KOCH PIPELINE CO. L.P. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2005-06-19

Hazardous liquid incident in CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES County, TX. Reported cause: 21. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES VGO released, $820 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: 20050211.

Operator ID: 22855.

Reported incident date: 6/19/2005.

Cause detail: THREADS STRIPPED, BROKEN PIPE COUPLING

Cause detail: THE RELEASE OCCURRED WHEN AN INTERNAL THERMOWELL BROKE ON THE PUMP#3 ALLOWING VGO TO LEAK THROUGH ELECTRICAL CONDUITS TO AN ELECTICAL PANEL. KPL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THE RELEASE AND ACTIVATED KPL'S EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ON 6/19/05. KPL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL INITIALLY APPLIED ABSORBANT PADS TO THE SPILL AREA. MILLER WAS CONTACTED AND RESPONDED WITH A VACUUM TRUCK AND RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 1.5 BARRELS OF VGO. MILLER THEN USED A BACKHOE TO EXCAVATE VGO IMPACTED SOIL. ON 6/20/05 ARCADIS ARRIVED ON SITE (REMEDIATION CONTRACTOR) AND DIRECTED FURTHER EXCAVATION BY MILLER USING A BACKHOE AND HAND DIGGING. THIRTEEN SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT FOUR GENERAL AREAS WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EXCAVATION. THE FOUR AREAS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON JULY 15, 2005. AFTER EXCAVATION A SECOND ROUND OF SAMPLES WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF FURTHER ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $820 reported total cost, $495.121 in 1984 dollars, $1,219.331 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.