ENBRIDGE PIPELINES (OZARK) L.L.C. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2004-10-14

Hazardous liquid incident in CUSHING, PAYNE County, OK. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES CRUDE OIL released, $38,000 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: 20040325.

Operator ID: 31947.

Reported incident date: 10/14/2004.

Cause detail: CORROSION, INTERNAL

Cause detail: A PARTIALLY BURIED STRAINER, ON THE SUCTION SIDE OF A CUSHING TERMINAL BOOSTER PUMP, DEVELOPED A LEAK BELOW GRADE. OIL SATURATED THE GRAVELLED AREA, RAN TO CATCH BASIN AND DOWN DRAINAGE DITCH TOWARD AN ON-SITE POND. ABSORBENT BOOM WAS STRUNG ACROSS WATER TO PREVENT FURTHER MIGRATION OF OIL. ALL PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED ON SITE AND VACUUM TRUCKS RECOVERED FREE PRODUCT. CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS EXCAVATED AND STOCKPILED. THE STRAINER WAS REMOVED AND STRAIGHT SPOOL WAS INSTALLED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $38,000 reported total cost, $23,641.153 in 1984 dollars, $58,220.884 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.