Project Summary: Hazmat Investigation - 86 Docket Items - PLD18MR003

Description: Over-pressure of low-pressure natural gas distribution system resulting in multiple fires and explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, MA.

Mode: Hazmat

NTSB Number: PLD18MR003

Date of Accident: 09/13/2018

City: Merrimack Valley

State/Region: MA

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation


Docket Information

Creation Date: 09/24/2019

Last Modified: 07/07/2020 3:45 PM

Public Release Date & Time: 09/24/2019 4:03 PM


Docket Table of Contents

Docket Items: 86
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1 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Operations Center Manager 24 0 Adobe PDF file View
2 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Manager Meters and Regulation 71 0 Adobe PDF file View
3 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Mechanical Engineer 32 0 Adobe PDF file View
4 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Leader of Field Engineering 44 0 Adobe PDF file View
5 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Meters and Regulation Tech 42 0 Adobe PDF file View
6 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Senior Scada Controller 32 0 Adobe PDF file View
7 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Scada Controllers 1&2 33 0 Adobe PDF file View
8 Transcript of Interview - Columbia Gas - Construction Leader 15 0 Adobe PDF file View
9 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Feeney Brothers - Truck Driver 19 0 Adobe PDF file View
10 Transcript of Interview - Feeney Bros. - Truck Driver 17 0 Adobe PDF file View
11 Transcript of Interview - Feeney Bros. - Laborer 1 30 0 Adobe PDF file View
12 Transcript of Interview - Feeney Bros. - Laborer 2 45 0 Adobe PDF file View
13 Transcript of Interview - Feeney Bros. - Crew Foreman 34 0 Adobe PDF file View
14 Preliminary Report Columbia Gas Over-Pressurization of 13Sep2018 5 2 Adobe PDF file View
15 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Operations Center Manager 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
16 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Manager Meters and Regulation 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
17 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Mechanical Engineer 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
18 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Leader of Field Engineering 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
19 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Senior Scada Controller 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
20 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Construction Leader 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
21 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - M&R Tech 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
22 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Scada Controllers 1&2 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
23 Miscellaneous Information - Constructability/Safety Review of 14Dec2017 Job No. 16-0849062-00 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
24 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Feeney Brothers - Laborer 1 32 0 Adobe PDF file View
25 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Feeney Brothers - Laborer 2 47 0 Adobe PDF file View
26 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Errata - Feeney Brothers - Crew Foreman 34 0 Adobe PDF file View
27 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - DIMP - Incorrect Operation 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
28 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - DIMP - Steering Team 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
29 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - DIMP - Risk Evaluation 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
30 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - Regulator Risk Model - Response to NTSB 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
31 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - Constructability Review - South Union Project 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
32 Pipeline Operations - Lawrenece, MA - Excavation Permit - Specifies Distance of Pipe 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
33 Pipeline Operations - Corrosion Control Requirements 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
34 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - Job Order Pouch 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
35 Pipeline Operations - Questions asked by NTSB to Columbia Gas re Constructability 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
36 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - Mention of Overpressureization within DIMP 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
37 Pipeline Operations - Management of Change witin Columbia Gas DIMP 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
38 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas Regulator Risk Assessment DIMP 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
