COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

"ON 4/25/2014 AT 08:00 AN EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED PRODUCT IN AN AREA OF THE TANK FARM #3 MANIFOLD THAT HAD BEEN EXCAVATED TO MONITOR A PREVIOUS LEAK. THE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN ON A PREDETERMINED SCHEDULE AT THE SAME TIME THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE. PRODUCT RECOVERY BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AND 50 GALLONS WERE RECOVERED. SINCE THE LEAK WAS NOT ACTIVE AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION AND MONITORING WAS PERFORMED. THE SYSTEM WAS RESTARTED WITH CONTINUOUS MONITORING ON 4/26/2014 AT 14:27. AT 20:20 AN EMPLOYEE OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE BEARING SEAL ON THE UNIT #5 PUMP. THE SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN AND ISOLATED. PRODUCT RECOVERY WAS PERFORMED AND 141 GALLONS WERE RECOVERED. ALL REMAINING PRODUCT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE EXCAVATION AND THE SOIL CLEANUP WAS COMPLETED BY 23:55. THE BEARING SEAL WAS REPLACED ON THE UNIT #5 PUMP AND THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED ON 4/27/2014 AT 17:15. THE NRC NOTIFICATION WAS MADE ON 4/25/14 AS SOON AS THE PROPOERTY DAMAGE COSTS WERE ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $50,000. COURTESY NOTIFICATIONS WERE ALSO MADE TO EAST FELICIANA LEPC, LADEQ, AND THE US COAST GUARD ON 4/25/14."