# FINAL 2013 BIENNIAL LEAK

DETECTION TESTING REPORT

OF BULK FIELD

- CONSTRU CTED

UNDERGROUND STORAGE

TANK 9

, RED HILL

UNDERGROUND FUEL

STORAGE FACILITY

JOINT BAS E PEARL HA RBOR

HICKAM

, 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:



## 1 7 APRIL 2013

Project: 127964

Task: 4.1.033FINAL 2013 BIENNIAL LEAK DETECTION TESTING REPORT

OF BULK FIELD

- CONSTRUCTED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK 9,

RED HILL UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE FACILITY

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR

- HICKAM, 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

1 7 April 2013i TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

................................ ................................ ........ ii

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CERTIFICATION:

................................ ................................ ...... iii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

................................ ................................ ................................ ............ iv

1.0 INTRODUCTION

................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 1

1.1 Purpose of Project

................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 1

1.2 Site Background and History

................................ ................................ ......................... 1

1.3 Historical Leak Detection Results

................................ ................................ .................. 2

1.4 Project Scope

................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 2

1.5 Project Team

................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 5

1.6 Qualific ations of Testing Procedures Used

................................ ................................ .... 5

2.0 LEAK DETECTION TESTING AND RESULTS

................................ ............................ 6

3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECO MMENDATIONS

................................ ............................. 7

3.1 Conclusions

................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 7

3.2 Recommendations

................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 7

4.0 REFERENCES

................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 8

L ist of Tables

Table 1

- 1 : Items Tested

................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 2

Table 2

- 1 : Test Results

................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 6

List of F igures

Figure 1

- 1: Base Overview Map

................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 3

Figure 1

- 2: Red Hill System Layout

................................ ................................ ............................... 4

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 Evaluations

PD Probability of detection

PFA Probability of a false alarm

PSA Product surface areaiii PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CERTIFICATION :

Final 2013 Biennial Leak Detection Testing Report

O f Bulk Field

- Constructed Underground Storage Tank 9,
Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility

Joint Base Pearl Harbor

- Hickam, 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 : 1 7 April 2013iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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

- Constructed

Unde rground Storage Tank 9 at Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility, Joint Base Pearl

Harbor

- Hickam, Hawaii. There are currently no regulations that require test ing of 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 9 was Mass Technology Corporation leak

detection tested from 21 February through 2 8 February 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 9 should be

completed on or before the anniversary date of 28 February 201 5 under Defense Logistics

Agency Energy’s Leak Detection Centrally Managed P ro gram as a pollution prevention 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 N6247 0

- 10

- D

- 3000

- 0026

to perform biennial leak detection testing of Bulk Field

- Constructed Unde rground Storage Tank

(BFCUST) 9 at Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility, Joint Base (JB) Pearl Harbor

Hickam, Hawaii. There are currently no regulations requiring the test ing of 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 Management P ractice (BMP)

.

1.2 Site Background and History

Pearl Harbor was established as a United States naval ba se in 1908. In 1934, the Army Air Corps

began construction of the base that, on May 31, 1935, was dedicated as Hickam Air Force Base

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

Harbor

- Hickam combining the two histo ric 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. T he base play s a central role in the Pacific theater and constitute s a vital part of th e

United States defense establishment today

.

The Red Hill underground fuel storage facility was constructed between 1940 and 1943 to replace

vulnerable aboveground fuel storage tanks that were located around Pearl Harbor. The Red Hill

underground fuel storage facility consists of 20 BFCUSTs located hundreds of feet below ground

.
There are 2 rows of 10 (each) 12,600,000 gallon BFCUSTs. The BFCU STs at Red Hill are

connected and accessible through two tunnel systems. A top tunnel runs approximately 60 feet

below the top of the tanks and a bottom tunnel runs along the bottom level of the tanks. The

issue/receipt and water drain pipelines connecti ng each BFCUST and Pearl Harbor are located in

the lower tunnel. All lines are equipped with Double Block and Bleed Valves for isolation.

