Texas Eastern “Incidents” (cont.)

• Uniontown Compressor Station blowdown causes hearing loss

• • “Blowdown” is an emergency release of gas for an unintended shutdown
  • December 31, 2010
  • High-pitched sound lasting 15 minutes
  • Texas Eastern confirmed it was caused by “a frozen valve”.
  • Subject of a lawsuit, Thomas Koziel vs. Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., US District Court for W PA, Docket #13cv1197