SFPP, LP

Incident Narrative

ON 3/16/2010 AT 1110, WHILE REPAIRING AN ACCESS HATCH TO A CHECKVALVE BYPASS VALVE, A KINDER MORGAN MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED WET SOIL AND DIESEL FUEL. THE PIPELINE WAS PROMPTLY SHUTDOWN AND AGENCY NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. THE OSRO WAS PUT ON STANDBY DURING THE INVESTIGATION. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, THE RELEASE WAS CONFIRMED AND EXCAVATION CONTINUED TO PINPOINT THE SOURCE. KM WAS ORIGINALLY UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY PINPOINT THE SOURCE AND REMOVED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET OF PIPE ALONG WITH THE CHECKVALVE AND BYPASS VALVE AND REPLACED WITH PRE-TESTED PIPE. THE EXACT SOURCE OF THE RELEASE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED VIA TESTING AS THE BODY BLEED VENTING PORT FITTING. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE LEAK HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO GALVANIC CORROSION IN THE BODY BLEED FITTING ASSEMBLY OF THE 4-INCH AUXILIARY (CHECK VALVE BYPASS) VALVE POSSIBLY CAUSED BY RESIDUAL WATER TRAPPED IN THE FITTING ASSEMBLY. THE SOURCE OF THE WATER IS UNDETERMINABLE. NOTE: PART A, **8 ' MIXTURE OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL **9 A SOIL AND GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE LATERAL AND VERTICAL EXTENT WAS CONDUCTED AND THE AMOUNT RELEASED HAS BEEN FINALIZED. **11 ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO BE RECOVERED WILL BE DONE THROUGH LONG-TERM REMEDIATION EFFORTS, IF ANY. NOTE: PART D, **4.A & 5 MINOR AMOUNT REACHED GROUNDWATER; MONITORING IS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD. WE ARE FINALIZING THIS REPORT BECAUSE THE RELEASE RESPONSE CONSISTS ONLY OF LONG-TERM REMEDIATION AND MONITORING CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF AN AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, THE ESTIMATED FINAL COSTS AND VOLUME RECOVERED HAVE BEEN PREDICTED WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF CERTAINTY, THE VOLUME OF PRODUCT RECOVERED OVER TIME WILL CONSISTENTLY DECREASE TO THE POINT WHERE AN ESTIMATED TOTAL VOLUME RECOVERED CAN BE PREDICTED WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ACCURACY, AND WE CAN JUSTIFY THAT CONTINUATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FILINGS IN THE FUTURE WILL NOT PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE CRITICALLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT CONTAINED IN THE FINAL REPORT. IF ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE MADE, WE WILL SUPPLEMENT THIS REPORT. NOTE: PART E, **5.A TYPE OF UPSTREAM VALVE USED TO INITIALLY ISOLATE RELEASE SOURCE: AN MOV WAS INITIALLY REMOTELY CLOSED UPSTREAM OF THE RELEASE SITE @ MP 70.12 @ 1118, THEN AN UPSTREAM MANUAL VALVE WAS CLOSED @ MP 75.32 @ 1206, THEN A DOWNSTREAM MANUAL VALVE WAS CLOSED @ MP 76.75 (APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET DOWNSTREAM OF THE RELEASE SITE) @1208 ISOLATING THE RELEASE SITE. WE PROVIDED THE ISOLATION DISTANCE IN 5.C BETWEEN THE TWO MANUAL VALVES. 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.