# GREKA — Notice of Amendment

**Citation:** CPF 520070020M  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2007-08-03

CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.805(b), 192.805(c), 192.805(f), 192.805(g).

## Document text

Notice of Amendment involving GREKA. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.805(b),  192.805(c),  192.805(f),  192.805(g). The case was opened on 2007-08-03 and is reported as closed as of 2007-11-27. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

520070020M_notice of amendment_08032007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520070020M/520070020M_notice%20of%20amendment_08032007.pdf

520070020m_notice of amendment_08032007_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520070020M/520070020m_notice%20of%20amendment_08032007_text.pdf

520070020M_operator response to notice_09072007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520070020M/520070020M_operator%20response%20to%20notice_09072007.pdf

520070020m_notice of amendment_08032007_text.pdf

SENT TO COMPLIANCE REGISTItE
Hardcopy Electronically
¹ of Copies+/ Date ~&o 7
12300 W Dakota Ave, SuIte 110
Lakewood, CO 80228
U. S Department
of Transportation
Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED
August 3, 2007
Mr. Ray Marroquin
Gas Superintendent
Greka Energy
6527 Dominion Road
Santa Maria, CA 93454
CPF 5-2007-0020M
Dear Mr. Marroquin:
On September 19, 2005, a representative of the Pipehne and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected
your Operator Quahfication program of your pipehne personnel in Santa Maria, Cahfornia.
On the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found
within Greka Energy's (Greka) plans or procedures, as described below:
1. Part 192. 805(b) Ensure through evaluation that individuals performing
covered tasks are qualified:
Greka Energy Operator Quahfication Plan estabhshed evaluation methods for its
pipeline personnel, but failed to document the evaluation of individuals perforrmng
covered tasks.



2. Part 192. 805(c) Allow individuals that are not qualified pursuant to this
subpart to perform a covered task if directed and observed by an individual
that is qualified.
Greka Energy Operator Quahfication Plan estabhshed provisions to allow non-
quahfied individuals to perform covered tasks under a qualified individual, but
failed to specify hmitations or restTictions for these activities.
3. Part 192. 805(f) Communicate changes that affect covered tasks to individuals
performing these covered tasks
Greka Energy Operator Quahfication Plan failed to specify a process to notify
PHMSA or appropriate regulatory agency of sigmficant written program changes
once the program has been reviewed.
4. Part 192. 805(g) Identify those covered tasks and the intervals at which
evaluation of the individual's qualifications is needed.
Greka Energy Operator Quahfication Plan failed to specify reevaluation intervals
for individuals performing covered tasks.
Res onse to this Notice
This Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U. S. C. $ 60108(a) and 49 C. F. R. $ 190. 237.
Enclosed as part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline
Operators in Compliance Proceedings. Please refer to this document and note the
response options. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement
action is subject to being made pubhcly available. If you beheve that any portion of your
responsive material quahfies 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 beheve qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why
you beheve the redacted information quahfies for confidential treatment under 5 U. S. C.
552(b). If you do not respond within 30 days of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a
waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this Notice and authorizes the Associate
Admimstrator for Pipehne Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice without further
notice to you and to issue a Fmal Order.
If, after opportumty for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged
in this Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the
inadequacies (49 C. F. R. $ 190. 237). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that
you submit your amended procedures to my office within [number of days] days of receipt
of this Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the
inadequacies identified herem have been addressed in your amended procedures, this
enforcement action will be closed.



In correspondence concermng this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2007-0020M and, for
each document you submit, please provide a copy in electromc format whenever possible.
Sincerely,
Chris Hoidal
Director, Western Region
Pipehne and Hazardous Materials Safety Admimstration
cc: PHP-60 Comphance Registry
PHP-500 P Nguyen, IOCS Activity no. 116226
Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520070020M>
- Source ID: `phmsa-enforcement`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:44:44.458Z
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- Document slug: `phmsa-enforcement-520070020m`

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