KINDER MORGAN LIQUID TERMINALS, LLC

Incident Narrative

WHILE DOING ROUNDS, A KINDER MORGAN OPERATOR NOTICED THAT TANK 28 WAS LEAKING ULSD FROM THE MANWAY ON AUGUST 18TH. 9 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL LEAKED INTO CONTAINMENT AND WAS CLEANED UP. THE MANWAY WAS CUT OUT AND REPLACED. ON 8/24/2018 A CWI AND API 653 INSPECTOR PERFORMED AN INSPECTION ON THE MANWAY. THE FINAL REPORT STATED THAT THE EXACT FACTORS LEADING TO THE MANWAY LEAK WERE NOT ABLE TO BE DETERMINED WITH 100% CERTAINTY. A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY THE API 653 INSPECTOR TO SWITCH THE GASKET FROM A 1/16' TO A 1/8' GASKET AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK, KINDER MORGAN ELECTED TO REPLACE THE MANWAY IN ITS ENTIRETY TO ENSURE THE LEAK WOULD CEASE, HOWEVER, IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE GASKET WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. AN NRC REPORT WAS PUT IT ON AUGUST 20TH WHEN THE EHS DETERMINED THAT THE INCIDENT MAY EXCEED THE REPORTING THRESHOLD OF $50,000. A FOLLOW-UP NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO ADJUST THE DATE AND TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FOLLOW-UP NRC NUMBER IS 1222143.