BUCKEYE DEVELOPMENT & LOGISTICS, LLC

Incident Narrative

ON MARCH 9, 2018, THE STATE LINE TERMINAL EXPERIENCED A COMMERCIAL POWER OUTAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 AM. A THIRD PARTY BEGAN TRANSFERRING CRUDE OIL TO STATE LINE TERMINAL AT APPROXIMATELY 2:38 AM. DUE TO THE POWER OUTAGE, THE MOTOR OPERATED VALVE (MOV) 5300 WAS SHUT DOWN IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THERE ARE THREE 1-INCH PRESSURE RELIEVING VALVES (PRV) UPSTREAM OF THE MOV THAT RELIEVE INTO SUMP TANK LS-10. THE THREE PRVS OPENED TO RELIEVE THE FLOW COMING FROM THE THIRD PARTY. THE SUMP TANK OVERFLOWED WHICH RESULTED IN CRUDE OIL SPILLING OUT OF THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT FROM THE SUMP. THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT DETERMINED THE ROOT CAUSE TO BE A HUMAN FACTOR. PER THE PROCESS AT THE STATELINE FACILITY, THE FACILITY OPERATOR FAILED TO MAKE PROPER NOTIFICATION TO THE THIRD - PARTY TERMINAL DELIVERING PRODUCT, LETTING THEM KNOW THE POWER OUTAGE HAD OCCURRED AND TO DISCONTINUE PRODUCT MOVEMENT UNTIL POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED. THIS FAILURE TO MAKE THE PROPER NOTIFICATION CAUSED THE SUMP TO OVERFLOW. TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, BUCKEYE IDENTIFIED AN ACTION ITEM FOR ALL THIRD PARTY PERSONNEL TO BE TRAINED ON THERE REVISED POWER OUTAGE PROCEDURE. THIS ACTION ITEM HAS BEEN COMPLETED.