# EUREKA GARDENS APARTMENTS — Warning Letter

**Citation:** CPF 220140006W  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2014-07-31

CLOSED warning letter citing 192.1015(a), 192.481(a), 192.481(c), 192.625(f)(1), 192.625(f)(2), 192.721(b)(2), 192.747(a).

## Document text

Warning Letter involving EUREKA GARDENS APARTMENTS. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.1015(a),  192.481(a),  192.481(c),  192.625(f)(1),  192.625(f)(2),  192.721(b)(2),  192.747(a). The case was opened on 2014-07-31 and is reported as closed as of 2014-07-31. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

220140006W_warning letter_07312014.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220140006W/220140006W_warning%20letter_07312014.pdf

220140006W_warning letter_07312014_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220140006W/220140006W_warning%20letter_07312014_text.pdf

220140006W_warning letter_07312014_text.pdf

WARNING LETTER
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
July 31, 2014
Ms. Holli Garrard
Property Manager
Eureka Gardens Apartments
1214 Labelle Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205
CPF 2-2014-0006W
Dear Ms. Garrard:
On June 18, 2014, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA), Southern Region, Office of Pipeline Safety, pursuant to Chapter
601 of 49 United States Code, inspected the Eureka Gardens Apartments master meter and
downstream piping and facilities at Eureka Gardens North and South properties. Eureka
Gardens North is served by a master meter located on the side of a utility building closest to
the southwest corner of building #2. Eureka Gardens South is served by a master meter
located between buildings #26 and #27 against a pump house.
As a result of the inspection, it appears that Eureka Gardens Apartments has committed
probable violations of the Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
The items inspected and the probable violations are as follows:
1. §192.481 Atmospheric corrosion control: Monitoring.
(a) Each operator must inspect each pipeline or portion of pipeline that is exposed to
the atmosphere for evidence of atmospheric corrosion, as follows:
Then the frequency of inspection is:
At least once every 3 calendar years, but with intervals
not exceeding 39 months
At least once each calendar year, but with intervals not
exceeding 15 months
If the pipeline is located: Onshore Offshore



... (c) If atmospheric corrosion is found during an inspection, the operator must
provide protection against the corrosion as required by Sec. 192.479.
Eureka Gardens Apartments did not inspect its onshore pipeline exposed to the
atmosphere for evidence of atmospheric corrosion at least once every 3 calendar years, but
with intervals not exceeding 39 months. Moreover, Eureka Gardens Apartments did not
provide protection against atmospheric corrosion in accordance with §192.479, which
requires pipelines to be properly cleaned and coated to prevent atmospheric corrosion.
The PHMSA inspector observed atmospheric corrosion at many regulator risers on
buildings in North and South Eureka. These risers had not been properly cleaned and
coated to prevent atmospheric corrosion.
2. §§192.625 Odorization of gas.
... (f) To assure the proper concentration of odorant in accordance with this section,
each operator must conduct periodic sampling of combustible gases using an
instrument capable of determining the percentage of gas in air at which the odor
becomes readily detectable. Operators of master meter systems may comply with
this requirement by-
(1) Receiving written verification from their gas source that the gas has the proper
concentration of odorant; and
(2) Conducting periodic "sniff" tests at the extremities of the system to confirm that
the gas contains odorant.
Eureka Gardens Apartments did not present records to demonstrate that it had assured the
proper concentration of odorant in its pipeline system by receiving written verification
from its gas source that the gas has the proper concentration of odorant or by conducting
periodic "sniff" tests at the extremities of the system to confirm that the gas contains
odorant.
3. §192.721 Distribution systems: Patrolling.
… (b) Mains in places or on structures where anticipated physical movement or
external loading could cause failure or leakage must be patrolled -
… (2) Outside business districts, at intervals not exceeding 7 1/2 months, but at least
twice each calendar year.
Eureka Gardens Apartments did not present records to show it had patrolled its
distribution system in the residential area at intervals not exceeding 7½ months, but at
least twice each calendar year.
4. §192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems.
(a) Each valve, the use of which may be necessary for the safe operation of a
distribution system, must be checked and serviced at intervals not exceeding 15
months, but at least once each calendar year.
Eureka Gardens Apartments did not present records to demonstrate that it had checked
and serviced its shut off (or key valve) which may be necessary for the safe operation of
its distribution system at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each
calendar year.
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5. §192.1015 What must a master meter or small liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
operator do to implement this subpart?
(a) General. No later than August 2, 2011 the operator of a master meter system or
a small LPG operator must develop and implement an IM program that includes a
written IM plan as specified in paragraph (b) of this section. The IM program for
these pipelines should reflect the relative simplicity of these types of pipelines.
Eureka Gardens Apartments did not present records to demonstrate that it had developed
and implemented an IM program.
Under 49 United States Code, § 60122, Eureka Gardens Apartments is subject to a civil
penalty not to exceed $ 200,000 per violation per day the violation persists up to a maximum
of $2,000,000 for a related series of violations. For violations occurring prior to
January 4, 2012, the maximum penalty may not exceed $100,000 per violation per day, with a
maximum penalty not to exceed $1,000,000 for a related series of violations. We have
reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents involved in this case and have decided
not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty assessment proceedings at this time.
We advise you to correct the items identified in this letter. Failure to do so will result in the
Eureka Gardens Apartments being subject to additional enforcement action.
No reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer
to CPF 2-2014-0006W. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this
enforcement action is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any
portion of your responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b),
along with the complete original document you must provide a second copy of the document
with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of
why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C.
552(b).
Sincerely,
Wayne T. Lemoi
Director, Office of Pipeline Safety
PHMSA Southern Region
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