{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 120181025","title":"STECKMAN RIDGE, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2018-12-26","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.616(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120181025.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120181025.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120181025","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/120181025","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving STECKMAN RIDGE, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP). PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.616(a). The case was opened on 2018-12-26 and is reported as closed as of 2020-03-06. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n120181025_Closure Letter_03062020.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_Closure%20Letter_03062020.pdf\n\n120181025_Closure Letter_03062020_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_Closure%20Letter_03062020_text.pdf\n\n120181025_Final Order_06272019.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_Final%20Order_06272019.pdf\n\n120181025_Final Order_06272019_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_Final%20Order_06272019_text.pdf\n\n120181025_NOPV-PCO_12262018.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_NOPV-PCO_12262018.pdf\n\n120181025_NOPV-PCO_12262018_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_NOPV-PCO_12262018_text.pdf\n\n120181025_Operator Response to Notice_01242019.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120181025/120181025_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_01242019.pdf\n\n120181025_Closure Letter_03062020_text.pdf\n\nOVERNIGHT EXPRESS DELIVERY\nMarch 6, 2020\nMr. William Yardley\nPresident, Gas Transmission & Midstream\nEnbridge, Inc.\n5400 Westheimer Court P.O. Box 1642\nHouston, TX 77251-1642\nCPF 1-2018-1025\nDear Mr. Yardley:\nOn June 27, 2019, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued\nto Steckman Ridge, LP (Steckman), a subsidiary of Spectra Energy Partners, LP, an Enbridge\nCompany, a Final Order in the above-referenced case. The Final Order included a Compliance\nOrder. Based on our review of the documentation provided to PHMSA on January 29, 2020, it has\nbeen determined that Steckman has complied with the terms of this Order.\nAccordingly, this case is now closed and no further action is contemplated with respect to the\nmatters involved in this case. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nRobert Burrough\nDirector, Eastern Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\n\n120181025_Final Order_06272019_text.pdf\n\nJune 27, 2019\nMr. William Yardley\nPresident, Gas Transmission & Midstream\nEnbridge, Inc.\n5400 Westheimer Court\nHouston, Texas 77056\nRe: CPF No. 1-2018-1025\nDear Mr. Monaco:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes a finding of\nviolation and specifies actions that need to be taken by Steckman Ridge LP, a subsidiary of\nSpectra Energy Partners, LP, an Enbridge Company, to comply with the pipeline safety\nregulations. When the terms of the compliance order have been completed, as determined by the\nDirector, Eastern Region, this enforcement action will be closed. Service of the Final Order by\ncertified mail is effective upon the date of mailing, as provided under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nThank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nAlan K. Mayberry\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\ncc: Mr. Robert Burroughs, Director, Eastern Region, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA\nMr. Rick Kivela, Manager, Operational Compliance, Enbridge, 5400 Westheimer Court,\nHouston, Texas 77056\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\n\n\n\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nPIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\n__________________________________________\nIn the Matter of )\nSteckman Ridge LP, ) CPF No. 1-2018-1025\na subsidiary of Spectra Energy Partners, LP, )\n)\n)\n)\nRespondent. )\n__________________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nFrom January 22 through August 24, 2018, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, representatives of the\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety\n(OPS), conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and records of Steckman\nRidge, LP (Steckman Ridge or Respondent), as part of the “Spectra TX Eastern North” system\ninspection, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Steckman Ridge is a subsidiary of Spectra Energy\nPartners, LP, an Enbridge company,1 and operates a natural gas storage field in Bedford County,\nPennsylvania.2\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Eastern Region, OPS (Director), issued to Respondent,\nby letter dated December 26, 2018, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Compliance\nOrder (Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that\nSteckman Ridge had violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.616(a) and proposed ordering Respondent to take\ncertain measures to correct the alleged violation.