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Incident Narrative

4/30/2014 8:30 A.M. HOUSTON AMMONIA/T & L LEASE SERVICES BEGAN ANOMALY DIG ON AN AMMONIA PIPELINE. JUSTIN KELLY WAS PRESENT TO WITNESS EXPOSING OF THE 4' PGP PIPELINE. JUSTIN PERFORMED LEL TEST AND NO GAS DETECTED. 10:15 A.M. 4 INCH PGP PIPELINE EXPOSED. AT THAT TIME PIPELINE WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH CASING. 12:45 P.M. T&L CREW MEMBER NOTICED LEAK AND TOLD BLM TECHNICIAN JUSTIN KELLY ABOUT LEAK. JUSTIN IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED CONTROL ROOM TO SHUT DOWN THE 4 INCH PGP LINE. CONTROL ROOM CLOSED RSD AT THE PL PROPYLENE FACILITY, AND BEGAN DRAW DOWN OF PIPELINE VIA TOTAL. CONDITIONS ARE CLEAR; VAPOR CLOUD FORMED FOR LESS THAN 3 MINUTES AND BEGAN TO DISSIPATE. BLM TECH CURTIS BLACK REMAINS ON SITE TO KEEP SITE CLEAR AND INSURE TO PUBLIC IMPACT. 12:50 P.M. JUSTIN NOTIFIES VAUGHN TROSCLAIR AND PAT BARDWELL OF LEAK, 1:10 P.M. BLM CONTROL ROOM COMPLETES DRAW DOWN OF 4' PGP LINE AND SHUTS TOTAL RSD 1:15 P.M. JUSTIN CLOSES 4' VALVE AT GEORGIA GULF ROAD, AND DOW MAINLINE PGP. 1:30 P.M. JUSTIN CLOSES 4' VALVE AT AND DOW MAINLINE PGP. 1:38 P.M. PAT BARDWELL NOTIFIES NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER OF LEAK. REPORTING 7 BARRELS RELEASED AND LINE ISOLATED. NRC NUMBER IS 1081325. 1:44 P.M. TEXAS HOME LAND AND EMERGENCY SERVICES NOTIFIED OF LEAK 1:49 PM. TEXAS RAIL ROAD COMMISSION NOTIFIED OF LEAK. LEAK REPORT WILL BE REFERRED TO AREA INSPECTOR FOR REVIEW 2:30 P.M. DAVID WARD (HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES) INSPECTS LEAK AREA 3:45 P.M. CLAMP INSTALLED OVER GIRTH WELD TO CONTAIN PROPYLENE. 4:26 P.M. BEGAN FLARING 4' PGP PIPELINE. LINE PRESSURE AT 218 6:13 P.M VICTOR JIMENEZ (TRRC) ARRIVES ONSITE TO INSPECT LEAK AREA 5/01/2014 12:00 A.M. END FLARING ON 4 INCH PGP. LINE PRESSURE 2 PSIG 1:30 A.M. INSTALLED SPECTACLE BLIND AT 6/4 JUNCTION 2:30 A.M. INSTALLED SPECTACLE BLIND AT DOW 7:30 A.M. RESUME FLARING OF RESIDUAL PROPYLENE AND PURGING LINE WITH NITROGEN. 9:15 A.M. 4 INCH PGP LINE PURGE COMPLETED 9:30 A.M. DUSTIN HARRIS (BLM SYSTEM INTEGRITY TECH) ARRIVES TAKES SOIL POTENTIALS AND IDENTIFIES 4' PGP AS SHORTED TO CASING BELOW. PIPE HAS SAGGED OVERNIGHT AS THE PIPE SETTLED OVERNIGHT. 10:00 SPRINT WELDER BEGINS TEST FOR QUALIFYING 12:00 P.M. TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION PIPELINE SAFETY INSPECTOR VICTOR JIMENEZ ARRIVES ON SITE FOR FIELD FOLLOW UP 1:00 P.M. SPRINT PIPELINE ARRIVES WELDER ONSITE TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS FOR SPOOL FABRICATION 2:00 P.M. TRRC PIPELINE INSPECTOR LEAVES SITE, BLM TO PROVIDE FOLLOW UP ON INVESTIGATION AND REPORT. 3:00 P.M. SPRINT PIPELINE BEGINS FABRICATION OF SPOOL PIECE 9:00 P.M. HYDROSTATIC TEST BEGINS, 11:00 A.M. WELDER WELDS WELDOLET ON CUTOUT PIECE 5/02/2014 12:00 A.M. HYDROSTATIC TEST PRESSURE LOCKED IN. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING. 4:00 A.M. HYDROSTATIC TEST COMPLETE 8:00 A.M. BEGIN REMOVAL OF CUT OUT SECTION 2:30 P.M. TIE IN WELDS COMPLETE 3:30 P.M. X- RAY COMPLETE ALL WELDS ACCEPTABLE 4:00 P.M. BEGIN COMMISSIONING PGP PIPELINE 5:30 P.M. 4 INCH PGP SEGMENT COMMISSIONING COMPLETE. ALL BLINDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. 12/18/2014: UPDATED BY PHMSA PER THE OPERATOR'S MARK UP SINCE THE OPID IS NO LONGER ACTIVE IN PHMSA'S DATABASE.