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  • This man is looking to get his car brakes faulty on a hill somewhere.

    jaeger.substack.com/p/colonial-pipeline-section-neglected

    portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/ODES_HazLiquid.pdf?rptid=101765

    But let's cut to why this is important because it shows when the next disaster is likely to happen that they can't just sweep away.

    -A new report filed by Colonial Pipeline Company with federal regulators regarding its 2 million gallon gas spill in North Carolina show the company never directly assessed or pressure tested the faulty section of the pipeline since its construction. Per the report, only once—in 2004—had Colonial performed any testing whatsoever on that particular section, using a “non-destructive” process called Magnetic Particle Inspection to identify a suspected anomaly, which they subsequently repaired. According to Colonial's filing, they never inspected it again.-

    Stop right there. They didn't bother to test the faulty section at all except for 2004.
    But it gets worse and this is where we start to see the immense failure of corporate America being in control of our energy resources and why it's destined for failure.

    -707 miles of the Colonial Pipeline system run through the state of North Carolina. Of that total, 633 miles—nearly 90%—were constructed between 1962 and 1979, making the large majority of the pipeline over 42 years old. Prior to the 2004 repair, that section alone went decades without inspection, and afterwards, seemed to be completely disregarded for 16 years. That was, until the largest onshore pipeline spill in US history occurred from that same repair sleeve fastened in 2004, which had corroded until it ultimately cracked open and leaked for over two and a half weeks.-

    Hold that thought right there. 707 miles, go ahead do some math on the fly. 90% construction between 1962 & 1979? 42 years old infrastructure that Colonial didn't bother checking. But it's about to get worse, fam.

    -On average since 2019, Colonial Pipeline checks only 23% of their system annually for corrosion, and 15% for cracks. For all inspection methods combined from 2019 through 2020, it’s possible the company inspected as little as 17%-20% of individual unique miles of pipe, with a best-case scenario of around 42% being checked. In 2021, Colonial inspected between 40% and 66% of their system. Given the ambiguous nature of the reporting, it is impossible to know the exact amount.-

    23% for corrosion & 15% for cracks? Leaving 42% unchecked. But let's be honest, we probably are being way too conservative.

    and here's yet another reason why the news won't cover it

    • Also included in Colonial's latest (and final) incident report to PHMSA was the estimated financial damages caused by the 2 million gallon leak—a tab totalling up to over $108M. The release caused over $14M in damage to personal property, and the company expects to shell out over $80M in their efforts to clean up and remediate the environmental destruction it caused. Colonial also put a $2.5M price tag on the actual gas lost (that's $1.25 per gallon). After all of that, the $4.75M fine handed down last month by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality seems almost inconsequential. -

    If you're in North Carolina, you are risking your family over these losers.

    previous summary from wiki (posted before -

    "In the summer of 2020,33 a Colonial Pipeline gasoline pipeline leaked 2 million gallons into the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville, North Carolina without detection.34 After detection by a group of teenagers, it took Colonial five days to repair the 5-foot crack (1.5 m) in the pipeline.35 As of February 2021, Colonial recovered 800,000 gallons of gasoline and 200,000 gallons of contaminated water. Neither NC Department of Environmental Quality nor Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration assessed fines.36

    Thanks to these 2 young men who discovered it, it could've gone on much longer

  • plants 🌻
    Aug 3, 2022

    This s*** happens in damn near every state it seems. Here's my home states debacle, with many similarities. 20+ years before they even checked on it, and now 20 years after that they still haven't done anything about it. 40 years of twiddling thumbs

    nmelc.org/our-work/cases/kirtland-jet-fuel-spill

    A fuel spill bigger than the Valdez oil spill – but underground. An estimated 24 million gallons of jet fuel is migrating through Albuquerque’s aquifer towards one of the City’s biggest drinking water well fields. The Air Force ignored indications as far back as the early 1980s that there might be a problem with its underground fuel system until 1999, when it became painfully obvious. After 20 years, the Air Force has yet to fully delineate the plume of groundwater contamination and a final remedy has neither been evaluated nor implemented. There is no written work plan for completing the investigation or implementing cleanup of the groundwater contamination and no written schedule or enforceable milestone deadlines for doing so …if we are not successful in winning speedier, more effective cleanup, there may be no urgency until drinking water wells start becoming contaminated.