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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
Coordinates29.35871, -94.94391

Cause

CauseINCORRECT OPERATION
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

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

IN REGARDS TO THE FEBRUARY TEXAS CITY RELEASE, WE RECENTLY BECAME AWARE THAT THE EMPLOYEE SENT FOR DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING USED THE WRONG FORM AND WAS NOT TESTED UNDER THE POST-ACCIDENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING REQUIREMENTS OF DOT'S DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS. THEREFORE, WE HAVE MADE TWO CHANGES TO THE PHMSA 7000-1 REPORT FOR THE TEXAS CITY RELEASE. ON PART F, QUESTION 1 ""AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT, WERE ANY OPERATOR EMPLOYEES TESTED UNDER THE POST-ACCIDENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING REQUIREMENTS OF DOT'S DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS"" WE HAVE CHANGED THE ANSWER FROM ""YES"" TO ""NO"" AND ALSO ADDED A BRIEF NOTE UNDER PART H TO INCLUDE ""NOTE - NEW SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL REPORT INCLUDES CHANGES TO PART F - QUESTION 1 WAS CHANGED FROM ""YES"" TO ""NO"" BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE WAS MISTAKENLY TESTED UNDER A NON-DOT FORM. EMPLOYEE WAS STILL TESTED FOR AMPHETAMINES, COCAINE, CANNABINOIDS, OPIATES, PHENCYCLIDINE, AND MDMA."" PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED AN LEL ALARM AT THE TEXAS CITY FIELD LOCATION AT 23:28 ON 2/21/2018 DURING COMMISSIONING OF PIPELINE SEGMENTS 502 AND 502A. PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER CALLED FIELD PERSONNEL TO INVESTIGATE THE LOCATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 01:00 ON 2/22/2018, FIELD PERSONNEL ARRIVED ONSITE AND IDENTIFIED A PRODUCT VAPOR RELEASE ON TEMPORARY FILTER PIPING. FIELD PERSONNEL CALLED THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER TO SHUT IN THE PIPELINE, AND THEN CALLED 911. FIELD PERSONNEL BEGAN TO BLOCK OFF HIGHWAY 519 TO LIMIT ACCESS TO THE RELEASE AREA. NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER WAS CALLED AT 02:00 AND THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION WAS CALLED AT 02:45. GALVESTON COUNTY LEPC WAS ALSO NOTIFIED AT 03:15. AT APPROXIMATELY 02:30, THE RELEASE WAS CONTAINED AND HAD DISSIPATED ENOUGH (VERIFIED BY PORTABLE LEL MONITORS) THAT HIGHWAY 519 WAS REOPENED WITH THE AGREEMENT OF LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A SECTION OF THE TEMPORARY FILTER PIPING WAS MISALIGNED, WHICH CAUSED AN O-RING TO FAIL. AFTER RECHECKING THE TEMPORARY FILTER PIPING, RE-ALIGNING THE SECTION, AND REPLACING THE O-RING THAT CAUSED THE RELEASE, THE PIPELINE WAS RESTARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 09:15 WITH NO ISSUES.

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