Grabowski, Jean — eS EEEEEEEEeeEEeEee Wejkszner, Mark Monday, December 01, 2014 3:59 PM Grabowski, Jean FW: 20141201-0015 - UPDATE - COMPRESSOR STATION FIRE - Susquehanna County, 12/1/14 Mark J Wejkszner, P.E. | Program Manager Department of Environmental Protection | Air Quality Northeast Regional Office 2 Public Square | Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 Phone: 570.826.2528 | Fax: 570.826.2357 www.dep state.0: From: Augustine, Kevin Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 8:27 AM To: Wejkszner, Mark ‘Subject: FW: 20141201-0015 - UPDATE - COMPRESSOR STATION FIRE - Susquehanna County, 12/ 1/14 Kevin Augustine | Emergency Response Program Manager Department of Environmental Protection | Northeast Regional Office 2 Public Square | Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915 Phone: 570.826.2580 | Fax: 570.830.3054 www. depweb,state.pa.us From: Bisignani, Robert Sent: Monday, December O1, 2014 6:52 AM To: Augustine, Kevin Ce: Connolly, Colleen; Stutzman, Colleen; Bedrin, Michael ‘Subject: FW: 20141201-0015 - UPDATE - COMPRESSOR STATION FIRE - Susquehanna County, 12/ 1/14 Shai Patel responded to the incident He will give Kevin an update when he is back in the office Original Message—-- From: PEMA SEOC OPERATIONS [pema_87RG@staffalert.pa.gov] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 06:42 AM Eastern Standard Time ‘To: Atea Office - Eastern , DEP / HQ , DEP NERO , Dept of Interior - DO OEPC, EPA Region III, Health , Labor and Industry (Labor Law) , Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) , Office of State Fire Commissioner , PA State Police (Watch Desk) , Public Utility Commission (Fixed Utility), Public Utility Commission (Gas Safety) , SEOC INBOX, Tech Hazards , PEIRS Notifications (Staff), Susquehanna County; roamalert_pa_int@staffalert.pa.gov Subject: 20141201-0015 - UPDATE - COMPRESSOR STATION FIRE - Susquehanna County, 12/ 1/14 16:31 am, - Fire units are leaving the scene. All fire related issues have been mitigated. - DAP 4:35 am. - Regency Energy Partner compressor station was on fire located at the intersection of Hinkley Road and Route 3006 in Springville Township. Natural gas was venting into the atmosphere, until regency personal secured the compressor station using the emergency shut down process. The visible fire has been extinguished. Regency personnel are taking the lead venting further natural gas from the structure and are currently checking for any additional fire. - DAP Sent by StaffAlert to Area Office - Eastern , DEP / HQ, DEP NERO , Dept of Interior - DOI OEPC, EPA Region III, Health , Labor and Industry (Labor Law) , Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) , Office of State Fire Commissioner , PA State Police (Watch Desk) , Public Utility Commission (Fixed Utility), Public Utility Commission (Gas Safety) , SEOC INBOX, Tech Hazards , PEIRS Notifications (Staff), Susquehanna County through PA StaffAlert ‘You received this message because you are registered on PA StaffAlertE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIELD INSPECTION REPORT. ‘Type of incident: Fire/explosion [Date: 12/0714 ‘or Location: Regency’s Auburn Compressor Station ‘Municipality: Auburn Twp [County: Susquehanna Latitude: 41°41 18.59 Longitude: -75°58°30.13” Call Out Time: 05:30 AM Return Time: 10-00 AM Site Arrival Time: 07:00AM Site Departure Time: 09:00 AM Beginning Mileage: Ending Mileage: ‘Complainant Name and Address: ‘Telephone Number (_) Responsible Party Name and Address: Regency Marcellus Gas Gathering, LLC (Regency) 101 W. Third St. Williamsport, PA 17701 “Telephone Number (570) 505-3700 Weather Conditions: clear, cool Remarks: At 5:30 AM a request by Bob Bisignani, AERPM to respond to a report of fire/explosion at the regency”s Auburn Compressor Station located in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County. Upon arrival at 7:00 AM, fire was extinguished: fire companies and Susquehanna County EMA. personnel had left the scene, Only a wooden pallet and an air filter were on fire; those items ‘were extinguished by the fire department before I reached at the site, I spoke with Mr. Pete Mecea, Plant operator and he reported that about 04:10 AM, a sensor in the compressor building sensed @ fire and the station went into emergency shutdown (ESD). At that time, the station went into a shutdown mode and incoming and outgoing lines were isolated as well as the ‘compressor units. Site inspected and there was no release of any liquids as a result of the fire found. Site inspection suspected an explosion; however, the company’s personnel could not confirm all details. The building did present visual evidence that an explosion may have ‘occurred as the walls were blown out, Mr. Nick Bryan of Regency reported that the fire was extinguished about 5:00 AM. ‘The building involved in fire/explosion houses 3 compressor units each having 1380 HP ‘capacity. Mr. Jeremy