# FINAL 2013 BIENNIAL LEAK

DETECTION TESTING REPORT

OF BULK FIELD

- CONSTRUCTED

UNDERGROUND STORAGE

TANK 18

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR

HICKAM / RED HILL, HAWAII

Prepared for:

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Ft. Belvoir, Virginia

Prepared under:


## NAVFAC Atlantic

Contract N62470

- 10

- D

- 3000

- 00 26

Submitted by: 

## Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Virginia Beach, VA

Date:



## 19 FEBRUARY 2013

Project: 127964

Task: 4.1.033FINAL 2013 BIENNIAL LEAK DETECTION TESTING REPORT

OF BULK FIELD

- CONSTRU CTED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK 18

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR

- HICKAM / RED HILL, HAWAII

Prepared for:

Defense Logistics Agency Energy

Ft. Belvoir, VA

Prepared under:

NAVFAC Atlantic

Contract N62470

- 10

- D

- 3000

- 0026

Prepared by:

Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

19 February 2013i TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

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PROFESSIONAL ENGIN EER CERTIFICATION:

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

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1.1 Purpose of Project



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1.2 Site Background and History



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1.3 Historical Leak Detection Results



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1.4 Project Scope



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1.5 Project Team



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1.6 Qualifications of Testing Procedures Used



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2.0 LEAK DETECTION TESTING AND RESULTS

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3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECO MMENDATIONS

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3.1 Conclusions



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3.2 Recommendations



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4.0 REFERE NCES

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L ist of Tables

Table 1

- 1 : Items Tested

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Table 2

- 1 : Test Results

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List of F igures

Figure 1

- 1: Base Overview Map

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Figure 1

- 2: Red Hill System Layout

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List of Appendices

Appendix A Mass Technology Corporation Test Reportii LIST OF A BBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AFB Air Force Base

Baker Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

BFCUST Bulk field

- constructed underground storage tank

BMP Best Management Practice

CMP Centrally Managed P rogram

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

gph Gallons per hour

JB Joint Base

MDLR Minimum detectable leak rate

MTC Mass Technology Corporation

NW GLDE National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluationsiii PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CERTIFICATION :

Final 2013 Biennial Leak Detection Testing Report

O f Bulk Field

- Constru cted Underground Storage Tank 18

Joint Base Pearl Harbor

- Hickam / Red Hill, Hawaii

This report has been reviewed by a professional engineer and has been prepared in accordance

with good engineering practices. Laboratory results, field notes

, and supporting data have been

reviewed and referenced correctly.

I hereby certify that I have examined this report and attest that it has been prepared in accordance

with good engineering practices.

Engineer: Christopher D. Caputi, P.E.

Registration Number : 032382

State : Virginia

Date : 19 February 2013iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The scope of this project is to perform biennial leak detection testing of Bulk Field

- Constructed

Unde rground Storage Tank 18 at Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl

Harbor

– Joint Base Pearl Harbor

- Hickam / Red Hill, Hawaii. There are currently no regulations

that outline test requirements for bulk field

- c onstructed u nde rground storage tanks at Red Hill.

The testing is being conducted under De fense Logistics Agency Energy’s Leak Detection

Centrally Managed P ro gram as a pollution prevention Best Management P ractice.

Bulk Field

- Constructed Unde rground Storage Tank 18 w as Mass Technology Corporation leak

detection tested from 23 January through 30 Jan uary 2013 with no detectable leak above the test

method’s minimum detectable leak rate of 0.7 gallons per hour resulting in a passed test.

Biennial leak detection testing of Bulk Field

- Constructed Unde rground Storage Tank 18 should

be completed on or before the anniversary date of 30 Jan uary 201 5 under Defense Logistics

Agency Energy’s Leak Detection Centrally Managed P ro gram as a pollution p revention Best

Management P ractice.1

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of Project

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy contracted Michael B aker Jr., Inc. (Baker) through

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlanti c Contract N62470

- 10

- D

- 3000

- 0026

to perform biennial leak detection testing of Bulk Field

- Constructed Unde rground Storage Tank

(BFCUST) 18 at Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor

– Joint

Base (JB) Pearl Harbor

- Hickam / Red Hill, Hawaii. There are currently no regulations that

outline test requirements for BFCUSTs at Red Hill. The testing is being conducted under DLA

Energy’s Leak Detection Centrally Managed P rogram (CMP) as a pollution prevention Best

M anagement P ractice (BMP)

.

