COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

ON 1-20-2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 07:00 A TECHNICIAN WAS PERFORMING A ROUTINE STATION CHECK AND NOTICED A PRODUCT SHEEN ON A STANDING WATER PUDDLE WITHIN THE LINE 2 STATION YARD NEAR THE NUMBER 3 PUMP PIPING DRAIN VALVE . TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE PROJECT GROUP, ENVORNOMENTAL TECH AND LEAD TECHNICIAN AND LEAD TECHNICIAN NOTIFIED THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AT APPROXIMATELY 07:30. THE PROJECTS GROUP NOTIFIED THE LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND THEY ARRIVED ON SITE AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 TO BEGIN EXPLORATORY EXCAVATIONS TO DETERMINE THE LEAK SOURCE. THE OPERATIONS MANAGER DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS AT 10:40. DURING THE INITIAL EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES 3 GALLONS OF FREE PRODUCT WAS PICKED UP PRIOR TO BEGINNING HYDRO-EXCAVATION OF THE SOIL. ON 1-20-2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 20:00 THE LEAKING PRODUCT SOURCE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A PIN HOLE IN THE LINE 2 STATION LOOP SIX-INCH DRAIN PIPING AND AT APPROXIMATELY 22:45 A REPAIR CLAMP HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND LEAK STOPPED. HYDRO-EXCAVATION CONTINUED TO REMOVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTAMINATED SOIL. ON 2-8-2012 AN ADDITIONAL PIN HOLE LEAK ON THE SAME SIX INCH DRAIN PIPING WAS FOUND. A REPAIR CLAMP WAS INSTALLED TO STOP THE LEAK. ON FEBRUARY 14, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ESTIMATED COST OF EXCAVATION, REPAIR AND CLEAN-UP WOULD EXCEED $50,000. AN NRC NOTIFICATION REPORT WAS COMPLETED ON FEBRUARY 14 DUE TO THE ESTIMATED COST EXCEEDING $50,000. FINAL CLEAN UP WAS COMPLETED ON 2-20-2012.