SFPP, LP

Incident Narrative

WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT KINDER MORGAN'S ONTARIO (CA) TERMINAL ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, AT APPROXIMATELY 1855, SOME DISCOLORED SOIL WAS DISCOVERED BY KINDER MORGAN MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES NEAR THE LS 108 ONTARIO MAINLINE BLOCK VALVE'S RELIEVE-AROUND BYPASS LINE. THE BYPASS LINE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TERMINAL'S PROPERTY, NOT ON THE ROW. RELEASE NOTIFICATIONS (NRC#1202863) AND OES (CONTROL # 18-0569) WERE MADE PER SPECIAL AGREEMENT WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, NOT DUE TO PHMSA 195.52 TELEPHONIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THE LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND ISOLATED ALLOWING INVESTIGATION OF THE SOURCE OF THE DISCOLORED SOIL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN INCOMPLETE WELD ASSOCIATED WITH A (SPLIT-TEE) FITTING ASSOCIATED WIT A BY-PASS WAS THE SOURCE OF THIS 3 GALLON (0.07 BBL) DIESEL RELEASE (WEEP). THE WELD WAS REPAIRED AND A SUCCESSFUL PRESSURE TEST WAS COMPLETED BEFORE PUTTING THE LINE BACK INTO OPERATION. IN ADDITION, ALL CONTAMINATED SOIL AND PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED AND DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. ON 2/15/18 THE KM REMEDIATION GROUP AND OPERATIONS DETERMINED THE RELEASE VOLUME TO BE 12.2 GALLONS (0.3 BBL), THEREFORE MAKING THIS RELEASE REPORTABLE PER 195.50. NOTE: PART A, 14, THE LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AT 1857 ON 1/25, RESTARTED AT 0441 ON 1/26 THEN SHUT DOWN AT 0620 WHEN THEY FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE WEEP. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THE LINE FINALLY RESTARTED AGAIN AT 1204 FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL STATIC PRESSURE TEST.