CHEVRON PIPE LINE CO

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 1:04 PM AUG 15-2012, CSC NOTIFIED THE BOISE TEAM OF A PRESSURE LOSS AT MP 379.2 AT ONTARIO WEST BV AROUND 1:10PM CONTRACTORS ARRIVED ON SITE WITH ME AT MP 339.6. CONTRACTOR CREW ALONG WITH CPL EMPLOYEES TO DEPLOY SPILL RESPONSE EQUIPMENT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO HEAD TOWARDS MP 379.2. OF A POTENTIAL LEAK @ APPROX 1:13PM TEAM LEADER NOTIFIED OF POTENTIAL LEAK AT MP 379.2 ALSO AROUND THE SAME TIME THE I&E TECH WAS NOTIFIED TO HEAD OUT AND VERIFY TRANSMITTER AT ONTARIO WEST B.V. APPROX-1:25PM NOTIFIED THE MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR TO GIVE ALL CPL INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO DEPLOY TO START LOOKING FOR LEAK. AT APPROX 1:54 CONTRACTORS AND CPL ARRIVED AT BV SITE, WHERE FUEL WAS SPRAYING OUT OF PRESSURE TRANSMITTER. LINE WAS LAID IN R4 GASOLINE, WITH SMELL ODOR OF TRANSMIX. FIRE DEPT WAS ALREADY ON SCENE AND HAD EVACUATED SIX HOMES. SAFE ZONE WAS SET UP TO ENTER BV SITE. WENT IN TO BV COMPOUND AND SHUT OFF VALVE BELOW TRANSMITTER @ APPROX 2:00PM. CALLED CSC TO VERIFY IT WAS A LEAK. WENT OVER ALL PIPING, VALVES, AND TRANSMITTERS TO VERIFY NO MORE LEAKS. I&E TECH WAS ON SCENE AT THIS TIME AND WENT OVER TRANSMITTER TO SEE WHAT CAUSED THE LEAK. @ 2:30PM CALLED CSC TO VERIFY LEAK WAS COMPLETELY ISOLATED. 2:35PM WORKED WITH FIRE CHIEF ON HOUSES HE HAD EVACUATED AND ROADS HE HAD CLOSED DOWN. HE EVACUATED 6 NEARBY HOMES IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD AND SHUT DOWN THE INTERSECTION OFF OF HIGHWAY 201 FROM TUTTLE STREET TO VAUQUERO. PROCEEDED TO WALK ALL SURROUNDING PARAMETERS WITH FIRE CHIEF OF POTENTIAL PRODUCT OUTSIDE THE CPL COMPOUND. NO PRODUCT WAS OUTSIDE THE ONTARIO WEST B.V COMPOUND. FIRE DEPARTMENT LEAVES SCENE AROUND 3:40PM-3:35PM FIELD INPECTOR PULLED ON SCENE, I IMMEDIATELY GAVE HIM THE ROLE OF DEPUTY IC TO TAKE OVER WHILE I MAKE NOTIFICATIONS. AROUND 3:45PM LEL AND BENZENE READINGS WERE TAKEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ONTARIO WEST BV EMERGENCY LOCATE WAS CALLED IN SO WE COULD START EXECUTING CLEAN UP. 3:45PM SPILL TRAILER CPL AND RESPONSE TEAM CONTRACTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE. APPROX 3:38 THE FIELD TEAM LEADER ARRIVED ON SCENE. 5:04PM CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT ARRIVES ON SCENE AND ROLL OFFS FROM H20 ALSO SHOWS UP AT 5:10PM. 5:50PM JSSP AND JSA AND ALL PERMITS AND SAFETY MEETING WAS PRESENTED WITH EVERYONE ON SITE, AND ROLLS IN THE IC WERE GIVEN OUT. STARTING OF CLEAN UP WAS THEN EXECUTED.