{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20130301","title":"BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2013-08-13","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2013-09-06","effective_on":"2013-08-13","summary":"Hazardous liquid incident in LINDEN, UNION County, NJ. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1.85 REFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $0 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c636ef4e2f4366e5af0e7747.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c636ef4e2f4366e5af0e7747.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c636ef4e2f4366e5af0e7747","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Hazardous liquid incident in LINDEN, UNION County, NJ. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1.85 REFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $0 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.\n\nReport number: 20130301.\n\nOperator ID: 1845.\n\nReported incident date: 8/13/2013 14:55.\n\nCause detail: VALVE LEFT OR PLACED IN WRONG POSITION, BUT NOT RESULTING IN A TANK, VESSEL, OR SUMP/SEPARATOR OVERFLOW OR FACILITY OVERPRESSURE\n\nCause detail: AT 14:55 ON AUGUST 13, 2013 DURING THE RETURN TO SERVICE OPERAT TANK 91 WALK AROUND, A BUCKEYE OPERATOR NOTICED TRANSMIX SPRAYING OUT OF A 1/2\" OPENED VALVE THAT IS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND A 6\" VALVE. TANK FILLING OPERATIONS WERE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. ALL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE ACCORDING TO COMPANY PROCEDURES AND POLICIES. INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THE BUNG WAS NOT PROPERLY CLOSED ON THE 1/2 VALVE. THE VALVE BUNG WAS CLOSED AND FILLING OPERATIONS RESUMED. ALL CONTAMINATED PRODUCT WAS REMOVED. NO ADDITIONAL REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: INCORRECT OPERATION — INCORRECT VALVE POSITION.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $27,000 reported total cost, $13,965.334 in 1984 dollars, $34,392.321 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1671}