BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

ON 8/26/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 AM LOCAL BUCKEYE PERSONNEL WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE ROUNDS, OBSERVED FREE PRODUCT INSIDE THE SCRAPER TRAP SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AREA. THE OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY OPENED THE TRAP DRAIN WHICH STOPPED THE RELEASE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION LOCAL OPERATIONS DISCOVERED THE O-RING LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCRAPER TRAP HAD FAILED CAUSING PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAP. THE O-RING FAILED AT THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE GASKET DUE TO THE 30INCH TRAP DOOR HINGES BEING WORN AND NOT SEALING EVENLY WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR. THE GASKET WORE AWAY AT THE BOTTOM EDGE AT THE 6 O'CLOCK POSITION. ALL FREE STANDING PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED IN SECONDARY CONTAINMENT ON THE CONCRETE PAD. ALL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. OSRO ARRIVED ON SITE. CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES WERE COMPLETED. THE INITIAL REPORT TO THE NRC STATED A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 16 BARRELS WAS RELEASED HOWEVER AFTER RESPONSE ACTIVITIES WERE COMPLETE IT WAS DETERMINED 9 BARRELS WAS RELEASED. THIS WAS DETERMINED AFTER CLEANUP ACTIVITIES INDICATED THE RECOVERED BARRELS CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 50% WATER AND DIRT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NO FURTHER REMEDIATION IS NEEDED. 9/30/2021 A NEW SCRAPER TRAP DOOR WILL BE INSTALLED BEFORE BEING PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.