39 Pipeline Operations - Columbia Gas - Valves Used to Isolate the System 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
40 Adopted NTSB Report - Urgent Recommendation 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
41 Pipeline Operations -- PHMSA Interpretation PI-70-004 - Regulators and Sensing Lines 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
42 Miscellaneous Information - Mass DPU - doc for Enforcement 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
43 Pipeline Operations - AGA Presentation - on Pipeline Safety Management Systems of 2016 11 0 Adobe PDF file View
44 South Union St Project Overview Sketch 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
45 Pipeline Operations - Merrimack Vallet System Description 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
46 Pipeline Operations - Email VP to IIC - GIS and Project Planing S Union 19Apr2019 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
47 Pipeline Operations -- Pipeline Operations - Mech Engr EIT and Gas Planning Engr - Tie in od services Email 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
48 Integrity Management - Regulator Risk Assessment Program VP to IIC email of 16Oct2018 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
49 Pipeline Operations - 2018 South Union Job Order Abandonment 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
50 Pipeline Operations - Email VP to IIC - Instructions Find Info 31May2019 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
51 Pipeline Operations - CMA Construction Coordinator Credentials - Email VP to IIC 05Apr2019 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
52 Pipeline Operations - Previous Overpressure Incident ref VP to IIC email of 25Mar2019 10 0 Adobe PDF file View
53 Transcript of Interview - Former CMA M&R Mgr 81 0 Adobe PDF file View
54 Transcript of Interview - CMA - Mgr of Engineering 60 0 Adobe PDF file View
55 Transcript of Interview - SR VP Safety Envir and Train 93 0 Adobe PDF file View
56 Transcript of Interview - Dir Pipeline Safety 55 0 Adobe PDF file View
57 Transcript of Interview - Dir of Engr 112 0 Adobe PDF file View
58 Transcript of Interview - VP Engr SMS 29 0 Adobe PDF file View
59 Transcript of Interview - CMA VP of Safety 40 0 Adobe PDF file View
60 Emergency Response - National Grid response, "NTSB Information Request" 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
61 Technical Review Transmittal Letter - Former CMA M&R Mgr 82 0 Adobe PDF file View
62 Emergency Response Group Factual Report 24 0 Adobe PDF file View
63 Emergency Response - MEMA Report, Special Edition Vol. 17 Iss. 7 (Nov. 2018) 16 0 Adobe PDF file View
64 Emergency Response - Interview of North Andover Deputy Fire Chief 44 0 Adobe PDF file View
65 Emergency Response - Interview of Lawrence Deputy Fire Chief 63 0 Adobe PDF file View
66 Emergency Response - Interview of Andover Fire Chief 48 0 Adobe PDF file View
67 Emergency Response - NTSB Investigator Email (21 Sept. 2018) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
68 Emergency Response - MA State Police Email Correspondence (April 2019) 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
69 Emergency Response - Schwartz Presentation on Merrimack Valley, MA (April 2019) 45 0 Adobe PDF file View
70 Emergency Response - Email_Lawrence Fire Chief Correspondence (2018-2019) 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
71 Emergency Response - Andover Fire Chief Statement to US Senate Committee (20 Nov 2018) 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
72 Emergency Response - Interview of Field Operations Leader 72 0 Adobe PDF file View
73 Emergency Response - Call Statistics per hour for the City of Lawrence (13 Sept. 2018) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
74 Emergency Response - Columbia Gas Mutual Aid Company List (14 Sept. 2018) 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
75 Emergency Response - CMA Emergency Management Resource Contact List, Section 6 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
76 Emergency Response - FOL Driving Location (13 Sept - 14 Sept 2019) 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
77 Emergency Response - CMA Email, No. of Affected Customers (31 May 2019) 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
78 Emergency Response - CMA Table Top Exercise Over-Pressurization 11 0 Adobe PDF file View
79 Emergency Response - Email Nisource VP of Engineering and Pipeline Safety (15 May 2019) 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
80 Emergency Response - MA SCIP (2007) 329 0 Adobe PDF file View
81 Emergency Response - MA Radio Strategy Report (1 Executive Summary) 20 0 Adobe PDF file View
82 Emergency Response - MA Strategy Report (2 Current State Assessment and Findings) 60 0 Adobe PDF file View
83 Emergency Response - PHMSA Guide for Communicating Emergency Response Information for Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipelines 43 0 Adobe PDF file View
84 Pipeline Operations Factual 57 4 Adobe PDF file View
85 NiSource Party Submission -- Merrimack Valley Gas Overpresurization 35 0 Adobe PDF file View
86 Merrimack Final Report - Corrected Copy 73 0 Adobe PDF file View