{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 120071008W","title":"TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY — Warning Letter","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2007-09-07","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED warning letter citing 192.605(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120071008w.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120071008w.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120071008w","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/120071008W","body":"Warning Letter involving TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.605(a). The case was opened on 2007-09-07 and is reported as closed as of 2007-09-07. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n120071008W_Warning Letter_09072007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120071008W/120071008W_Warning%20Letter_09072007.pdf\n\n120071008w_warning letter_09072007_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120071008W/120071008w_warning%20letter_09072007_text.pdf\n\n120071008w_warning letter_09072007_text.pdf\n\nU 5 Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline ana\nHazardous Matenats Safety\nAdministration\n409 3rd Street, SW, Surie 300\nWashington DC 20024\nWARNING LETTER\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\nSeptember 7, 2007\nMr Randy Bernard\nVice President,\nOperations and Gas Control\nWtlhams Gas Pipehne\n2800 Post Oak Boulevard,\nHouston, TX 77056\nCPF I-2007-1008W\nDear Mr Barnard\nDuring the week of December 1 1, 2006, a representative of the Pipehne and Hazardous Matenals\nSafety Admuustration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 Umted States Code inspected\nyour Distnct 520 in Salladasburg, Pennsylvania\nAs a result of the mspechon, it appears that you have committed a probable violation of the\nPipehne Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulatlns The items mspected and the\nprobable violation is\n%192. 605\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline, a manual of\nwritten procedures for conducting operations and maintenance activities and for\nemergency response. . . .\n\n\n\nIn a review of records for the Wharton meter station, the annual test sheets for 2003 through\n2006 indicate that the regulators CVI and CV2 were no longer tested smce the station had been\nmade tnacnve Wilhams procedures, Abandonment or Inactivation of Facilities (Procedure\n70 15 01 06) states in Sec 6 0 Deactivating a Meter Station Facility requires that (l) the valve\nthat is closed to prevent the flow of gas must have a lockng device to prevent the opemng of\nthe valve by an unauthonzedperson (2) /the operator shally mstall a mechamcal device or\nfitting that wdl prevent the flow of gas in the service line or in the meter assembly (3) the piping\nshall be physically disconnected from the customer's facihties In the secunng of the\nbidirectional regulators, Williams only closed the four valves (one on each side of the two\nregulators) and secured them with electncal ties and marling with a \"Do not operate\" tag This\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of your procedures\nPHMSA's findings are based upon the test records for the regulators in the meter station from\n2002 to 2006, photographs of the unsecured valves ad)acent to the regulators and Wilhams\nprocedures for deactivation of factitnes\nUnder 49 United States Code, $ 60122, you are sub)ect to a civil penalty not to exceed $100, 000\nfor each violation for each day the violation persists up to a maximum of $1, 000, 000 for any\nrelated senes of violations We have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents\ninvolved in this case, and have decided not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty\nassessment proceedings at tlus time We advise you to correct the item identified in this letter\nFailure to do so will result in Wdhams being sub)ect to additional enforcement action\nNo reply to this letter is required If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to\nCPF 1-2007-1008W. Be advised that all matenal you submit in response to this enforcement\naction is sub)ect to being made pubhcly available If you beheve that any portion of your\nresponsive matenal quahfies for confidential treatment under 5 U S C 552(b), along with the\ncomplete ongmal document you must provide a second copy of the document with the portions\nyou beheve quahfy for confidentia treatment redacted and an explananon of why you beheve\nthe redacted mformation qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U S C 552(b)\nSincerely,\n~+ Byron Coy, PE\nDirector, Eastern Region\nPipehne and Hazardous Matenals Safety Admimstration","truncated":false,"body_characters":4167}