COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 PM CST ON JANUARY 22, 2011, THE LAKE CHARLES OPERATOR RECEIVED A MECHANICAL GROUP ALARM ON LINE 1. WHEN THE OPERATOR ARRIVED AT THE LINE 1 SECTION OF THE STATION, HE FOUND GASOLINE IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE UNIT 1 AND 2 PUMPS. THE OPERATOR SHUTDOWN AND ISOLATED THE STATION. HE THEN RETURNED TO UNIT 2 AND OPENED VENT VALVES ON THE PUMP AND THE PRODUCT STOPPED FLOWING FROM THE BUFFALO BOX. THE OPERATOR CONTACTED THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AT APPROXIMATELY 12:18 AND THE OPERATIONS MANAGER CONTACTED THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT APPROXIMATELY 12:20 AND THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER AT 12:26. CONTRACTORS ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 2 P.M. THE CONTRACTORS COLLECTED THE FREE PRODUCT AND REMOVED THE IMPACTED GRAVEL AND DUG COLLECTION SUMPS. THE AREA WAS FLOODED WITH WATER TO FLUSH PRODUCT THAT MAY HAVE COLLECTED BENEATH THE CONCRETE PUMP SLAB AND IN THE SURROUNDING GRAVEL. APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS OF PRODUCT WERE COLLECTED AND TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE WORN OUTBOARD PUMP SEAL. THE PUMP STATION WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 7 HOURS LATER. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE RECOVERY TEAM BROKE THE SLAB AROUND THE PUMP'S DISCHARGE PIPING AND FLOODED THE AREA UNDER THE SLAB AND RECOVERED AN ADDITIONAL 37 GALLONS OF PRODUCT. WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, APPROXIMATELY 6 GALLONS OF PRODUCT WERE RECOVERED FROM THE OIL WATER SEPARATOR. DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS, APPROXIMATELY 1.8 YARDS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL WERE REMOVED. SOIL SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED ON JANUARY 27, 2011 AND THE RESULTS OF THE SOIL ANALYSIS HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL REPORT. THE TOTAL VOLUME RELEASED AND RECOVERED WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. DURING THE INCIDENT ANALYSIS PROCESS, THE FACILITY CAMERA SYSTEM WAS REVIEWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RELEASE BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 6 A.M. CST ON JANUARY 22, 2011.