MAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY, LP

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Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorMAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY, LP
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates35.96953, -96.01372

Cause

CauseINCORRECT OPERATION
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
Other Costs

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Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45 A.M. AN OPERATOR FOUND THAT A VALVE ON THE HYDROMETER IN THE CHANGE SHACK HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN AND GASOLINE FLOWED OUT OF THE CHANGE SHACK BUILDING AND INTO THE CONTAINMENT DITCH SURROUNDING IT. THE VALVE TO THE HYDROMETER WAS CLOSED, STOPPING THE LEAK, AIR MONITORING WAS ESTABLISHED, AN EXCLUSIONARY AREA WAS DESIGNATED, AND ALL WORK DONE IN THE AREA WAS DONE BY PERSONNEL UTILIZING A HALF MASK RESPIRATOR WITH CONTINUED AIR MONITORING. POTHOLES WERE DUG IN THE IMPACTED AREA, DIAPERS PLACED IN POTHOLES, A VACUUM TRUCK WHICH WAS ONSITE RECOVERED FREE PRODUCT, AND ROLL OFF BOXES WERE UTILIZED TO STORE RECOVERED SOIL. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTORS ASSISTED IN DELINEATION AND SAMPLING. APPROXIMATELY 2.5 BBL OF PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED VIA VACUUM TRUCK AND 1.6 BBL OF PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED IN 20 CUBIC YARDS OF IMPACTED SOIL WHICH WAS EXCAVATED. APPROXIMATELY 0.7 BARRELS WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE VOLATIZED FOLLOWING THE RELEASE. SOIL SAMPLES CONFIRMED THAT SOIL CONDITIONS WERE WITHIN THE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION (OCC) CLEANUP STANDARDS, NO FURTHER SOIL REMEDIATION ACTIONS REQUIRED. THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED WAS DISQUALIFIED FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AND RE-QUALIFIED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2016. SUPPLEMENTAL UPDATE: PART A #11 VOLUME RECOVERED AND PART H NARRATIVE

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