| Spill Type: | Spill | Facility Name/No.: | SPILL/RELEASE POINT / |
| Facility Type: | SPILL OR RELEASE | Facility Status: | CL |
| Date of Discovery: | 10/15/2015 | Date Closed: | 11/20/2015 |
| Operator: | GRAND RIVER GATHERING LLC | Operator Number: | 10403 |
| County: | GARFIELD - #045 | Location: | SESE 7 7S92W |
| Doc Number: | 400933165 | Lat/Long: | 39.455567 / -107.701349 Source: ACTUAL based On LatLong |
Municipality
(if within municipal boundaries): | -- |
| Waters of the State: | | Impacted Media: | |
Related Remediation Project Number
if work proceeding under an approved Form 27: | N/A |
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| Spill Description: |
| At 12:01 AM on 10/15/2015, Grand River Gathering, LLC was notified by Encana Corporation of a leaking ball valve on the P7E 3-inch pipeline (Mamm Creek System) located at Encana's P7E wellpad. This area is open pasture land is it is suspected that the ball valve was brushed open by a cow that was grazing in the area. The open ball valve resulted in the release of approximately 10 barrels of produced water. The produced water impacted the soil adjacent to the wellpad. There was no impact to waters of the state. Upon discovery of the incident, the Encana employee shut off the system and removed the ball valve handle. The removal of the ball valve handle should eliminate the possibility of future related issues since the valve can now only be opened with the aid of a tool. An environmental contractor arrived on site on the afternoon of 10/15/2015 and is the process or remediating the impacted areas. |
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