COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE STATION CHECK AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 LOCAL TIME, THE OPERATOR DISCOVERED PRODUCT IN THE OIL/WATER SEPARATOR. THE OPERATOR BEGAN INSPECTING THE TANK FARM YARD AND MANIFOLD AREAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 18:41 THE ON DUTY OPERATOR CONTACTED THE SR. OPERATOR FOR ASSISTANCE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE OPERATOR DISCOVERED PRODUCT IN AND AROUND ACCESS WELLS AT LINE #2 BOOSTER STATION, UNIT #1(AT APPROXIMATELY 18:52). THE ON DUTY OPERATOR THEN IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE LEAD OPERATOR. THE CONTROL CENTER WAS NOTIFIED TO ISOLATE THE STATION AND THE OPERATIONS MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER (EPM) WERE SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED. PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED AND CLEAN-UP BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00. SOURCE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CASE PRESSURE SWITCH TUBING FITTING FAILURE AND THE TIME OF THE FAILURE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 17:30. REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT APPROXIMATELY 21:30 AND THE STATION WAS RETURNED TO THE CONTROL CENTER. THE STATION WAS BACK UP AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00. ON 1/23/16, THE EPM NOTIFIED ADEM BASED ON THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT GROUND WATER. IT WAS CALCULATED THAT 92 GALLONS OF FREE PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED, 3 GALLONS FROM ABSORBENTS AND 17 GALLONS IN THE SOIL. TOTAL FOR THE RELEASE WAS 112 GALLONS. A TOTAL OF 58.5 TONS OF SOIL WAS REMOVED. CONTAMINATED SOIL WILL BE DISPOSED OF AT AN APPROVED LANDFILL.