JAYHAWK PIPELINE LLC

Incident Narrative

JAYHAWK PIPELINE (OPERATING THIS PIPELINE FOR KAW PIPE LINE COMPANY) WAS INSTALLING 8 MILES OF 6 INCH PIPE TO REPLACE THE EXISTING 4 INCH PIPE BETWEEN HOLTZINGER STATION AND GROFF STATION. AFTER CONTRUCTION BEGAN, THE ORIGINAL PATH OF THE NEW 6 INCH PIPELINE WAS CHANGED TO AVOID A RURAL RESIDENCE SEWER SYSTEM. AT THIS LOCATION, (MID POINT) THE NEW 6 INCH PIPELINE CROSSED THE EXISTING 4 INCH PIPELINE (INCORPORATED WITH A ROAD BORE) AND IN A SHORT DISTANCED CROSSED IT AGAIN TO WHERE THE INSTALLATION RESUMED PARALLELING THE EXISTING 4 INCH PIPELINE. ORIGINALLY THE POINT WHERE IT CROSSED WAS MARKED HOWEVER AFTER THE CHANGE, THE EXISTING 4 INCH PIPLINE WAS NOT MARKED AT THE REVISED CROSSING LOCATION. THE TRENCHER CONTACTED THE EXISTING 4 INCH PIPELINE AT THIS CROSSING. ON SITE CONTRACTORS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED JAYHAWK PIPELINE'S INSPECTOR WHO THEN NOTIFIED THE CONTROLLER WHO HAD ALREADY RECEIVED A LEAK DETECTION ALARM, IDENTIFIED A SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE LOSS AND SHUT DOWN HOLTZINGER STATION. THE AREA STATION OPERATOR WAS MOBILIZED TO CLOSE THE UP AND DOWN STREAM BLOCK VALVES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WAS NOTIFIED AND MOBILIZED. ALL FREE LIQUID WAS CONTAINED IN THE OPEN TRENCH. THE PIPELINE WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE LATER THAT NIGHT. THE CLEAN UP HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. APPROXIMATELY 120 CUBIC YARDS WERE REMOVED FROM THE IMPACTED AREA AND IS BEING REMEDIATED ON SITE WITH KDHE'S OVERSIGHT. THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. IT WAS DETERMINED THA THE CAUSAL FACTOR WAS THE LINE WAS NOT MARKED.