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BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorBUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates39.84635, -75.45941

Cause

CauseNATURAL FORCE DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
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Incident Narrative

DURING A ROUTINE WALK AROUND OF THE BOOTH STATION ON JULY 26, 2014, THE NUMBER 81 OIL SPLITTER VALVE WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING ULSD. APPROXIMATELY 0.05 BARRELS OF PRODUCT WAS RELEASED. THE MATERIAL WAS CLEANED UP WITH SORBENT PADS, NO REMEDIATION IS EXPECTED. THE RELEASE WAS INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO AN O-RING FAILURE. UPON OPENING THE VALVE TO REPLACE THE O-RING, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE VALVE ITSELF WAS DISCOVERED. AT THE TIME THE RELEASE WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS BELIEVED THAT REPLACING THE O-RING WOULD BE THE ONLY REPAIR NECESSARY TO VALVE. SINCE THE RELEASE WAS 0.05 BARRELS AND THE COST INVOLVED FOR THIS RELEASE WOULD NOT HAVE EXCEEDED THE REPORTING THRESHOLD THE NRC WAS NOT INITIALLY NOTIFIED. UPON OPENING THE VALVE AND DISCOVERING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE VALVE, THE REPORTING THRESHOLD, MONETARILY, WAS EXCEEDED. THE NRC WAS CONTACTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE DISCOVERY IT WAS DECIDED, DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT THE VALVE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VALVE IS BLOCKED AND ISOLATED PENDING THE REPAIR. UPDATE 12/22/2014. THE VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND NO FURTHER REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO A NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKE.

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