1.2 Site Background and History

In 2010, Naval Station Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) were merged into JB

Pearl Harbor

- Hickam combining the two historic bases into a single joint installation to support

both Air Force and Navy missions, along with the tenant commands, and all the service members

and their families. Pearl Harbor was established as a United States naval base in 1908. In 1934,

the Army Air Corps began construction of the base that, on May 31, 1935, was d edicated as

Hickam AFB. Together, the two bases play a central role in the Pacific theater and constitute a

vital part of the United States defense establishment today.

The Red Hill underground fuel storage facility consists of 20 BFCUSTs located hundred s of feet

below ground and was constructed between 1940 and 1943 to replace vulnerable aboveground

fuel storage tanks that were located around Pearl Harbor. The BFCUSTs at Red Hill are

accessible through a tunnel system. The top tunnel runs approximately 60 feet below the top

section of the tanks and the bottom tunnel runs equal to the bottom level of the tanks. The

issue/receipt and water drain pipelines have isolation valves accessible immediately adjacent to

each tank within the lower tunnel. BFCUST 18 is 100 feet in diameter, 250 feet in height, and

has a capacity of 12,600,000 gallons of JP

- 5.2

1.3 Historical Leak Detection Results

The last biennial test event of BFCUST 18 , a Mass Technology Corporation (MTC) leak

detection test conducted from 21 January to 28 January 2011, showed passing results with no

detectable leak above the test method’s minimum detectable leak rate (MDLR) (Bak er, 2011).

1.4 Project Scope

A MTC leak detection test on BFCUST 1 8 was performed from 23 January through 30 January

2013 . Table 1

- 1 provides a description of the systems tested. Figure 1

- 1 provides a base

overview map

. Figure 1

- 2 provides a layout of the Red Hill system.

Table 1

- 1 : Items Tested

Designation Diameter Height or Length

(Feet) Volume

(Gallons) Product Comments

BFCUST 1 8 100 feet 250 12,600,000 JP

- 5 Product Level at Test: 211. 46

feet3 Figure 1

- 1 : Base Overview Map

(Source: Google Maps, 2013 )4 Figure 1

- 2 : Red Hill System Layout

(Source: Baker, 2009 )5

1.5 Project Team

Baker subcontracted MTC to perform the leak detection testing. Field

- testing oversight,

coordination with facility fuels representat ives, quality assurance/quality controls

, and final report

preparation and submission was provided by Baker personnel.

1.6 Qualifications of Testing Procedures Used

The testing procedures used were those defined as the MTC

- Precision Mass Measurement

Systems SIM

- 1000 / CBU

- 1000 ( 

### 72 hour test) leak detection method. Determination of leakage

is based on the criteria established in the Ken Wilcox Associates third party eva luation (National

Work Group on Leak Det ection Evaluations [NWGLDE, 2012])

. The MTC Precision Mass

Measurement System ( 

### 72 hour test) is certified with a capability to detect leaks on a tank

proportional to the product surface area with a probability of de tection of 95 percent and

probability of a false alarm of 5 percent. Due to the extreme height of the tank, a total of 168

hours of testing was performed.

By performing a number of non

- overlapping tests in sequence and averaging the resultant leak

rates, a modified threshold can be established for declaring a leak. Through standard statistical

analysis, the larger the number of tests used in the averaging will result in a lower threshold and,

therefore, a smaller size leak can be detected with a 95 perce nt probability of detection.6

2.0 LEAK DETECTION TESTING AND RESULTS

MTC ’s test report is provided in Appendix A. BFCUST 18 w as leak detection tested with no

detectable leak above the test method’s minimum detectable leak rate (MDLR) of 0.7 gallons per

hour ( gph )

. Test results are listed in Table 2

- 1

.

