# TOLEDO REFINING COMPANY, LLC — Notice of Amendment

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- **citation:** CPF 12024005NOA
- **title:** TOLEDO REFINING COMPANY, LLC — Notice of Amendment
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2024-02-15
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.446(h)(1).
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Notice of Amendment involving TOLEDO REFINING COMPANY, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.446(h)(1). The case was opened on 2024-02-15 and is reported as closed as of 2024-05-07. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

12024005NOA_Closure Letter_05072024_(22-233363).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12024005NOA/12024005NOA_Closure%20Letter_05072024_(22-233363).pdf

12024005NOA_Closure Letter_05072024_(22-233363)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12024005NOA/12024005NOA_Closure%20Letter_05072024_(22-233363)_text.pdf

12024005NOA_Notice of Amendment_02152024_(22-233363).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12024005NOA/12024005NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_02152024_(22-233363).pdf

12024005NOA_Notice of Amendment_02152024_(22-233363)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12024005NOA/12024005NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_02152024_(22-233363)_text.pdf

12024005NOA_Operator Response to Notice_03132024_(22-233363).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12024005NOA/12024005NOA_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_03132024_(22-233363).pdf

12024005NOA_Closure Letter_05072024_(22-233363)_text.pdf

OVERNIGHT EXPRESS DELIVERY
May 7, 2024
Mr. Matthew C. Lucey
President and Chief Executive Officer
PBF Energy Inc.
1 Sylvan Way, Second Floor
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
CPF 1-2024-005-NOA
Dear Mr. Lucey:
From July 25, 2022 to July 29, 2022, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
conducted an on-site inspection of Toledo Refining Company, LLC's (TRC) procedures and
records for control room management of its Woodville Pipeline Control Room in Toledo, Ohio.
As a result of the inspection, TRC was issued a Notice of Amendment on February 15, 2024, which
proposed amendment of your procedures.
TRC submitted its amended procedures on March 13, 2024. My staff reviewed the amended
procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this Notice of Amendment have been
corrected.
This letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank you
for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Robert Burrough
Director, Eastern Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Cc: Gregory M. Thomas Gregory.Thomas@pbfenergy.com

12024005NOA_Notice of Amendment_02152024_(22-233363)_text.pdf

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT
OVERNIGHT EXPRESS DELIVERY
February 15, 2024
Mr. Matthew C. Lucey
President and Chief Executive Officer
PBF Energy Inc.
1 Sylvan Way, Second Floor
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
CPF 1-2024-005-NOA
Dear Mr. Lucey:
From July 25, 2022 to July 29, 2022, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) conducted an
on-site inspection of Toledo Refining Company, LLC’s (TRC) procedures and records for control room
management of its Woodville Pipeline Control Room in Toledo, Ohio.
As a result of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacy found within TRC’s plans
or procedures. The item inspected and the inadequacy is described below:
1. § 195.446 Control Room Management.
(a) ….
(h) Training. Each operator must establish a controller training
program and review the training program content to identify potential
improvements at least once each calendar year, but at intervals not to
exceed 15 months. An operator’s program must provide for training each
controller to carry out the roles and responsibilities defined by the
operator. In addition, the training program must include the following
elements:
(1) Responding to abnormal operating conditions likely to occur
simultaneously or in sequence;
TRC’s control room management training program procedures were inadequate to assure safe
operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, TRC’s training program failed to include elements to
train each controller to respond to abnormal operating conditions that are likely to occur simultaneously
or in sequence pursuant to § 195.446(h)(1).



During the inspection, PHMSA requested training procedures and documentation relevant to
§ 195.446(h)(1). TRC referred to its Control Room Management Manual (CRM Manual), Section 9
Training. This section repeated the regulations but did not provide any training details or a list of
abnormal operating conditions likely to occur simultaneously or in sequence.
TRC’s training program procedures failed to include elements for responding to abnormal operating
conditions that are likely to occur simultaneously or in sequence and, therefore, were inadequate to
assure pipeline safety. TRC must revise its procedures to include details of its training program for
complying with § 195.446(h)(1).
Response to this Notice
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 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).
Following the receipt of this Notice, you have 30 days to submit written comments, revised procedures,
or a request for a hearing under §190.211. 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 Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice without further
notice to you and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If 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. § 190.206). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you
submit your amended procedures to my office within 30 days of receipt of this Notice. This period
may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been
addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed.
It is requested (not mandated) that Toledo Refining Company, LLC maintain documentation of the
safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/revision of
plans, procedures) and submit the total to Robert Burrough, Director, Eastern Region, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to
CPF 1-2024-005-NOA and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format
whenever possible.
Sincerely,
Robert Burrough
Director, Eastern Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings
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