# BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP — Notice of Amendment

**Citation:** CPF 120125017M  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2012-08-20

CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.402(c)(11), 195.402(c)(3).

## Document text

Notice of Amendment involving BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.402(c)(11),  195.402(c)(3). The case was opened on 2012-08-20 and is reported as closed as of 2013-05-01. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

120125017M_Closure Letter_05012013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120125017M/120125017M_Closure%20Letter_05012013.pdf

120125017M_Closure Letter_05012013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120125017M/120125017M_Closure%20Letter_05012013_text.pdf

120125017M_NOA_08202012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120125017M/120125017M_NOA_08202012.pdf

120125017M_NOA_08202012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120125017M/120125017M_NOA_08202012_text.pdf

120125017M_Operator Response_08312012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120125017M/120125017M_Operator%20Response_08312012.pdf

120125017M_Closure Letter_05012013_text.pdf

U.S. Department Of Transportation Pipeline and 609.989.2171
Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
820 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 103
West Trenton, NJ 08628
OVERNIGHT EXPRESS MAIL
May 1, 2013
Thomas Scott Collier
VP, Performance Assurance & Asset Integrity
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
Five TEK Park
9999 Hamilton Boulevard
Breinigsville, PA 18031
CPF 1-2012-5017M
Dear Mr. Collier:
On October 18, 2010, a representative from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), pursuant to chapter 601 of 49 United
States Code, conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of Buckeye Partners, L.P.’s
(Buckeye) procedures in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania. As a result of the inspection, Buckeye was
issued a Notice of Amendment on August 20, 2012, which proposed amendment of your
procedures.
Buckeye submitted its amended procedures on September 18, 2012 and November 17, 2012. My
staff reviewed the amended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this
Notice of Amendment have been corrected.
This letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank you
for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Byron E. Coy, PE
Director, Eastern Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/120125017M>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:44:44.458Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T22:23:30.866Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-enforcement-120125017m`

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