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FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LC

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorFLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates27.70120, -97.89859

Cause

CauseEXCAVATION DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 17:00 ON 9-18-18, FLINT HILLS RESOURCES WAS NOTIFIED OF A POSSIBLE CRUDE RELEASE NEAR THE SEELIGSON TO MIDWAY PIPELINE SEGMENT. PCC WAS NOTIFIED. THE LINE WAS NOT OPERATING AT THE TIME SO SHUT DOWN WAS NOT NECESSARY. FIELD PERSONNEL WENT TO THE SITE TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERED AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET BY 40 YARDS WITH CRUDE OIL PRODUCT VISIBLE. NRC WAS NOTIFIED AT APPROXIMATELY 17:46 OF AN UNCONFIRMED LEAK OF UNKNOWN QUANTITY. THE LINE SEGMENT WAS EXPOSED ON 9-19-18 AND LEAK WAS VERIFIED FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MECHANICAL PUNCTURE NEAR THE TOP OF THE PIPE. AN UPDATE NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO NRC AT APPROXIMATELY 12:54 ON 9-19-18 TO CONFIRM THE LEAK AND PROVIDE AN INITIAL LEAK ESTIMATE OF APPROXIMATELY 1700 BARRELS. A CLAMP WAS INSTALLED THE AFTERNOON OF 9-19-18 AND THE LEAK WAS STOPPED. AFTER THE LEAK WAS STOPPED, THE LEAK ESTIMATE WAS UPDATED TO APPROXIMATELY 1800 BARRELS TO ACCOUNT FOR PRODUCT RELEASED BEFORE THE CLAMP COULD BE PLACED. SEVEN GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS WERE INSTALLED IN LATE NOVEMBER, 2018. CHANGES WERE MADE IN PART B, QUESTION 10 - SELECTED PIPELINE RIGHT OF WAY.

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