# HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS - OPERATING, L.P. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2009-12-23

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20090349  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-12-23  
**Published:** 2009-12-23

Hazardous liquid incident in ARTESIA, EDDY County, NM. Reported cause: 22. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES DIESEL released, $3,070 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

## Document text

Hazardous liquid incident in ARTESIA, EDDY County, NM. Reported cause: 22. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES DIESEL released, $3,070 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.

Report number: 20090349.

Operator ID: 32011.

Reported incident date: 12/23/2009.

Cause detail: RUPTURED OR LEAKING SEAL/PUMP PACKING

Cause detail: FLANGE GASKET FAILURE ON THE PIG TRAP CAUSED THE DIESEL RELEASE

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — RUPTURED OR LEAKING SEAL/PUMP PACKING.

PHMSA indexed costs: $3,070 reported total cost, $1,694.403 in 1984 dollars, $4,172.794 in current-year dollars.

PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/928038f8-523b-4003-aeff-79675b193086?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `ac78c668e011b9017204744a87e20d0c39a94ac003f308756489b6414e7b2750`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T01:34:54.988Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-c71575eab42b340e4816f9d8`

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