium pipeline. The leak was caused by a pinhole defect in a circumferential weld joining two sections of 30- inch pipe. Upon initial review of its construction records, the Respondent discovered that the double joint weld containing the pinhole defect had not been subjected to non-destructive testing (NDT) during the construction process. Furthermore, during a post-accident review of the Millennium pipeline, records identified three additional w
