PLANTATION PIPE LINE CO

Incident Narrative

ON 2/11/20 AT 04:30AM , PLANTATION PIPE LINE'S ALPHARETTA CONTROL CENTER (ACC) RECEIVED A CALL FROM A RESIDENT REGARDING A PETROLEUM ODOR NEAR THE 8KX PIPELINE NEAR SILVER CREEK, GA. THE RESIDENT REPORTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS ISSUES IN THAT AREA DUE TO AN OLD MECHANIC SHOP LIKELY DISPOSING OF CHEMICALS IMPROPERLY AND SUSPECTED THAT THE RECENT RAIN HAD CAUSED CONTAMINATION TO SURFACE. ACC IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN THE 8KX PIPELINE AS A PRECAUTION AND A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SITE TO INVESTIGATE. NO OPERATING PRESSURE ABNORMALITIES NOR ANY OVER/SHORT IRREGULARITIES ON THE 8KX PIPELINE EXISTED. THE PIPELINE SECTION CONTINUED TO HOLD PRESSURE AFTER THE PIPELINE WAS SHUTDOWN. THE PRESENCE OF AN ACTIVE RELEASE WAS CONFIRMED ON THE 8KX PIPELINE AT 13:20PM ON 2/11/2020 WHEN GASOLINE WAS OBSERVED DRIPPING FROM A CRACK IN THE PIPE. SECONDARY CONTAINMENT (GALVANIZED TUB) WAS PLACED UNDERNEATH THE EXCAVATED PIPELINE TO CATCH ANY DRIPPING GASOLINE. A HOSE FROM A VACUUM TRUCK WAS PLACED INSIDE THE TUB TO RECOVER GASOLINE RELEASED INTO THE TUB. THE INITIAL REPAIR PLAN WAS TO INSTALL A 'B' SLEEVE OVER THE LEAKING 8KX PIPELINE. THOSE PLANS WERE LATER CHANGED TO CUTTING OUT THE COMPROMISED SECTION OF THE 8KX PIPELINE AND INSTALLING A NEW PIECE OF PIPE. THIS NEW AND MORE EXHAUSTIVE REPAIR PLAN WOULD NOW CAUSE THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE LEAK TO EXCEED THE $50,000 NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC) NOTIFICATION CRITERIA. THE CALL TO THE NRC WAS MADE WITHIN AN HOUR OF DETERMINING THAT THE ESTIMATED COSTS WOULD EXCEED THE $50,000 REPORTING CRITERIA. THE CALL TO THE NRC WAS MADE AT 20:41PM ON 2/11/2020. A SECTION OF NEW PIPE WAS INSTALLED, WITH THE REMOVED SECTION SENT TO A METALLURGICAL LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS. OF THE 11.5 BBLS RELEASED AT THE PIPELINE LEAK SITE, APPROXIMATELY .5 BARRELS OF GASOLINE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO THE SOIL WITH APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN (11) BARRELS RELEASED INTO THE TUB WITH THE VACUUM HOSE WHILE THE PIPE WAS BEING DRAINED (IN PREPARATION FOR CUTTING OUT THE COMPROMISED SECTION). 4/26/2020 UPDATE-4/29/2020 G5 HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING-RELATED. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS ONGOING AND UPDATED INFORMATION WILL BE REFLECTED IN THIS REPORT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 7/8/2020 UPDATE-REMEDIATION COST INCREASED FROM $50,000 TO $300,000