\nEnbridge, on behalf of Steckman Ridge, responded to the Notice by letter dated January 24, 2019\n(Response). The company did not contest the allegation of violation and agreed to complete the\nproposed compliance actions. Respondent did not request a hearing and therefore has waived its\nright to one.\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nIn its Response, Steckman Ridge did not contest the allegation in the Notice that it violated 49\nC.F.R. Part 192, as follows:\n1 Enbridge, Inc. acquired Spectra Energy Partners, LP in December 2018. Spectra Energy Partners, LP, website,\navailable at http://www.spectraenergypartners.com/ (last accessed Apr. 8, 2019).\n2 Pipeline Safety Violation Report (Violation Report) (Dec. 26, 2018) (on file with PHMSA), at 1.\n\n\n\nCPF No. 1-2018-1025\nPage 2\nItem 1: The Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.616(a), which states:\n§ 192.616 Public awareness.\n(a) Except for an operator of a master meter or petroleum gas system\ncovered under paragraph (j) of this section, each pipeline operator must\ndevelop and implement a written continuing public education program that\nfollows the guidance provided in the American Petroleum Institute’s (API)\nRecommended Practice (RP) 1162 (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7).\nThe Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.616(a) by failing to implement\nportions of its written continuing public education program. Specifically, the Notice alleged that\nSteckman Ridge failed to follow its External Communication Plan (versions dated April 29, 2015\nand February 22, 2017) by not distributing message mailings related to storage facilities to\nvarious stakeholders within the time periods required by the plan.3\nRespondent did not contest this allegation of violation. Accordingly, based upon a review of all\nof the evidence, I find that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.616(a) by failing to implement\nportions of its written continuing public education program that required delivery of storage\nfacility mailings to stakeholders at certain intervals.\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a compliance order with respect to Item 1 in the Notice for violation of 49\nC.F.R. § 192.616(a). Under 49 U.S.C. § 60118(a), each person who engages in the\ntransportation of gas or who owns or operates a pipeline facility is required to comply with the\napplicable safety standards established under chapter 601. Pursuant to the authority of 49 U.S.C.\n§ 60118(b) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.217, Respondent is ordered to take the following actions to\nensure compliance with the pipeline safety regulations applicable to its operations:\n1. With respect to the violation of § 192.616(a) (Item 1), Respondent must provide\nunique facility public awareness messages relative to the Steckman Ridge storage\nfacility to the required stakeholders, as defined in Table 4 of its prior External\nCommunication Plans effective during the timeframe of violation, within 60 days of\nreceipt of this Final Order, and must provide record to PHMSA of this distribution\nwithin 90 days of receipt of this Final Order.\nThe Director may grant an extension of time to comply with any of the required items upon a\nwritten request timely submitted by the Respondent and demonstrating good cause for an\nextension.\nIt is requested (not mandated) that Respondent maintain documentation of the safety\n3 See Exhibits 3 and 4 to Violation Report at Table 4 (listing message mailing delivery frequencies).\n\n\n\nCPF No. 1-2018-1025\nPage 3\nimprovement costs associated with fulfilling this Compliance Order and submit the total to the\nDirector. It is requested that these costs be reported in two categories: (1) total cost associated\nwith preparation/revision of plans, procedures, studies and analyses; and (2) total cost associated\nwith replacements, additions and other changes to pipeline infrastructure.\nFailure to comply with this Order may result in the administrative assessment of civil penalties\nnot to exceed $200,000, as adjusted for inflation (49 C.F.R. § 190.223), for each violation for\neach day the violation continues or in referral to the Attorney General for appropriate relief in a\ndistrict court of the United States.\nUnder 49 C.F.R. § 190.243, Respondent may submit a Petition for Reconsideration of this Final\nOrder to the Associate Administrator, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey\nAvenue, SE, East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590, with a copy sent to the Office of\nChief Counsel, PHMSA, at the same address, no later than 20 days after receipt of service of this\nFinal Order by Respondent. Any petition submitted must contain a statement of the issue(s) and\nmeet all other requirements of 49 C.F.R. § 190.243. The terms of the order, including corrective\naction, remain in effect unless the Associate Administrator, upon request, grants a stay.\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective upon service in accordance with 49\nC.F.R. § 190.5.\nJune 27, 2019\n___________________________________ __________________________\nAlan K. Mayberry Date Issued\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":10031}