Daniel of Regency arrived at the site at 8:00 AM, Mr, Daniel reported that they would have their experts on scene in the morning to begin the investigation as to what happened. No injuries were reported. The company verified that the station was in total shutdown and would remain that way at the present time until operations could resume safely requested that operation of the Auburn Compressor Station, including dehydration and compression, should not resume until the PA DEP NE Air Quality Program has been coordinated with and provided a written incident report. Follow up with Air Quality recommended. ‘Materials Used: Sample Collected? no ‘Sample Numbers: ‘Analysis? Investigated By Shailesh Patel PADEP [Northeast Regional Office Page 1 of | Se ee ree eee eee eee eeeettte|@REGENCY Ae . December 2, 2014 Site Name: ‘Auburn Compressor Station Location: ‘Auburn Township, Susquehanna County, PA Permit Number: GP5-58-004 (Issued 6/28/13) Owner: Regency Marcellus Gas Gathering, LLC (Regency) 401 W. Third St Williamsport, PA 17701 570-505-3700 Date: December 1, 2014 Description & Timeline: 4:07am: Regency Gas Control (GC) received multiple alarms, including gas and fire detection, for the Auburn Compressor Station (station) and that the emergency shutdown valves were actuated. 4:08am: Regency Operations were notified by Regency GC and dispatched to the station. 4:59am: Regency Operations arrived at the station and confirmed there was a fire; local EMA and fire department were already at the station. At that time, the gas had been shut off and the fire was out in the building. Only a wooden pallet and an air fiter were stil on fe; those items were extinguished by the fire department. 5:03am: Regency GC informed Susquehanna County 911 Center of the status. 18am: Initial notification was made via telephone to the PA DEP Northeast Regional Office Emergency line by Nick Bryan of Regency. 36am: Nick Bryan spoke with Bob Bisignani of the PA DEP Emergency Response Team and informed him of the event. Mr. Bisignani indicated that he would be sending an inspector to the station 5:43am: Nick Bryan spoke with Shailesh Patel, the PA DEP Emergency Response Inspector, to provide site location data, site contact and summary update. Page 1 of 26:05am: Nick Bryan notified Mr. Patel, that the fire was out. ‘Approx. 7:00am: Mr. Patel arrived at the station. Mr. Patel and Jeremy Daniel of Regenoy inspected the site. There was no release of any liquids as a result of the fe. The PA DEP. requested that operation of the Auburn Compressor Station, inoluding dehydration and compression, should not resume until the PA DEP NE Air Quality Program has been coordinated with and provided a written incident report. Corrective Action: Regency has initiated a full investigation and root cause analysis of the fire. It is expected that the investigations will continue over the next week and Regency will provide the PA DEP with a subsequent report, once additional information is available. The Auburn Compressor Station will remain out of operation until itis determined safe to return to operation and is in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. Page 2 of 2¥ guawhauntsny| Effective Problem Solving, LLC Apollo Root Cause Analysis™ - ARCA™ Teaining, Investigation and Consulting Tol 1.864.552.0051 | Fax: 1.815.390.2705 EPS Root Cause Analysis Auburn Compressor Station Explosion Executive Summary/Preliminary Findings Incident date: December 1, 2014 Analysis date: December 3, 2014, Executive Summary Report Date: December 4, 2014 Regency Energy Partners LP Client contact/RCA Sponsor: Ed Senavaitis ‘Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Northeast 9999 Hamilton Blvd,, Suite 110 Breinigsville, PA 18031 Phone: 484-809-7494, 570-505-3777 senavaitis@regencygas.com (EPS) Effective Problem Solving, LLC contact: Dennis Rygaard-CEO 409-370-3336 iy 4 ve} 125 Trade Court Suite F #175 NC28117, 0 L Mooresvil SL dennis.rygaard@epsrca.com ) worn wath \ WS ns Effective Problem Solving ~ Let us itelp you improve your EPS' | www.epsrea.comEffective Problem Solving, LLC Apollo Root Cause Analysis™- ARCA™ Training, Investigation and Consulting Tel: +1.864552.0083 | Fon: +1.815 390.1705 S| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This summary contains the preliminary findings from an Apollo Root Cause Analysis™ (ARCA™) conducted in Tunkhannock, PA in regard to an incident that resulted in a fire/explosion that occurred on the morning of December 1, 2014 at the Auburn Compressor Station facility. Effective Problem Solving, LLC was contracted by Regency Energy Partners to facilitate cross-functional team of Regency Energy Partners employees and a third party compressor expert from CDM Resource ‘Management LUC through the analysis. ‘The purpose of the analysis was to determine the causes that contributed to the incident and identify solutions to control these causes in