CRIMSON GULF, LLC

Incident Narrative

CRIMSON GULF EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT PUMP STATION TO CONDUCT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DUTIES. UPON ARRIVAL EMPLOYEE NOTICED CRUDE OIL PRESENT ON THE GROUND WITHIN THE STATION PROPERTY. WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION EMPLOYEE IDENTIFIED THE SOURCE OF RELEASED MATERIAL (SUMP PUMP) AND WAS ABLE TO ISOLATE AND STOP ANY FURTHER RELEASE OF PRODUCT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. NOTIFICATIONS TO NRC AND LA STATE POLICE WERE MADE, AN OSRO WAS CONTACTED AND DEPLOYED TO THE STATION TO BEGIN CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES. AN ONSITE PROJECT WAS UNDERWAY AT THE TIME OF THIS RELEASE TO DECOMMISSION THE FACILITY AND PURGE THE PIPELINE, TANKS, AND MANIFOLD ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACILITY. PUMPS, VALVES, TANKS AND ASSOCIATED PIPELINES WERE BEING PURGED WITH WATER, PER THE DECOMMISSIONING PLAN. DUE TO THERMAL PRESSURE BUILD-UP IN THE MANIFOLD AREA OF THE FACILITY CRUDE OIL WAS ABLE TO DRAIN INTO THE PREVIOUSLY DECOMMISSIONED SUMP. THIS SUMP WAS NOT MONITORED BY THE CONTROL ROOM AS IT WAS OUT-OF-SERVICE. THE RELEASE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM A BY-PASS VALVE NOT KNOWN TO BE CONNECTED TO THE SUMP. OPERATORS QUICK ACTIONS TO DETERMINE WHERE/HOW THE CRUDE OIL WAS REACHING THE SUMP STOPPED AND MINIMIZED ANY ADDITIONAL RELEASE OF PRODUCT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.