BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

ON FEBRUARY 6, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45, A LOCAL OPERATOR NOTICED SOME STAINING OF STONES AROUND THE L607 MAIN LINE UNITS IN LINDEN STATION YARD. THE OPERATOR NOTICED POOLING OF PRODUCT TOTALING APPROXIMATELY TWO GALLONS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DIESEL FUEL. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PIPELINES IN THAT AREA OF THE YARD SO THE SOURCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WITHOUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE PRODUCT WAS DARK IN COLOR AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FRESH, THEREFORE, THE PRODUCT WAS THOUGHT TO BE HISTORICAL. ALL INTERNAL AND OUTSIDE NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. HSSE, OIL SPILL REMOVAL ORGANIZATION (OSRO) WERE NOTIFIED FOR SUPPORT. THE NRC WAS CALLED AS A PRECAUTION BEFORE VERIFYING THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. NJDEP AND LINDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED. THE SITE WAS EXCAVATED AND UNCOVERED A DRAIN LINE WITH A PINHOLE LEAK RELEASING JET FUEL. THE 607 LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND A CLAMP WAS PUT ON THE DRAIN LINE, THE VALVE WAS EXERCISED, THE LINE WAS RE-STARTED. THE CAUSE OF THE PINHOLE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE CORROSION. THE COATING IN THE AREA OF THE PIN-HOLE WAS MISSING. THE REMAINING SECTION OF DRAIN PIPE COATING IS INTACT AND SATISFACTORY. DRAIN LINE PRESSURE ESTIMATIONS DO NOT EXCEED 5 PSI WHEN IN OPERATION. MOP ON DRAIN LINE IS NOT CALCULATED, ONLY MOP ON MAIN LINE WHICH IS 1438 PSI. THE NRC WAS CALLED AGAIN TO UPDATE THE ORIGINAL CALL TO AN ACTUAL RELEASE OF 20 GALLONS OF JET FUEL FROM OUR DRAIN LINE. THE NRC INFORMED US THEY DO NOT NEED ANY UPDATES. THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AS THE ORIGINAL AND FINAL REPORT. A SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL REPORT IS BEING FILED 6/10/19 TO CORRECT GPS COORDINATES