"SFPP, LP"

Incident Narrative

"ON 2/14/24 AT 13:32 PACIFIC TIME, SFPP WATSON STATION(PHMSA OPID 18092), WHILE CONDUCTING A FACILITY INSPECTION, WATSON OPERATIONS DISCOVERED GASOLINE ON TOP OF THE RAINWATER IN TANK W-9'S VALVE VAULT WHICH APPEARED TO BE ENTERING FROM A CRACK IN THE VAULT WALL. OPERATIONS SUSPECTED TANK W-9 AS THE SOURCE OF THE GASOLINE, AND THE TANK WAS ISOLATED AND EMPTIED. THE GASOLINE IN THE VALVE VAULT WAS COLLECTED USING A VACUUM TRUCK. THE INITIAL ESTIMATED VOLUME RELEASED IS 129 GALLONS OF GASOLINE. TANK W-9 IS BEING INSPECTED TO CONFIRM IT WAS THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AND TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. 4/11/24 UPDATE: KINDER MORGAN'S INSPECTION OF WATSON TANK W-9 CONFIRMED IT WAS THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL 7000.1 IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR UPDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION. 10/16/24 UPDATE: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL 7000.1 IS BEING SUBMITTED TO REPORT THAT THIS TANK HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND PUT BACK INTO NORMAL SERVICE, ALONG WITH UPDATED FINANCIALS. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. 12/12/24 UPDATE: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL 7000.1 IS BEING SUBMITTED TO REPORT THAT THE KINDER MORGAN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND CAUSE OF THE RELEASE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. TANK W-9'S FILL/SUCTION LINE SUFFERED A CRACK AT A BUTT WELD CAUSED BY STRESS FROM LOADING AND UNLOADING DURING THE FILLING AND EMPTYING OF THE TANK. THE LINE HAS BEEN REPLACED USING A SINGLE JOINT OF PIPE TO REDUCE STRESS CONCENTRATIONS DURING FUTURE TANK OPERATION. INITIAL NRC NOTIFICATION: 1391571 PHMSA CRITERIA NRC NOTIFICATION: 1391574 PHMSA 48HR UPDATE: 1391707"