GLASS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE, LLC

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 9:54 AM ON APRIL 19, 2020 THE MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED A CRUDE OIL RELEASE AT THE GMPL FACILITY, OMEGA STATION. THE MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN SHUT IN THE VALVE AND BEGAN INITIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES. THE RELEASE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE GMPL FACILITY. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN'S IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, OPERATIONS MANAGER, EHS MANAGER AND VP OF OPERATIONS AS PER OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. OCC NOTIFICATION WAS MADE VIA PHONE AT 10:25 AM. ACME ENVIRONMENTAL WAS CONTRACTED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACE REMEDIATION. THE PACKING ON THE EXTERNAL LEVER ARM WAS LEAKING, THUS FOUND TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OF LEAKING EQUIPMENT. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION MADE DURING REPAIRS IT WAS FOUND THAT CHECK VALVE WAS ALTERED FROM ORIGINAL DESIGN BY PREVIOUS OPERATOR. THE VALVE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE A NON-SWING ARM VALVE BUT WAS ALTERED TO BE A SWING ARM VALVE BY BLOWING A HOLD THRU THE VALVE, WELDING A 2 INCH NIPPLE AND ATTACHING A SWING ARM. THE VALVE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AND WAS REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT EQUIPMENT. THE OPERATOR HAS DECIDED TO GO WITH INTERNAL FLAPPER VALVE AND ELIMINATE THE BUSHING AS A POTENTIAL FAILURE POINT.