an effort to prevent or lower the probability of a future occurrence. The RCA was facilitated by Mr. Dennis Rygaard (EPS) and was conducted utilizing the Apolio Root Cause Analysis™ method. The results are based entirely upon information provided by representatives of the above mentioned parties present at the RCA group facilitation and evidence provided by employees not present at the facilitation. More causes may emerge if new evidence or information is presented. The preliminary findings indicate that the fire and explosion occurred when an unplanned release of hydrocarbon vapors (97.5 % methane}: were released and ignited. The unplanned release occurred during normal operating conditions when'a %” carbon steel schedule 180 nipple on a pressure gauge assembly broke off of the Unit:One Compressor discharge east scrubber bottle in an enclosed structure. The gauge assembly was a field installation (non OEM) so operations could monitor differential pressure in the process. The nipple had been in service since start-up of the facility in October 2013. The configuration of the assembly (material of construction, size, weight, etc...) and vibration inherent in compressor operations and/or excessive vibration more than likely contributed to the failure. Corrosion from chemical attack’ gn the nipple may have played a role as well however; evidence to support this will be not be determined until a metallurgical analysis of the pressure gauge assembly has been conducted. The most probable cause for the ignition source is the exhaust manifold on the unit which reaches temperatures of 1250 degrees Fahrenheit. The exhaust manifold has some level of ulation however; its purpose is to provide thermal protection only. It should be noted that the Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD’s) in place functioned as designed Which eliminated a potential for a catastrophic event. There were no injuries as a result of the explosion, The building sustained major damage however; the equipment upon initial assessment did not... mechanical integrity investigation of the equipment is in progress to confirm this conclusion. 125 Trade Court | Suite F #175 | Mooresville, NC 28117 ~ USA | contactus@epsrea.com | www.epsrea.comEffective Problem Solving, LLC Apollo Root Cause Analysis™ - ARCA™ Training, Investigation and Consulting ‘al: +2.864.952,0051 | Fax: +1.815.390.1705, The RCA team feels confident that implementation of the recommendations from the analysis will prevent or reduce the probability of a similar event occurring in the future. For additional information please contact Regency Partners LP representative: Kevin Roberts Director of Environmental 610 875-8207 kRoberts@pvrpartners.com Submitted December 4, 2014 Dennis Rygaard-CEO Effective Problem Solving, LLC Page 3 Of 3 125 Trade Court | Suite F #175 | Mooresville, NC 28117 — USA | contactus@epsrea,com | www.epsrea.com‘Commonwealth of Panneyivania i FPAGONAS Rov R008 pennsyiventa. INSPECTION REPORT | vsrerment ottnvronnentat Protection bastteratincpecron [WT og EGTA Dale gf COO Pro 1-214 [in ton 8 (65 5.009 | 8-31- 20H acl Lat Tesi Sama Reagney Marcetwus Gus Cabins! flabst. 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DPink- Distict Offs‘Bryan, Nick Thursday, December 04, 2014 11:08 AM = Auburn Compressor Station Subject: Attachments: Mr. Wejkszner, As noted in our previous report sent to the Department on December 2, 2014, please find the attached supplementel summary anaiysis of the event that occurred at the Regency Auburn Compressor Station on December 1", 2014. since then, the station has been shut down in its entirety while cleanup, health & safety, damage assessment, root cause analysis and integrity teams evaluated the station Since all facility piping and equipment outside the building were not damaged, Regency wishes to resume free flow of 82s through dehydration only, without compression, as the compressor units have been completely isolated from the ‘est of the facility. Unless the Department otherwise objects, we plan to resume dehydration operation tomorrow, December S*. During the free flow period, repairs to the building and to the compressor unit on which the malfunction occurred, will continue over the next several weeks. Once the building & compressor unt repais are complete, we will re-commission the unit and notify you when we intend to return online with compression, 2s poked inthe inspection report, once we return to normal operation, portable analyzer testing will be promptly scheduled and completed. ‘you have any questions and need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. THANKS, Nick NICHOLAS J. BRYAN, P.L.S. MANAGER - ENVIRONMENTAL, REGENCY 101 West THIRD STREET WILLIAMSPORT, PA 17701 PHONE: 570505-37.40 Dinecr CELL 570.567.4366 NICK.BRYANGREGENCYGAS com Private and confidential as detailed here, If you cannot access hyperlink, please e-mail sender.