COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC

Incident Narrative

10/15/16 11:00 A.M. TRANSPORT DRIVER, KEVIN SHIVE, ARRIVED AT VALLEY CENTER STATION TO UNLOAD. AS HE EXITED HIS TRUCK HE SMELLED FRESH OIL. UPON INVESTIGATION, HE FOUND THAT THE SUMP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MAIN PIPELINE PUMP BUILDING WAS RUNNING OVER. KEVIN CALLED RANDY FINUF, STATION OPERATOR, TO REPORT. KEVIN DETERMINED THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A FAILED INBOARD PUMP SEAL, WHICH HE COMMUNICATED TO RANDY. 11:03 A.M. RANDY FINUF TOOK CONTROL OF THE STATION VIA SCADA, CHANGED OPERATIONS TO MANUAL, AND SHUT THE PIPELINE PUMP DOWN. NOTIFIED OPERATIONS MANAGER. 11:29 A.M. OPERATIONS MANAGER, TOM ADAMSON, NOTIFIED EHS OF RELEASE. 1:30 P.M. PIPELINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE (ER) ON-SITE REMOVING FREE OIL AND PREPARING TO REMEDIATE CONTAMINATED SOIL. 1:50 P.M. BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ON-SITE ER TEAM REGARDING THE AREA AND DEPTH OF THE FREE OIL SPILLED FROM THE SUMP, EHS MIKE COGDILL AND SAM MCCORMICK CALCULATED A REASONABLE INITIAL ESTIMATE OF THE VOLUME OF THE RELEASE. THE ESTIMATED VOLUME OF THE RELEASE IS APPROXIMATELY 6 BARRELS. 1:56 P.M. EHS MIKE COGDILL BEGAN AGENCY NOTIFICATIONS NRC AT 1:56 P.M.; KDHE AT 2:05 P.M.; AND SEDGWICK COUNTY LEPC AT 2:18 P.M. 4:45 P.M. ALL FREE OIL RECOVERED (4 BBLS) AND NEW SEAL INSTALLED IN PUMP. ER TEAM ADDED ABSORBENT MATERIAL TO THE AREA. 10/17/16 PIPELINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM BEGAN EXCAVATING/REMOVING CONTAMINATED SOIL. 10/18/16 PIPELINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM COMPLETED EXCAVATION AND REMOVAL OF CONTAMINATED SOIL. APPROXIMATELY 3 CUBIC YARDS OF OILED SOIL WAS REMOVED.