MAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY, LP

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Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorMAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY, LP
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates39.13995, -94.60048

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
Other Costs

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Incident Narrative

WHILE PERFORMING A FACILITY INSPECTION, LOCAL OPERATOR DISCOVERED PRODUCT LEAKING FROM THE STRAINER. OPERATIONS CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED AND VALVES WERE CLOSED TO ISOLATE THE LEAK. CLEANUP ACTIVITIES WERE INITIATED AND IMPACTED GRAVEL WAS REMOVED AND CONTAINERIZED FOR PROPER DISPOSAL. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE RELEASE WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR ON THE O-RING SEAL ON THE STRAINER LID. THE DEFECTIVE O-RING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW O-RING.

About This Pipeline Incident

Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.

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