SFPP, LP

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 2313 ON 9/29/20, KM OPERATORS AT KINDER MORGAN'S SFPP, LP, WATSON STATION DISCOVERED A SMALL AMOUNT OF JET FUEL THAT HAD BACKED UP FROM DRAINAGE AND ACCUMULATED NEAR THE LAB'S FLOOR DRAIN. OPERATORS THEN EXAMINED THE IN-STATION SUMP (ASSOCIATED WITH LS 120 (WACL- WATSON TO COLTON, 16 INCH PIPELINE) AND FOUND THAT IT HAD OVERFLOWED ALLOWING THE BACK FLOW. ADDITIONALLY, THE OPERATORS FOUND JET FUEL ACCUMULATING IN THE SAMPLE HOUSE CONTAINMENT DRAIN. THE PIPELINES WERE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY UPON DISCOVERY AT THE LAB. AT APPROXIMATELY 2345, THE RELEASE VOLUME WAS DETERMINED TO EXCEED REPORTABLE QUANTITIES AND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS WERE PROMPTLY INITIATED. UPON CONTINUED RESPONSE ACTIONS AND INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WACL SUMP OVERFILLED WHEN A FAILED PRV ON THE WACL PROVER ALLOWED ADDITIONAL PRODUCT INTO THE SUMP. AS A RESULT, THE SUMP OVERFILLED AND BACK FLOWED INTO A DRAIN LINE WHICH, IN TURN, BACKED INTO THE SAMPLE HOUSE SINK AND LAB FLOOR DRAIN. TECHNICIANS DETERMINED THAT THE SUMP REDUNDANT ALARM DID NOT ACTIVATE DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE.