KINDER MORGAN LIQUID TERMINALS, LLC

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 0720 AN EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED EH&S THAT HE SAW GASOLINE ON WATER IN DIKE AREA. PUMP HOUSE SUPERVISOR AND ERT TEAM WERE NOTIFIED. A PUMP HOUSE OPERATOR, RESPONDED TO THE SITE TO INVESTIGATE THE SPILL AND FOUND THE LEAKING PUMP SEAL AT 165-1 TANK PUMP. SECONDARY CONTAINMENT PAD UNDER THE PUMP DID NOT CONTAIN THE LEAK BECAUSE THE BALL VALVE WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION. AN ESTIMATED 50 GAL OF GAS HIT STANDING RAIN WATER INSIDE THE DIKE AREA AND FLOATED IN A SHEEN/FLUID SEPARATION ABOUT 3/4 THE WAY SURROUNDING TANK 165-1. EMPLOYEE ISOLATED THE PUMP BUT THE SMALL ATTACHED SEGMENT (ROUGHLY 100 GAL) CONTINUED TO WEEP. ERT RESPONDED PROMPTLY AND COMMENCED CLEAN UP AROUND 0745 WITH TWO VAC TRUCKS AND ERT VEHICLES SEALING OFF TRAFFIC ON FIREHOUSE ROAD. EMPLOYEES ENSURED LOTO ON THE TANK'S ELECTRICITY AROUND 0800. THE PUMP WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE PREVIOUS NIGHT FOR UNRELATED STARTER ISSUES. IT WAS TO BE EVALUATED THIS PARTICULAR MORNING FOR THOSE CONTROL PROBLEMS. THE TEAM EVALUATING THE PUMP DID START THE PUMP TWICE THE NIGHT BEFORE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES PER ATTEMPT. LAST MOVE ON THE TANK WAS A GRAVITY FEED FROM TANK 125-3 SINCE THE PUMP WAS OUT FROM 1545-2120 THE PREVIOUS EVENING.