SFPP, LP

Incident Narrative

11/12/2019 SUPPLEMENT/FINAL: UPDATED ESTIMATED RECOVERY AND COST AMOUNTS. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7/25/19 SUPPLEMENT/FINAL: CHANGED G-1 CORROSION FAILURE, #2 TYPE OF CORROSION TO GALVANIC FROM ATMOSPHERIC AND ASSOCIATED SUBSEQUENT ITEMS. THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY EXPONENTS METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS AND THE PIPELINE SPAN MAPPING INDICATED THAT THE POINT OF FAILURE OF THE RELEASE WAS NEAR THE 5 O'CLOCK POSITION IN BURIED OR PARTIALLY BURIED PIPE. THE RCAT DETERMINED THAT THE POINT OF FAILURE WAS ON THE PARTIALLY BURIED DOWNSTREAM SEGMENT OF THE PIPE AT OR NEAR THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE BACK OF THE ANTHONY DRAIN CANAL AND IN CONTACT WITH SOIL. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3/25/19 SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL: MADE CHANGES TO PART C#3A & PART G#3. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AT 2341 ON 12/13/2018, KINDER MORGAN'S SFPP, LP'S (OPID 18092) LINE SECTION 18 (EL PASO TO TUCSON 12-INCH) HAD SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW SUCTION PRESSURE AT ITS EL PASO BREAKOUT STATION. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE INDICATIONS FROM SCADA, A THIRD PARTY NOTIFIED ANOTHER KM BUSINESS UNIT EMPLOYEE, WHO, IN TURN, NOTIFIED US OF THE RELEASE LOCATED AT 4220 THREE SAINTS ROAD, ANTHONY NM 88021 IN DONA ANA COUNTY. MAINLINE BLOCK VALVES WERE CLOSED TO ISOLATE THE AREA. AT APPROXIMATELY 0250 MOUNTAIN TIME, THE RELEASE WAS CONFIRMED WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE COSTS EXPECTED TO EXCEED $50,000 AND NRC RELEASE NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE (REPORT #1232952). LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS, KM'S OSRO, AND KM PERSONNEL RESPONDED ON SITE. THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS SECURED WITH THREE NEARBY HOMES EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION. THE RELEASE WAS CONTAINED IN AN IRRIGATION DITCH. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NOTE: PART A, #6 THERE WERE THREE NRC NOTIFICATIONS MADE. THE FIRST (#1232949) NOTIFIED OF A THREATENED RELEASE, THE SECOND (#1232952) CONFIRMING THE PROBABILITY THAT THE $50,000 PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTING THRESHOLD WOULD BE EXCEEDED, AND THE THIRD (#1233092) WAS THE PHMSA-REQUIRED 48 HOUR FOLLOW-UP NOTIFICATION. NOTE: PART D, #5 B. THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT REACHING GROUNDWATER IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NOTE: PART E, #8 WHILE INVESTIGATING THE INDICATIONS FROM SCADA, A THIRD PARTY NOTIFIED ANOTHER KM BUSINESS UNIT EMPLOYEE, WHO, IN TURN, NOTIFIED US OF THE RELEASE. NOTE: PART G, #1 CHARACTERIZED AS AN ACCUMULATION OF ISOLATED AND ACCELERATED PITTING.