Table 2

- 1 : Test Results

Designation Volume

(Gal lon s) Height

or Length
(Feet) Product Certified

MDL R
( gph ) Test

Date Result

BFCUST 1 8 12,600,000 250 JP

- 5 0.7 23 Jan 2013

– 30 Jan 2013 Passed7

3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECO MMENDATIONS

3.1 Conclusions

BFCUST 18 passed the 2013 biennial leak detection testing.

3.2 Recommendations

Biennial leak detection testing of BFCUST 18 should be completed on or before the anniversary

date of 30 Jan uary 2015 under DLA Energy’s Leak Detection CMP as a pollution prevention

BMP

.8

4.0 REFERENCES

Baker, 2011 Final 2011 Biennial Integrity Testing Report Of Bulk Field Construc ted

Underground Storage Tank 18

- Naval Station Pearl Harbor / Red Hill,

Hawaii

. Prepared for Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Ft. Belvoir,

VA. Prepared under NAVFAC Atlantic Contract N62470

- 10

- D

- 3000

-

0004. Dated 11 March 2011.

NWGLDE, 2012 Listing by the NWGLDE (Nineteenth Edition): Precision Mass

Measurement Systems SIM

- 1000 and CBU

- 1000 (72 hour test)

– BULK

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK LEAK DETECTION METHOD

(50,000 gallons or greater).

Issue Date: 23 August 1999

Revision Date: 28 May 2008

http://nwglde.org/evals/mass_technology_c.html

.

### Michael Baker Jr., Inc.



## TEST REPORT

JB PEARL HARBOR

- HICKAM / RED HILL, HAWAII

APPENDIX A

–

MASS TECHNOLOGY CORP ORATION TEST REPORT 1



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FISC Red Hill Project Manager

– Mr. Mark Caldon

Pearl Harbor

, HI

Site Supervisor

– T ravis Ricketson

Scope of Work: Furnish all required management, labor, services, materials and equipment

to perform the required annual tightness testing of Tank # 18 a n underground fuel storage tank located at FISC Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, HI.

Report compiled by: Date: 02

- 1 3

- 20 1 3

Ricky S laughte r

Summary

Testing of Tank # 18 a 12,600,000 gal underground storage tank located at FISC Red Hill, Pearl

Harbor, Hawaii commenced January 2 3

, 2013 and was completed January 3 0 , 2013 . The tank

c ontained JP

- 5 and a precision leak test was conducted. The result of that testing is that the tank

system is determined to be tight to isolation. All tank valves were adequately secured such th at no
unusual readings were noted. Testing was performed using the Mass Technology Corporation

protocols set out in the third party evaluations. All tank valves were adequately secured such that

any fluid loss was isolated to leakage. Therefore, the c ontainment integrity of the tank was not

compromised and the test is considered conclusive.

Tank # 18 : After 1 68 hours of testing the tank is certified to be tight

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### Precision Leak Measurement Report

P.O. Box 1578
Kilgore, Texas 75662 2



### Tank Data Tank # 18

Diameter: 1 00 ft. Height: 2 50 ft.

Tank Type: Vertical UST Contents: JP

- 5

Specific Gravity : 0. 8 2 Product Level: 2 11

. 4 6 ft.

Start Date: 01/2 3 /2013 Completion Date: 01/3 0 /2013

Unit Operator: T ravis Ricketson Test Results : Certified Tight

All dimensions, line locations, sizes and

valve descriptions have been furnished
by the facility operator. 3



### Results

The fluid mass data was recorded over a 1 68

- hour period. A linear regression of the recorded fluid

mass data resulted in a leak rate detected below the minimum detection level of 0. 7 gallon s per

hour. All tank valves were adequately secured such that any fluid loss was isolated to leakage.

Therefore, the containment integrity of the tank was not compromised and the test is considered

conclusive.

Tank # 18 is certified to be tight

.