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COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorCOLONIAL PIPELINE CO
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates29.85847, -94.97918

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
Other Costs—

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Incident Narrative

ON 5/4/2023, AT OR AROUND 13:38 A TECHNICIAN PERFORMING WEEKLY MAIN LINE BLOCK VALVE (MLBV) INSPECTIONS OBSERVED PRODUCT IN AN ACCESS WELL LOCATED NEXT TO THE CEDAR BAYOU UNIT (CBU) LINE 1 MLBV. THIS SEGMENT OF LINE WAS DOWN DUE TO SCHEDULE DOWNSTREAM OPERATIONS. THE APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURE. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WERE MOBILIZED AND ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 16:18 TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE, REPAIR AND PERFORM SPILL RECOVERY ACTIONS. THE BONNET O-RING WAS FOUND TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED THE O-RING FAILED AS A RESULT OF WEAR AND TEAR AND HAD BECOME COMPRESSED OVER TIME. AS A RESULT OF THE RELEASE, 3 GALLONS OF PRODUCT WAS RELEASED AND RECOVERED. ALL RELEASED PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED ON CPC PROPERTY. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE LINE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATIONAL STATUS ON 5/8/2023 AT 13:54. ON 5/4/2023, AT OR AROUND 13:38 A TECHNICIAN PERFORMING WEEKLY MAIN LINE BLOCK VALVE (MLBV) INSPECTIONS OBSERVED PRODUCT IN AN ACCESS WELL LOCATED NEXT TO THE CEDAR BAYOU UNIT (CBU) LINE 1 MLBV. THIS SEGMENT OF LINE WAS DOWN DUE TO SCHEDULE DOWNSTREAM OPERATIONS. THE APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURE. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WERE MOBILIZED AND ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 16:18 TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE, REPAIR AND PERFORM SPILL RECOVERY ACTIONS. THE BONNET O-RING WAS FOUND TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED THE O-RING FAILED AS A RESULT OF WEAR AND TEAR AND HAD BECOME COMPRESSED OVER TIME. AS A RESULT OF THE RELEASE, 3 GALLONS OF PRODUCT WAS RELEASED AND RECOVERED. ALL RELEASED PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED ON CPC PROPERTY. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE LINE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATIONAL STATUS ON 5/8/2023 AT 13:54. ON 5/4/2023 AT 17:00 IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RELEASE WOULD MEET OR EXCEED $50,000, THUS, A NRC NOTIFICATION WAS MADE.

About This Pipeline Incident

Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.

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