The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued a Corrective Action Order (CAO) to Plains Pipeline, LP, the operator responsible for the pipeline failure on May 19 that resulted in the release of crude. The CAO requires the company to suspend operations and to make safety improvements on Line 901, the crude oil pipeline that failed and released crude oil along California’s coastline and into the Pacific Ocean. The CAO also requires the operator to remove any remaining crude oil from Line 901 and to submit a plan to PHMSA for approval before resuming operation of the pipeline.
美国运输部局长安东尼·福克斯（Anthony Foxx）表示：“ PHMSA立即部署了一组检查员来调查该管道释放的原因，并采取了措施，以防止对环境和直接受管道故障影响的社区造成额外损害。”“该部门将保持现场，以确保该操作员对此失败负责，并采取行动防止将来发布。”
在第901号线原油释放之后，PHMSA将四名检查员部署到了圣塔芭芭拉的管道故障现场。第五名检查员被发送到德克萨斯州米德兰市的运营商控制室，以审查运营信息和数据。检查员正在进行调查并协助漏油响应活动。PHMSA将继续监视CAO中规定的行动，以确保在该机构允许Plains Pipeline重新启动管道之前确定并进行修复。
PHMSA说：“ PHMSA要求平原管道，LP采取许多行动来评估管道的当前状况，确定导致原油释放的因素，并应对人们或环境的任何潜在的未来风险。”副管理人蒂姆·巴特斯（Tim Butters）。
除了上述行动外，PHMSA还要求平原管道审查和评估其紧急响应计划的有效性，包括确定改进，学习的经验教训以及沟通和协调响应和支持活动的领域。
平原,LP 901行是一个24英寸,10。6 mile pipeline that transports crude oil between Las Flores Canyon and Gaviota, California. Plains Pipeline, LP is a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, LP. On May 19, 2015, the pipeline failed, releasing crude oil along the north side of California’s Pacific Coast Highway. The crude oil entered a drainage culvert and eventually migrated into the Pacific Ocean. The cause of the release has not yet been determined.
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