# COVE POINT LNG, LP — Warning Letter

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- **citation:** CPF 120113001W
- **title:** COVE POINT LNG, LP — Warning Letter
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2011-05-05
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED warning letter citing 193.2503.
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Warning Letter involving COVE POINT LNG, LP. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 193.2503. The case was opened on 2011-05-05 and is reported as closed as of 2011-05-05. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

120113001W_Warning Letter_05052011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120113001W/120113001W_Warning%20Letter_05052011.pdf

120113001W_Warning Letter_05052011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120113001W/120113001W_Warning%20Letter_05052011_text.pdf

120113001W_Warning Letter_05052011_text.pdf

U.S. Department 820 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 103
Of Transportation West Trenton, NJ 08628
Pipeline and 609.989.2171
Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
WARNING LETTER
UPS OVERNIGHT DELIVERY
May 5, 2011
Jeffrey Barger, Senior V.P.
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
445 West Main St.
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Dear Mr. Barger:
CPF 1-2011-3001W
During the week of November 15, 2010, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code
inspected the Dominion Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas Plant (DCPLNG) in Lusby,
Maryland.
As a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed a probable violation of the
Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The item inspected and the
probable violation is:
1. 193.2503 Operating procedures.
Each operator shall follow one or more manuals of written procedures to provide
safety in normal operation and in responding to an abnormal operation that would
affect safety . . .
Operator’s procedure Section 20 SOP 01, Cool-down-Leak Checks, states that the steps
performed during cool-down will be completed on Form CP0002 Cool-down Checklist, and this
will be retained as the cool-down document. The operator has not been completing, reviewing or
filing the form as required by its procedure.



120113001W
The violation is based upon a review of Section 20 SOP 01 which requires the Lead LNG
Technician to complete Form CP0002. The procedure requires the Supervisor of LNG
Operations to review the Form CP0002 for accuracy and completeness; then to submit the
documentation to the Coordinator of Office Services for filing in the Plant Maintenance Records.
The operator presented a copy of a blank Form CP0002, but had no completed form on file to
document any cool-down on record.
Under 49 United States Code, § 60122, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100,000
for each violation for each day the violation persists up to a maximum of $1,000,000 for any
related series of violations. Also, for LNG facilities, an additional penalty of not more than
$50,000 for each violation may be imposed. 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
item identified in this letter. Failure to do so will result in DCPLNG being subject to additional
enforcement action.
No reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, please address your correspondence to
Byron Coy, PE, Director, PHMSA Eastern Region, 820 Bear Tavern Rd, Suite 103, W. Trenton,
NJ, 08628 and please refer to CPF 1-2011-3001W. 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,
Byron Coy, PE
Director, Eastern Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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