KINDER MORGAN CRUDE AND CONDENSATE LLC

Incident Narrative

ON 9-12-14 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 PART OF THE HELENA PUMP STATION RELIEF SYSTEM WAS PUT INTO SERVICE AND FILLED. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THREE LINES, TWO OF WHICH WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE USE, AND ONE WHICH BECAME USEABLE AS A RESULT OF THE PRODUCT FILL. THE TWO LINES UNDER CONSTRUCTION WERE SEPARATED FROM THE ACTIVE LINE BY CHECK VALVES. CONDENSATE PRODUCT BLED THROUGH THE CHECK VALVES, ENTERED THE EMPTY PIPING AND CAUSED A 40 GALLON/.95 BARRELS RELEASE. A CONTRACTOR HAD LEFT THE NIPPLE OFF OF A VALVE LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE AT A WELD CAP CONNECTED TO THE RELIEF SYSTEM. A KINDER MORGAN EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED TH RELEASE DURING A ROUTINE FACILITY INSPECTION AT 1930 AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED HIS MANGER. THE RELEASE WAS STOPPED BY CLOSING THE VALVE DOWNSTREAM OF THE LEAK, ABSORBENT LOGS WERE LAID OUT TO ABSORB PRODUCT; A NIPPLE AND VALVE WERE INSTALLED AT THE LEAK SOURCE; AND KMEP CALLED FOR A VACUUM TRUCK. ALL LIQUID WAS RECOVERED AND CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS PUT INTO A ROLL OFF DUMPSTER FOR DISPOSAL. THE EMPTY LINES WERE ALSO DRAINED AND BLINDED OFF FROM THE RELIEF LINE.