# FDL OPERATING LLC — Notice of Probable Violation

**Citation:** CPF 52022038NOPV  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2022-04-12

CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 195.404(a)(1)(vii), 195.573(a)(2).

## Document text

Notice of Probable Violation involving FDL OPERATING LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.404(a)(1)(vii),  195.573(a)(2). The case was opened on 2022-04-12 and is reported as closed as of 2022-06-28. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

52022038NOPV_PCO_04122022_(21-219857).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022038NOPV/52022038NOPV_PCO_04122022_(21-219857).pdf

52022038NOPV_PCO_04122022_(21-219857)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022038NOPV/52022038NOPV_PCO_04122022_(21-219857)_text.pdf

52022038NOPV_Region Withdrawal of Notice Letter_06282022_(21-219857).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022038NOPV/52022038NOPV_Region%20Withdrawal%20of%20Notice%20Letter_06282022_(21-219857).pdf

52022038NOPV_Region Withdrawal of Notice Letter_06282022_(21-219857)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022038NOPV/52022038NOPV_Region%20Withdrawal%20of%20Notice%20Letter_06282022_(21-219857)_text.pdf

52022038NOPV_Region Withdrawal of Notice Letter_06282022_(21-219857)_text.pdf

WITHDRAWAL of NOTICE LETTER
VIA CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED & E-MAIL
June 28, 2022
Mr. Caleb Dill
Operations Superintendent
FDL Operating, LLC
Salt Creek Field Office
P.O. Box 10
Midwest, WY 82643
CPF 5-2022-038-NOPV
Dear Mr. Dill:
From July through October 2021, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety
(OPS), conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and records of FDL
Operating, LLC in Wyoming. As a result of the inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS
(Director), issued to FDL Operating, LLC, by letter dated April 12, 2022, a Notice of Probable
Violation and Proposed Compliance Order (Notice).
In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that FDL Operating, LLC
had violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.573(a)(2) and proposed ordering the company to take certain
measures to correct the alleged violation. See Notice. The Notice also included an additional
warning item pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 190.205, which required no further action, but warned FDL
Operating, LLC to correct the probable violation or face possible future enforcement action.



In May 2022, PHMSA was informed that FDL Operating, LLC was purchased by Contango Oil
and Gas Company, and no longer owns and operates the Salt Creek CO2 Pipeline and Monell
CO2 Pipeline in Wyoming. The Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Compliance Order
is hereby withdrawn. Contango Oil and Gas Company is advised, however, to correct the
probable violations identified in the Notice.
This case is now closed.
Sincerely,
Dustin Hubbard
Director, Western Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Enclosure: CPF No. 5-2022-038-NOPV
cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry
Farley Dakan, President, Contango Oil and Gas Company, fdakan@contango.com

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/52022038NOPV>
- Source ID: `phmsa-enforcement`
- SHA-256: `3889909707514bdf8ee988a5f23d5ad11b536835f84873dc50bea0b7d17cca4b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:44:44.458Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T11:51:02.364Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-enforcement-52022038nopv`

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