COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY OPERATIONS MANAGER, ALLEN KRESSLEY BY KINDER MORGAN FACILITY MANAGER, PAUL SILVA @11:15 AM. OPERATIONS MANAGERS, PAUL SILVA AND MIKE MCEVOY WERE DRIVING AROUND DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THEIR FACILITY AND AS THEY PASSED THE COLONIAL INCOMING (PIG) TRAP, THEY NOTICED THAT THE FLANGE ON A 2 INCH DRAIN VALVE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LINE WAS LEAKING. THEY NOTIFIED THEIR CONTROL ROOM WHO THEN CALLED THE COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY CONTROL ROOM TO SHUT DOWN THEIR INCOMING DELIVERY. THEY PLACED CONTAINMENT UNDER THE VALVE UNTIL COLONIAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED TO BEGIN THE REPAIRS. WHEN THE COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY CONTROLLER AT THE LINDEN FACILITY GOT THE CALL FROM KINDER MORGAN CONTROL ROOM, LINE 44-9 WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. TECHNICIANS WERE DISPATCHED, LINE 44-9 WAS ISOLATED AND THE 2"" BALL VALVE AND LEAKING GASKET WAS REPLACED. INITIAL CLEANUP WAS COMPLETED ON 1-13-2016. NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE NRC AND NYSDEC BY KINDER MORGAN. THIRTEEN (13) GALLONS OF 77 GRADE FUEL OIL SPILLED. BASED ON INITIAL POST-EXCAVATION SOIL SAMPLE RESULTS, ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION AND SOIL SAMPLES WERE TESTED WITH LAB RESULTS INDICATING NYSDEC STANDARDS WERE MET. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GASKET FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY FROZEN WATER TRAPPED BETWEEN THE GASKET AND THE FLANGE WHICH CAUSED THE LEAK. ALL LOW POINTS WITH THIS TYPE OF CONNECTION WERE INSPECTED FOR WATER.