COLONIAL PIPELINE CO
hazardous_liquid Incident — — December 12, 2018
Incident Information
| Incident Date | December 12, 2018 |
| Operator | COLONIAL PIPELINE CO |
| Commodity | REFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 35.21119, -81.16517 |
Cause
| Cause | EQUIPMENT FAILURE |
| Subcause | NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | $10,326 |
| Emergency Response | $21,092 |
| Other Costs | $0 |
Location Map
Incident Narrative
"ON 12/12/18 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600, AN OPERATOR FOUND A STEM SEAL LEAK ON LINE 2 UNIT 3 DISCHARGE VALVE. A TECHNICIAN RESPONDED AND PACKED THE VALVE, REPAIRING THE STEM SEAL LEAK. AT THE TIME OF REPAIR THERE WAS NO PRODUCT IN ADJACENT WELLS AND THE SOIL DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IMPACTED. ON 12/13/18 AT 1430, AN OPERATOR INSPECTED WELLS IN THE AREA OF THE VALVE AGAIN AND FOUND DISTILLATE. THE OPERATIONS MANAGER WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED. LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST RESPONDED WITH A SMALL VAC-TRUCK CREW AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE FREE PRODUCT. INITIAL ESTIMATE IS 14 GALLONS BASED ON PRODUCT RECOVERED WITH SORBENTS AND THE ESTIMATED SOIL VOLUME CALCULATION. SINCE THE SPILL IS LESS THAN 25 GALLONS AND NO OTHER REQUIREMENTS WERE MET, NO NOTIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED. 1/21/2019: FINAL VOLUME ESTIMATE IS 10 GALLONS. THERE WAS 5 GALLONS OF PRODUCT RECOVERED USING DIAPERS AND A VAC-TRUCK. AN ADDITIONAL 5 GALLONS OF PRODUCT WAS CALCULATED TO HAVE BEEN CONTAINED IN THE RECOVERED SOILS. 3/22/2019 ESTIMATED COST WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT FINAL COST"
About This Pipeline Incident
Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.