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COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorCOLONIAL PIPELINE CO
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates40.57680, -74.24910

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 DECEMBER 5, 2017 AT 6:18AM A COLONIAL PROJECT INSPECTOR DISCOVERED THAT THE OID PUMP ON LINE 44-10 WAS LEAKING. THE INSPECTOR IMMEDIATELY CALLED OPERATIONS AND THE PUMP WAS SHUTDOWN. OPERATIONS THEN ISOLATED THE PUMP THUS STOPPING THE LEAK. THE FACILITY LEAD TECHNICIAN THEN CALLED THE LINDEN OPERATIONS MANAGER. THE MANAGER WAS TOLD THAT THE ESTIMATED PRODUCT THAT LEAKED WAS ABOUT 25 GALLONS. THE MANAGER CALLED THE NJDEP AT 6:24AM AND REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A SPILL WHICH RELEASED ABOUT 25 GALLONS OF ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL (ULSD) - CASE NUMBER 171205062716. THE LINDEN OPERATIONS MANAGER THEN CONTACTED THE NED DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT 6:32AM TO INFORM HIM OF THE INCIDENT. VACUUM TRUCKS ARRIVED AND REMOVED ULSD THAT HAD ACCUMULATED IN A NEARBY VALVE ASSESS CASING AND GROUND. THE TRUCKS VOLUME WAS GAUGED AND BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS GAUGE THE LINDEN OPERATIONS MANAGER CALLED THE NJDEP AT 9:20AM TO INFORM THE STATE THAT THE VOLUME RELEASED HAD CHANGED FROM 25 GALLONS TO 370 GALLONS (USING THE SAME CASE NUMBER AS BEFORE). CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE GROUND AND STORED ON PLASTIC AWAITING SAMPLING. UPDATE 4/24/2018: ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES ARE ONGOING AND THE ESTIMATED COST WILL EXCEED $50,000.00 THE NRC WAS NOTIFIED ON 3/28/2018 AT 09:15 - CASE # 1207837 UPDATE 6/14/2018: AN INCIDENT ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED AND CONCLUDED THAT THE STAINLESS STEEL PUMP INTERNAL PARTS FAILED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PUMP CASE CAUSING THE RELEASE OF PRODUCT. THE BASIC CAUSE WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PUMP RAN DRY DURING OPERATION. THE LINE WHEN SHUT-DOWN BECOMES ""SLACK"" CAUSES A VAPOR SPACE IN THE TOP PORTION OF THE LINE. THE PUMP TAKES SUCTION FROM THE TOP OF THE LINE. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE PUMP INTERNAL PARTS BECAME WORN AND FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF PRODUCT INSIDE THE PUMP, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UPON RESTART. THIS PUMP IS A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT TYPE. PRODUCT DURING PUMP OPERATION, PROVIDES COOLING AND LUBRICATION OF THE PUMP INTERNAL PARTS. THE PUMP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE. BASED ON SOIL DISPOSAL VOLUME AND SOIL STOCKPILE SAMPLE CONCENTRATIONS, THE VOLUME IN SOIL WAS INCREASED BY 37 GALLONS.

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