SFPP, LP

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 ON 4/25/11 WHILE EXCAVATING THE FEATHER STATION OUTGOING BLOCK VALVE, A KM EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT PRODUCT WAS SEEPING FROM THE GREASE FITTING ON THE VALVE OPERATOR STEM HOUSING. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE AND THE PIPELINE WAS PROMPTLY SHUT DOWN. THE ZERK FITTING WAS REPLACED AND THE VALVE STEM WAS RE-PACKED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED 8.19 BARRELS OF GASOLINE RELEASED WHICH WAS REMOVED VIA EXCAVATION. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE WAS A STEM PACKING FAILURE WHICH WAS REPAIRED WITH MINOR MAINTENANCE. NOTE: PART A, #9 AND 11 ESTIMATED FROM DIMENSIONS OF CONTAMINATION NOTE: PART C, #3, THE VALVE WAS INSTALLED IN 1987; UNKNOWN DATE OF VALVE MANUFACTURE OR IF RE-MANUFACTURED. NOTE: PART E, 9. WE WERE LIMITED TO 500 CHARACTERS; OUR ENTIRE RESPONSE IS: THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INFORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRE-EXISTING CONDITION OF THE PIPELINE (I.E. PRESSURE, FLOW, LINE BALANCE, ETC.) WAS SHOWN TO PROVIDE NO EVIDENCE OF AN EXISTING PROBLEM THE CONTROLLER(S) SHOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED. FURTHERMORE, THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CONTROLLER(S), UPON LEARNING OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM FROM FIELD PERSONNEL PHYSICALLY AT THE VALVE, WERE FOUND TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPERATORS WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS SHOW THAT ACTION WAS TAKEN PROMPTLY AND DECISIVELY THUS HELPING TO MITIGATE ANY FURTHER LOSS OR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM.