KOCH PIPELINE COMPANY, L.P.

Incident Narrative

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:05, KOCH PIPELINE COMPANY, L.P., (""KPL"") WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER OPERATOR OF STAINING ON KPL'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. KPL DISPATCHED LOCAL OPERATORS TO THE SITE. THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER (""PCC"") WAS NOTIFIED AND THE PIPELINE WAS SHUT DOWN ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 AT 10:09. LEAK DETECTION DID NOT INDICATE ANYTHING ABNORMAL WHILE THE LINE WAS RUNNING. THE KPL OPERATORS WALKED THE AREA TO DETERMINE IF ANY CRUDE WAS ON OR WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE OPERATORS LAID DOWN ABSORBENT PADS, BUT DID NOT PICK UP ANY HYDROCARBONS ON THE PADS OR ON FOUR GAS METERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE OPERATORS PROBED 12 TO 15 INCHES ON TOP OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE VISUAL INSPECTION DID NOT INDICATE A RELEASE. A SAMPLE OF THE SURFACE SOIL WAS COLLECTED AND PROVIDED TO NAISMITH ENGINEERING (""NEI"") TO SCREEN WITH A PHOTO-IONIZATION DETECTOR. INITIAL SCREENING RESULTS OF THE SOIL SAMPLE INDICATED A HYDROCARBON READING OF APPROXIMATELY 700 PPM, BUT COULD NOT DIFFERENTIATE THE TYPE OF HYDROCARBON. BASED ON THE FIELD INSPECTIONS, PCC WAS CONTACTED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 AT 13:24 TO RESTART THE LINE. NEI MOBILIZED TO THE SITE ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 TO COLLECT A FRESH SOIL SAMPLE DIRECTLY FROM THE IMPACTED AREA AND SUBMITTED THE SAMPLE FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS. THE GOAL OF THIS SAMPLING WAS TO DETERMINE IF THE SOIL IMPACT WAS CAUSED BY CRUDE OIL (HANDLED BY KPL) OR A LIGHTER PETROLEUM PRODUCT SUCH AS GASOLINE OR DIESEL (NOT HANDLED BY KPL). THE LABORATORY RESULTS WERE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 AND INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WAS LIKELY CRUDE OIL AND NOT GASOLINE OR DIESEL. KPL PERSONNEL EXCAVATED THE LINE AND A LEAK WAS CONFIRMED ON OCTOBER 2, 2014 AT 15:54. THE PIPELINE REMAINS SHUTDOWN.