# SHELL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY — Notice of Probable Violation

**Citation:** CPF 520040001  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2004-02-25

CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.465(a), 192.465(b), 192.739(d), 192.745.

## Document text

Notice of Probable Violation involving SHELL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.465(a),  192.465(b),  192.739(d),  192.745. The case was opened on 2004-02-25 and is reported as closed as of 2005-05-10. Proposed civil penalty: $7,500. Assessed civil penalty: $7,500. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

520040001_final order_05102005.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520040001/520040001_final%20order_05102005.pdf

520040001_final order_05102005.pdf

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Lynn Laverty Elsenhans
President
Shell Oil Products U.S.
11 00 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002
Re: CPF No. S-2004-(XK)1
Dear Ms. Elsenhans:
Enclosed is the Final Order issued by the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety in
the above-referenced case. It makes findings of violation and assesses a civil penalty for those
violations. I acknowledge your wire transfer dated March 30, 2004, for $7,s00 as payment in
full of the civil penalty assessed in the FinaJ Order.
This case is now closed. Your receipt of the Final Order. constitutes service of that
document under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.
SiDCS8Y,
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James Reynolds
Pipeline Compliance Registry
Office of Pipeline Safety
Enclosure
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Mike Johnson, Manager of Health and Safety
Chris Hoidai, Region Director, Western Region, OPS
CERTIFIED MAIL -RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED



DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATK>N
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRA nON
OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY
WASHINGTON. OC 20590
In the MaUer of
Shell Oil Pnx1octs U.S.,
Resporxleut
CPFNo.5-2004-0001
FINAL ORDER
00 (ktober IS _16, 2003, in ~-d8K:e with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Director, Western
Region, Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), issued to RespmJdcnt . Notice of Probable Violation
and PfOIX)Ied Civil Penalty (Notice). The Notice propoeed fiOOing that Respondent had
committed violations of 49 C.F.R. P8t 192 IIMI SW.)Iecf ~~ a civil paIalty of $7,soo for
the alleseci vio~~ R~.1t did IX)( COIitCli the alJcpti~ or !be ImOunt of the pr~xJIed
civil penalty and lubmitted . wire tnDIfer in the mnount of the proposed civil penalty ($7,SOO),
waiving ftD1her right to reIpoIxI aIMi authorizing the entry of this Final Order.
Pursuant to § I 90.2 ~ a)( 1) ... 49 U. S . C . § 60 122, I fiIxI tbIt RelpGlxlent vio 1ated the following
sections of 49 C.F.R. Part 192 u more fully deacribed in the Notice:
49 C.F.R. §
2002; 8M!
192.46S(a) - failina to test its cathodic prota:tiOII IyItem in
>-r calendar
49 C.F .R. § 192.46S(b) - failina to test ita ~fias calendar years 2001,2002, aDd 2003.
within specified interval. durinl
1bCIe fuxtinp or violation will be CODIida'eci prior off~ in any IUbaI~t mfon:cmalt
actioo against R~xlent. Having mriewcd the record 81M! considered the ~~ent critaia, I
uaea the civil penalty of $7,500 already paid by ReIpolMJent.
The Notice did not ~ . civil PSlaJty or CCXTtiIo;-Live action for Items 2 IlK! 3-failiDl to
ullpect and test ~ef valve R-4267 fix' calaMIm' )'C8'I 2(XX) .. 2002 IlK! failing to ulSpeci main
line valve No. 23 for calendar years 2001 aDd 2002. Therefore, these are considered waminl
items. Respolxlent is warned that if it OOCI not take appropriate action to co~t these items,
a1fu.~ action win be taka1 if . lU~uaIt ~tion reveals a violation.



The terms and condi. lIons
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MAY 10m
Date Iuued
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## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520040001>
- Source ID: `phmsa-enforcement`
- SHA-256: `c9df15f8e5b3a5938944fd64f11ba562504391340072ec50cce608fa0a6b9e4c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:44:44.458Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T13:06:01.596Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-enforcement-520040001`

### Source metadata

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  ],
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}
```