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COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorCOLONIAL PIPELINE CO
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates34.09389, -83.23361

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 6/11/18 AT 0800 EST, A CONTRACT INSPECTOR NOTIFIED THE BELTON LEAD TECHNICIAN OF A STEM SEAL LEAK ON THE DANIELSVILLE STATION SUCTION VALVE. AFTER INITIAL NOTIFICATIONS, THE CONTRACT INSPECTOR WAS ABLE TO CONTAIN THE LEAKING PRODUCT. THE LEAD TECHNICIAN IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE CONTROL CENTER AND THE LEAD OPERATOR. THE LEAD TECHNICIAN DISPATCHED TECHNICIAN TO FACILITY TO MAKE REPAIRS AND START RECOVERY OF SPILLED PRODUCT. THE LEAD OPERATOR CONTACTED THE MANAGER OF OPERATIONS AT 0827 EST. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WAS NOTIFIED AT 0838 AND DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL WAS NOTIFIED AT 0843 BY MANAGER OF OPERATIONS. BY 0920, THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO INSTALL TUBING FROM THE SUCTION VALVE YOKE TUBE DIRECTLY TO THE STATION SUMP ISOLATING THE LEAK SOURCE AS A TEMPORARY REPAIR. CONTRACT CREWS AND THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST ARRIVED ON SITE AT 1130 TO ASSIST IN RECOVERY. REMEDIAL ACTIONS INCLUDED EXCAVATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AND VACUUM RECOVERY OF ANY FREE STANDING PRODUCT. ON 6/12/18 AT 0924 EST NRC NOTIFICATION WAS MADE WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE $50,000 NOTIFICATION THRESHOLD WOULD BE EXCEEDED. CONCURRENTLY, A COURTESY NOTIFICATION WAS ALSO MADE TO GA DNR EPD - NATURAL RECOURSES OPERATIONS CENTER AND THE GA EPD CASE MANAGER FOR THE EXISTING REMEDIATION SITE AT THE FACILITY. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED RELEASE VOLUME IS 375 GALLONS BASED ON ESTIMATED TIME OF RELEASE AND OBSERVED RATE OF RELEASE. FINAL VOLUME OF RELEASE AND RECOVERY WILL BE COMMUNICATED ONCE EXCAVATION IS COMPLETE AND ANALYTICAL ANALYSES ARE AVAILABLE. CURRENTLY, 80 TONS OF SOIL HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED AND CALCULATED TO CONTAIN 131 GALLONS OF PRODUCT. ADDITIONALLY, 33 GALLONS OF FREE PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECOVERED FOR A TOTAL RECOVERED VOLUME OF 164 GALLONS. IMPACTED SOILS ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO AN APPROVED FACILITY FOR DISPOSAL. UPDATE 7/26/18: FINAL RELEASE VOLUME HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON SOIL WEIGHT TICKETS AND ANALYTICAL RESULTS. 86 TONS OF SOIL WAS EXCAVATED AND CALCULATED TO CONTAIN 122 GALLONS OF PRODUCT. ADDITIONALLY, 33 GALLONS OF FREE PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED FOR A TOTAL SPILL VOLUME OF 155 GALLONS.

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