COLONIAL PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. CST ON NOVEMBER 2, 2010, A HEBERT STATION OPERATOR FOUND PRODUCT FLOATING ON WATER (FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THAT MORNING) AROUND THE HEBERT ORIGINATION VALVES. THE OPERATOR NOTIFIED THE OPERATIONS MANAGER WHO NOTIFIED THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER, LOCAL PROJECT MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 A.M. CONTRACTORS AND A VACUUM TRUCK ARRIVED AT 10:30 A.M. AND COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY 119 BBLS OF STANDING WATER AND PRODUCT FROM THE AREA. APPROXIMATELY 7 CUBIC YARDS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL WERE REMOVED AND THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ORIGINATION CHECK VALVE SHAFT SEALS. THE SEALS WERE REPLACED AROUND 4:00 P.M. CST AND THE SYSTEM WAS RETURNED TO OPERATIONS. APPROXIMATELY, 141 GALLONS OF FREE PRODUCT WERE COLLECTED AND THE SOIL ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE AN ADDITIONAL 9 GALLONS OF PRODUCT IN THE CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE TOTAL RELEASED AND RECOVERD VOLUME WAS DETERMINED TO BE 150 GALLONS. THE INCIDENT ANALYSIS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL REPORT SO THE ROOT CAUSE WAS SUBMITTED ON THE FINAL REPORT. THE EVENT DID NOT MEET STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.