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Post by cornholio on Mar 18, 2008 6:26:15 GMT -6
www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/847623,6_1_NA18_GASMAIN_S1.article March 18, 2008 By BILL BIRD wbird@scn1.com A broken natural gas main on Naperville's far south side was capped early Monday evening, after apparently having been punctured or severed earlier in the afternoon by a construction crew. Traffic was rerouted for nearly three hours on and near Plainfield-Naperville Road between 95th and 104th streets, in the Ashbury and Rose Hill Farm neighborhoods. Construction workers digging around 3:06 p.m. in the vicinity of Hamlet and Plainfield-Naperville roads apparently punctured or severed a steel gas main that is two inches in diameter, authorities confirmed. Naperville police erected barricades and redirected traffic from Plainfield-Naperville Road at 95th Street on the north and 104th Street to the south, police Cmdr. Dave Hoffman said. Tom Kallay, community relations director for Nicor Gas, said the break occurred at 1004 Hamlet Road. The leaking main was capped at 5:50 p.m., he said. No one was injured in the incident. Kallay said no homes or businesses were evacuated because of the break, nor were there any interruptions in natural gas service to customers. Kallay added that while the main had been capped and posed no danger to area residents, permanent repairs still needed to be coordinated with the city of Naperville. Those repairs were being arranged Monday night, he said.
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Post by cornholio on Mar 18, 2008 6:32:29 GMT -6
This was only a 2" main and they closed down the street for 3 hours.
What would have happened if this was one of the 3 pipelines running through the Eola site? There are 2-36" and 1 - 20" Natural Gas pipelines running through the Eola site.
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Post by Arch on Mar 18, 2008 6:36:12 GMT -6
This was only a 2" main and they closed down the street for 3 hours. What would have happened if this was one of the 3 pipelines running through the Eola site? There are 2-36" and 1 - 20" Natural Gas pipelines running through the Eola site. Those are just the ones under the property a couple hundred feet off the school building. There is another nat gas out by the RR tracks, 1 w/ gasoline and another w/ crude oil. |
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Post by momof156graders on Mar 18, 2008 8:27:40 GMT -6
This was only a 2" main and they closed down the street for 3 hours. What would have happened if this was one of the 3 pipelines running through the Eola site? There are 2-36" and 1 - 20" Natural Gas pipelines running through the Eola site. Those are just the ones under the property a couple hundred feet off the school building. There is another nat gas out by the RR tracks, 1 w/ gasoline and another w/ crude oil. Did yesterdays gas break have anything to do with construction at the church at 104th and Book? |
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Post by Arch on Mar 18, 2008 9:53:26 GMT -6
Those are just the ones under the property a couple hundred feet off the school building. There is another nat gas out by the RR tracks, 1 w/ gasoline and another w/ crude oil. Did yesterdays gas break have anything to do with construction at the church at 104th and Book? Dunno. |
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Post by blankcheck on Mar 18, 2008 10:03:16 GMT -6
No, they are widening Naperville/Plainfield road.
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Post by rj on Mar 18, 2008 21:20:35 GMT -6
Nobody but the pipeline company would ever be digging on the pipeline right of way, and that would be only for repairs, so those pipes are safe from being hit by a careless operator or mis marking/ failure to locate by JULIE.
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Post by Arch on Mar 18, 2008 21:27:23 GMT -6
Nobody but the pipeline company would ever be digging on the pipeline right of way, and that would be only for repairs, so those pipes are safe from being hit by a careless operator or mis marking/ failure to locate by JULIE. The whole point of a 'careless operator' accident is that they don't follow the PROPER procedures. It happens and 1,000 people telling you it will never happen or that it's safe can not stop the careless operator or the person with purposeful intent. |
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Post by d204mom on Mar 18, 2008 21:53:21 GMT -6
Nobody but the pipeline company would ever be digging on the pipeline right of way, and that would be only for repairs, so those pipes are safe from being hit by a careless operator or mis marking/ failure to locate by JULIE. According to the site map, the athletic fields are sitting on top of the pipelines easement. So the pipeline company will be installing the fields? That doesn't make any sense. Someone is going to have to be working in that easement besides the pipeline company. |
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Post by rj on Mar 19, 2008 4:19:56 GMT -6
d204mom, Trenching is not necessary to build athletic fields. It has been stated that2 feet of fill will be added to the existing grade in order to raise the elevation for drainage purposes. The pipes are at minimum 6 feet below grade for frost protection. And trust me, the pipeline company will be on site to protect their asset and the contractor will take every precaution as they don't want the bill for any damage to the lines.
Arch, yes there are careless operators, but when it comes to the pipeline being worked on, if it is ever needed, the line would be shut down during the repair to eliminate the risk and I am sure if they ever did need to dig down to repair one of those lines it would be during summer break.
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Post by Arch on Mar 19, 2008 5:16:34 GMT -6
Arch, yes there are careless operators, but when it comes to the pipeline being worked on, if it is ever needed, the line would be shut down during the repair to eliminate the risk and I am sure if they ever did need to dig down to repair one of those lines it would be during summer break. ...assuming only scheduled events happen and not an unrequested 'gas surplus' in the surrounding soil and atmosphere. |
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Post by friend on Mar 19, 2008 7:08:35 GMT -6
Nobody but the pipeline company would ever be digging on the pipeline right of way, and that would be only for repairs, so those pipes are safe from being hit by a careless operator or mis marking/ failure to locate by JULIE. According to the site map, the athletic fields are sitting on top of the pipelines easement. So the pipeline company will be installing the fields? That doesn't make any sense. Someone is going to have to be working in that easement besides the pipeline company. Will any of the pipelines run directly under the school building? Is it just the athletic fields only? If so, how far are the athletic fields from the actual school building? Are all three lines running north/south? |
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Post by Arch on Mar 19, 2008 7:21:28 GMT -6
Friend, They run N/S. Approx 200-330 feet from the physical building as best can be determined from the site plan.
With the volume of gas, this is more than close enough to break the structure and cook anyone around it and some on that side of the building due to the amount of fuel under pressure in those lines and the available BTUs that can be released.
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