BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

ON 8/24/17 A DELIVERY INTO T151 BEGAN. AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 HOURS MINOR STAINING WAS RECOGNIZED ALONG THE DRAIN PIPE AND WAS INVESTIGATED BUT NO ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED. ON 8/25/17 THE TANK WAS EMPTIED. DURING THIS ACTIVITY THE DRAIN VALVE BETWEEN FLOORS WAS CHECKED AND FREE PRODUCT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE SUMP PIPING BETWEEN THE DOUBLE BOTTOM FLOOR IN THE CENTER SUMP. ON 8/25/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY AT 1735 HOURS THE NRC WAS NOTIFIED. A VACUUM TRUCK WAS BROUGHT IN TO EVACUATE THE PIPING. THE LINDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SITE TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO EXTERNAL RELEASE. THE LINDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED NO PRODUCT WAS OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, NO INJURIES, NO EXPOSURES, NO FIRES. SINCE DISCOVERY, THE TANK HAS BEEN EVACUATED, VISUALLY INSPECTED AND CLEANED. ABRASIVE BLAST WAS PERFORMED TO ALL FLOOR WELDS AND THE ENTIRE SUMP, NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE WAS FOUND. A HELIUM TEST WAS PERFORMED, A MAG PARTICLE TEST WAS PERFORMED AND A 2ND HELIUM TEST WAS PERFORMED. NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE HAS BEEN FOUND. SINCE OCTOBER 1ST A PRESSURE TEST WAS CONDUCTED, A SECOND HELIUM TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE TANK WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND HELD PRESSURE FOR THREE DAYS WITH NO LOSS. THROUGH ABRASIVE BLAST TESTING A CRACK GUSSET WELD WAS VISUALLY DISCOVERED IN THE TANKS CENTER SUMP. ALSO IDENTIFIED THROUGH VISUAL EXAMINATION WERE THREE PINHOLES ON THE BELLMOUTH TO SUMP CORNER WELD. THE PINHOLES MANIFESTED THEMSELVES THROUGH PRODUCT STAINING. FOLLOWING ALL REPAIRS A FULL HYDROTEST WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ON TANK 151. NO ADDITIONAL TESTING IS REQUIRED IN THIS INCIDENT.