# BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP — Notice of Amendment

**Citation:** CPF 120135010M  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2013-07-15

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

## Document text

Notice of Amendment involving BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.402(c)(3). The case was opened on 2013-07-15 and is reported as closed as of 2013-10-17. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

120135010M_Closure Letter_10172013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120135010M/120135010M_Closure%20Letter_10172013.pdf

120135010M_Closure Letter_10172013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120135010M/120135010M_Closure%20Letter_10172013_text.pdf

120135010M_NOA_07152013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120135010M/120135010M_NOA_07152013.pdf

120135010M_NOA_07152013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120135010M/120135010M_NOA_07152013_text.pdf

120135010M_Operator_Request_for_Time_Extension_and_Response_to_Notice_08082013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120135010M/120135010M_Operator_Request_for_Time_Extension_and_Response_to_Notice_08082013.pdf

120135010M_Closure Letter_10172013_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
October 17, 2013
Thomas Scott Collier
VP, Performance Assurance & Asset Integrity
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
Five TEK Park
9999 Hamilton Boulevard
Breinigsville, PA 18031
CPF 1-2013-5010M
Dear Mr. Collier:
On April 30, 2012, 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, inspected Buckeye Partners, L.P.’s (Buckeye) procedures for corrosion control in
Malvern, Pennsylvania. As a result of the inspection, Buckeye was issued a Notice of
Amendment on July 15, 2013, which proposed amendment of your procedures.
Buckeye submitted its amended procedures on September 24, 2013. 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 Coy, PE
Director, Eastern Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/120135010M>
- Source ID: `phmsa-enforcement`
- SHA-256: `8e2175251ad7b4618e05c2766911fbcb860aa034fefddc5a3873cdd510352b2d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:44:44.458Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T05:05:51.894Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-enforcement-120135010m`

### Source metadata

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