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MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorMARATHON PIPE LINE LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates29.71879, -95.17359

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
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Incident Narrative

ON JANUARY 7TH 2019, STATION PERSONNEL NOTICED LIQUID NEAR TANK CHIME. DURING THE RESPONSE IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE GASOLINE COMING FROM UNDER THE TANK. ALL PRODUCT HAS BEEN CONTAINED ON SITE AND RELEASE VOLUME IS 10.7 BARRELS. TANK HAS BEEN EMPTIED AND CLEANED. INVESTIGATION INTO CAUSE HAS IDENTIFIED A 9 INCH CRACK IN A WELD WITHIN THE FLOOR. METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE WELD FAILED FROM STRESS DUE TO A VOID UNDER THE TANK PLATE. INITIAL NRC REPORT CREATED AT 09:53 CST ON 1/7/19 (#1234729). THE 48 HOUR UPDATE REPORT WAS PLACED AT 07:05 CST ON 1/9/19 (#1234879) 3/11/19- UPDATED PART D - COST INFORMATION. RELEASE POINT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT TO BE PROVIDED WHEN RELEASE POINT IS IDENTIFIED AND A REPAIR PUT IN PLACE. 4/8/19- UPDATED PART D - COST INFORMATION. RELEASE POINT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT TO BE PROVIDED WHEN RELEASE POINT IS IDENTIFIED AND A REPAIR PUT IN PLACE. 5/6/19 - UPDATED PART H - NARRATIVE. SUSPECTED RELEASE POINT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. FINAL REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED FOLLOWING METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. 6/25/19 - FINAL REPORT-UPDATED PART D - COST INFORMATION (D8), LONG TERM IMPACT AND REMEDIATION (D3, D4). UPDATED PART H- NARRATIVE.

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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