PLANTATION PIPE LINE CO

Incident Narrative

ON THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 13, 2016, A PETROLEUM PRODUCT ODOR WAS DETECTED ON THE PIPELINE ROW IN THE CSX RAIL CORRIDOR DURING ROW CLEARING OPERATIONS. THE PIPELINE WAS PROMPTLY SHUT DOWN TO INVESTIGATE FOR A POTENTIAL LEAK. ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION AND EXAMINATION OF THE AREA BEGAN TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PIPELINE RELEASE. IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS AND EXCAVATIONS ARE THE AREA UNCOVERED A CRACK ON THE PIPELINE AS THE LEAK SOURCE. THE NON DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION EVALUATION OF THE PIPE SECTION WITH THE LEAK, CONDUCTED AT THE LEAK SITE, DETERMINED THE CRACK TO BE A GOUGE WITH THROUGH WALL CRACK AS THE CAUSE FOR THE PIPELINE FAILURE. A TYPE B SLEEVE WAS WELDED OVER THE CRACK IN THE PIPELINE. NOTE: VOLUME RELEASED DETERMINATION HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED DUE TO LEGAL ISSUES. THE ODES SYSTEM WILL NOT LET YOU INPUT A VOLUME RECOVERED THAT IS GREATER THAN THE VOLUME RELEASED. SO, 3.8 BBLS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS THE RELEASED VOLUME DUE TO THAT BEING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS RECOVERED. NOTE: THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (VDEQ) HAS ISSUED A CLOSURE LETTER FOR THIS RELEASE SITE. THE VDEQ STATED ""PETROLEUM LEVELS AT THIS SITE DO NOT REPRESENT AN IDENTIFIED RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE, THIS PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION CASE IS CLOSED AND FURTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION RELATED TO THIS RELEASE IS NOT REQUIRED.