BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

ON JANUARY 8, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:57 AN OPERATOR NOTICED JET FUEL LEAKING OUT OF A 3/4 INCH TRAP DRAIN VALVE. THE VALVE FUNCTIONS AS A BODY DRAIN VALVE FOR A LARGER GATE VALVE. THE TRAP HAD BEEN ISOLATED PRIOR TO THE RELEASE. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED AND ALL REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. THE PIPELINE CONNECTED TO THIS TRAP WAS SHUT DOWN. AN ESTIMATED 100 GALLONS OF PRODUCT WAS RELEASED. ALL RELEASED PRODUCT WAS CLEANED UP AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION PLANNED. THE CRACKED 3/4 INCH DRAIN VALVE WAS REPLACED AND THE TRAP WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE. NOTE: RECOVERED AMOUNTS WILL BE UPDATED ON A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. THE REMOVED / CONTAMINATED SOIL HAS NOT BEEN ANALYZED. ***SUPPLEMENTAL 7/25/14: UPDATED PART A 14. TIME AND DATE OF SHUTDOWN/RESTART UPDATED PART D 8. COSTS UPDATED PART E 5F FUNCTION OF PIPELINE SYSTEM ***SUPPLEMENTAL 1/5/15: UPDATED PART D 8.B - COMMODITY LOSS COSTS NARRATIVE ADD PER REQUEST AND CLARIFICATION: BUCKEYE DID NOT REMOVE ANY CONTAMINATED SOIL BECAUSE THE GROUND WAS FROZEN WITH GREATER THAN ONE FOOT OF SNOW CAP. WE DID REMOVE SNOW WITH A LITTLE GRAVEL MIXED IN AND HAD IT SENT FOR RECYCLING. LATER BUCKEYE CONDUCTED SOME HAND AUGURING TO TEST THE SOIL BELOW THE SURFACE TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS NO SOIL IMPACT BELOW GRADE. ALL OF THESE SAMPLES CAME BACK BELOW ALL CLEAN-UP STANDARDS.