BFCUST 9 stores JP

- 8 and is 100 feet in diameter and 250 feet in height (capacity equals

12,600,000 gallons).2

1.3 Historical Leak Detect ion Results

The last biennial test event of BFCUST 9 , a Mass Technology Corporation (MTC) leak detection

test conducted from 28 February to 9 March 2011 , showed passing results with no detectable leak

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

(Baker, 2011).

1.4 Project Scope

A MTC leak detection test on BFCUST 9 was performed from 21 February through 28 February

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

(Feet) Height

(Feet) Volume

(Gallons) Product Comments

BFCUST 9 100 feet 250 12,600,000 JP

- 5 Product Level at Test: 211 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 evaluation (National

Work Group on Leak Det ection Evaluations [NWGLDE, 201 3 ])

. 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 (PSA) with a probability of detection (PD) of 95 percent

and probability of a false alarm (PFA) 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 modif

ied 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 percent PD

.

72 hour test 50,000 gallons or greater :

Leak rate is proportional to PSA

.
For tanks with PSA of 14,200 ft2, leak rate is 0.638 gph with PD = 95% and PFA = 5%.

For other tank sizes, leak rate equals [(PSA in ft2 ÷ 14,200 ft2) x 0.638 gph].

Example:

For a tank with PSA = 20,000 ft2; leak rate = [(20,000 ft2 ÷ 14,200 ft2) x 0.638 gph] = 0.898 gph.

Leak rate may not be scaled below 0.2 gph6

2.0 LEAK DETECTION TESTING AND RESULTS

MTC ’s test report is provided in Appendix A. BFCUST 9 was leak detection tested with no

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

. Test

results are listed in Table 2

- 1

.

Table 2

- 1 : Test Results

Designation Volume

(Gal lon s) Height

(Feet) Product Certified

MDL R
( gph ) Test

Date Result

BFCUST 9 12,600,000 250 JP

- 5 0.7 21 February 2013

– 28 February 2013 Passed7

3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

3.1 Conclusions

BFCUST 9 passed the 2013 biennial leak detection testing.

3.2 Recommendations

In accordance with DLA Energy’s Leak Detection CMP as a pollution prevention BMP

, biennial

leak detection testing of BFCUST 9 should be completed on or before the anniversary date of 28

February 2015.8

4.0 REFERENCES

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

Underground Storage Tank 9

– Joint Base Pearl Harbor

- Hickam / Red

Hill, Hawaii

. Prepared for DLA Ene rgy, Ft. Belvo ir, Virginia, under

NAVFAC Atlantic Contract N62470

- 10

- D

- 3000

- 0004. Dated 3 0 March

2011.

NWGLDE, 201 3 Listing by the NWGLDE ( 20 th Edition): Mass Technology Corporation

–

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

– Travis Ricketson

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

to perform the required annual tightness testing of Tank # 9 a n underground

fuel storage tank located at FISC Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, HI.

Report compiled by: Date: 0 4

- 1 0

- 20 1 3

Ricky Slaughter

Summary

Testing of Tank # 9 a 12,600,000 gal underground storage tank located at FISC Red Hill, Pearl

Harbor, Hawaii commenced F ebruary 21 , 2013 and was completed February 2 8 , 2013

. The result

of that testing is that the tank system is determined to be tight to isolation. All tank valves were

adequately secured such that 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

contain ment integrity of the tank was not compromised and the test is considered conclusive.

Tank # 9 : After 1 68 hours of testing the tank is certified to be tight

. 

### Precision Leak Measurement Report

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



### Tank Data Tank # 9

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

Tank Type: Vertical UST Contents: JP

- 5

Specific Gravity : 0. 8 2 Product Level: 211 ft.

Start Date: 0 2 / 2 1 /2013 Completion Date: 0 2 / 2 8 /2013

Unit Operator: Travis 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 # 9 is certified to be tight

.