BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP
hazardous_liquid Incident —
Incident Information
| Report Date | — |
| Operator | BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP |
| Commodity | — |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 40.60944, -74.24028 |
Cause
| Cause | EQUIPMENT FAILURE |
| Subcause | — |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | — |
| Lost Commodity | — |
| Public/Private Damage | — |
| Emergency Response | — |
| Environmental Remediation | — |
| Other Costs | — |
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Incident Narrative
ON JULY 31, 2015 AT 00:50, A BUCKEYE LINDEN STATION EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING FACILITY SCHEDULED WALKING ROUNDS WHEN HE NOTICED DIESEL FUEL IN THE AREA OF THE UNIT #4 BOOSTER PUMP FOR LINE 603. THE LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AT THE TIME OF THE DISCOVERY. ALL FREE PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED WITHIN STATION PROPERTY. ALL FREE PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED BY 5:30 AM AND NO FURTHER REMEDIATION IS NECESSARY. THE TOTAL PRODUCT RECOVERED WAS 200 GALLONS. UPON INITIAL INVESTIGATION, THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE APPEARED TO BE A FLANGE ON THE SUCTION SIDE OF UNIT #4. UNIT #4 WAS ISOLATED TO SECURE THE AREA. AT THAT TIME THE RELEASE DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR A TELEPHONIC REPORT. AT 07:30, A TECHNICIAN CONDUCTED AN EVALUATION OF THE FAILURE. THIS EVALUATION REVEALED THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE TO BE THE VALVE STEM PACKING, WHICH INCREASED THE ADDITIONAL ESTIMATED REPAIR COST CLOSE TO $50,000. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THE NRC WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED (NOTIFICATION #1124374). UPDATE 3/9/2017 GPS COORDINATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED. A BREAK DOWN OF THE VALVE STEM PACKING ALLOWED PRODUCT TO ESCAPE FROM THE VALVE BODY. THE VALVE WAS REPLACED WITH A CERTIFIED REPLACEMENT.
About This Pipeline Incident
Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.