BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

AT 5:20 AM ON MARCH 12, 2014, A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN TO THE KANKAKEE, IL FIRE DEPARTMENT BY A PASSING MOTORIST ON ROUTE 113 IN KANKAKEE, IL. THE POWER LINE FELL DIRECTLY ON TOP OF WHERE THE BUCKEYE 162 PIPELINE CROSSES ROUTE 113. AT 11:30 PM ON MARCH 13, 2014, THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF FOR THE LIMESTONE, IL FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED BUCKEYE DUE TO A REPORTED GASOLINE ODOR IN THE AREA WHERE THE POWER LINE FELL. BUCKEYE PERSONNEL RESPONDED AND CONFIRMED A PRODUCT RELEASE AT 12:30 AM CST ON MARCH 14, 2014 NEAR THE 162 AND 163 PIPELINES. PRODUCT (162 LINE CARRIES TRANSMIX, 163 LINE CARRIES GASOLINE) WAS EVIDENT IN THE AREA WHERE THE POWER LINE FELL. BOTH LINES WERE ISOLATED AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED. ALL APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. APPROXIMATELY 30 BARRELS OF PRODUCT WERE RELEASED, AND 21.62 BARRELS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED TO DATE (TOTALS FOR THE 162 LINE INDICATED IN PART A). BOTH LINES WERE CUT OUT AND REPLACED ON MARCH 19, 2014 WHERE THEY CROSS ROUTE 113. AFTER SUCCESSFUL PRESSURE TESTS ON MARCH 20, 2014, BOTH LINES WERE RESTARTED THAT NIGHT. REMEDIATION IS ONGOING. *** CAUSE IN PART G PROVIDED VIA VISUAL INSPECTION BY INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY DURING FIELD ANALYSIS. DRAFT REPORT OF METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS BY SAME THIRD PARTY HAS STATED THE CAUSE TO BE LOCAL MELTING OF THE PIPE WALLS. THE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE MELTING WAS A HIGH CURRENT ARC THAT ORIGINATED FROM A DOWNED ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION LINE. *** *** THIS RELEASE WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED ON 04/11/2014 UNDER REPORT NUMBER 20140140 - 19243. PHMSA REQUESTED TWO SEPARATE 7000-1 REPORTS TO SEPARATE THE 162 AND 163 PIPELINES. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT HAS BEEN CREATED UNDER REPORT NUMBER 20140140 - 19243 AND IS NOW EXCLUSIVE TO THE 163 PIPELINE. THIS ORIGINAL 7000-1 HAS BEEN CREATED FOR THE 162 PIPELINE. UPDATE 7/17/15 - THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 1598 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL REMEDIATED DUE TO THIS RELEASE. THE COSTS HAVE ALSO BEEN UPDATED.