{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 12026017NOA","title":"DANVILLE, CITY OF — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"2026-03-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"OPEN notice of amendment citing 191.5(c), 192.281(a), 192.481(d), 192.605(b)(1), 192.605(b)(2), 192.605(b)(3), 192.605(b)(4), 192.614(c)(1), 192.615(a)(10), 192.615(a)(2), 192.720, 192.739(a), 192.741(a), 192.741(b), 192.741(c), 192.747(b).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-12026017noa.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-12026017noa.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-12026017noa","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/12026017NOA","body":"Notice of Amendment involving DANVILLE, CITY OF. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 191.5(c),  192.281(a),  192.481(d),  192.605(b)(1),  192.605(b)(2),  192.605(b)(3),  192.605(b)(4),  192.614(c)(1),  192.615(a)(10),  192.615(a)(2),  192.720,  192.739(a),  192.741(a),  192.741(b),  192.741(c),  192.747(b). The case was opened on 2026-03-16 and is reported as open. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n12026017NOA_Notice of Amendment_03162026_(25-343789).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12026017NOA/12026017NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_03162026_(25-343789).pdf\n\n12026017NOA_Notice of Amendment_03162026_(25-343789)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12026017NOA/12026017NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_03162026_(25-343789)_text.pdf\n\n12026017NOA_Operator Response to Notice_05052026_(25-343789).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/12026017NOA/12026017NOA_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_05052026_(25-343789).pdf\n\n12026017NOA_Notice of Amendment_03162026_(25-343789)_text.pdf\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials\nSafety Administration\n840 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 300\nWest Trenton, NJ 08628\n609.771.7800\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nVIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO: greyjc@danvilleva.gov\nMarch 16, 2026\nJason Grey\nDirector of Utilities\nCity of Danville\n1113 Goodyear Blvd.\nDanville, Virginia 24541\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\nDear Mr. Grey:\nBetween October 10, 2023 and April 29, 2024, an inspector from the Virginia State Corporation\nCommission, Division of Pipeline Safety (VA SCC), acting as an agent for the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United\nStates Code (U.S.C.) conducted an inspection of the City of Danville’s (City) procedures, records,\nand pipeline facilities located near 1113 Goodyear Boulevard in Danville, Virginia.\nAs a result of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within the\nCity’s plans or procedures. The items inspected and the alleged inadequacies and proposed\nrevisions are described below:\n1. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) . . . .\n(4) Gathering of data needed for reporting incidents under Part 191 of\nthis chapter in a timely and effective manner.\n§ 191.5 Immediate notice of certain incidents.\n(a) . . . .\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\n(c) Within 48 hours after the confirmed discovery of an incident, to the\nextent practicable, an operator must revise or confirm its initial telephonic\nnotice required in paragraph (b) of this section with an estimate of the amount\nof product released, an estimate of the number of fatalities and injuries, and\nall other significant facts that are known by the operator that are relevant to\nthe cause of the incident or extent of the damages. If there are no changes or\nrevisions to the initial report, the operator must confirm the estimates in its\ninitial report.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to require revision or\nconfirmation of its initial telephonic notice of an incident within 48 hours in its procedure, Natural\nGas and Operations Maintenance Plan (06/05/2023) (O&M Procedure), section B-2, subsection\n2.3, as required by sections 191.5(c) and 192.605(b)(4).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 191.5(c).\n2. § 192.281 Plastic pipe.\n(a) General. A plastic pipe joint that is joined by solvent cement, adhesive,\nor heat fusion may not be disturbed until it has properly set. Plastic pipe may\nnot be joined by a threaded joint or miter joint.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to prohibit joining plastic\npipe with a miter joint in its O&M Procedure, section F-3, as required by section 192.281(a).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.281(a).\n3. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline in accordance\nwith each of the requirements of this subpart and subpart M of this part.\n§ 192.720 Distribution systems: Leak repair.\nMechanical leak repair clamps installed after January 22, 2019 may not be\nused as a permanent repair method for plastic pipe.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to specify the maximum\n2\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\nduration a mechanical leak clamp can remain on a plastic pipeline as part of a temporary repair\nin its O&M Procedure, section F-9, as required by sections 192.605(b)(1) and 192.720.\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address the above deficiency.\n4. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline in accordance\nwith each of the requirements of this subpart and subpart M of this part.\n§ 192.747 Valve maintenance: Distribution systems.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Each operator must take prompt remedial action to correct any valve\nfound inoperable, unless the operator designates an alternative valve.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to specify when inoperable\nvalves must be corrected in its O&M Procedure, section G-9, subsection 3.2, as required by\nsections 192.605(b)(1) and 192.747(b).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address the above deficiency.\n5. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline in accordance\nwith each of the requirements of this subpart and subpart M of this part.\n§ 192.741 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Telemetering or recording\ngauges.\n(a) Each distribution system supplied by more than one district pressure\nregulating station must be equipped with telemetering or recording pressure\ngauges to indicate the gas pressure in the district.\n(b) On distribution systems supplied by a single district pressure regulating\nstation, the operator shall determine the necessity of installing telemetering or\nrecording gauges in the district, taking into consideration the number of\n3\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\ncustomers supplied, the operating pressures, the capacity of the installation,\nand other operating conditions.\n(c) If there are indications of abnormally high or low pressure, the\nregulator and the auxiliary equipment must be inspected and the necessary\nmeasures employed to correct any unsatisfactory operating conditions.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to include the requirements\nto have telemetering or recording pressure gauges to indicate the gas pressure in each district\npressure regulating station in its O&M Procedure, as required by sections 192.605(b)(1) and\n192.741.\nDuring the inspection, the VA SCC inspector reviewed the City’s O&M. The VA SCC inspector\nfound the City lacked a procedure requiring telemetering be installed on its distribution system.\nAccording to City personnel, after the VA SCC’s last comprehensive distribution system\ninspection, this procedure was removed during an annual review and update of its O&M and never\nplaced back into the O&M.\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.741.\n6. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline in accordance\nwith each of the requirements of this subpart and subpart M of this part.\n§ 192.739 Pressure limiting and regulating stations: Inspection and testing.\n(a) Each pressure limiting station, relief device (except rupture discs), and\npressure regulating station and its equipment must be subjected at intervals\nnot exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, to inspections\nand tests to determine that it is—\n(1) In good mechanical condition;\n(2) Adequate from the standpoint of capacity and reliability of\noperation for the service in which it is employed;\n(3) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, set to control\nor relieve at the correct pressure consistent with the pressure limits of §\n192.201(a); and\n(4) Properly installed and protected from dirt, liquids, or other\nconditions that might prevent proper operation.\n4\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to include its process for\ntesting relief devices with nitrogen in its O&M Procedure, as required by sections 192.605(b)(1)\nand 192.739(a).\nDuring the inspection, the VA SCC inspector reviewed the City’s O&M procedures. While City\npersonnel confirmed they have implemented a process to test relief valves using nitrogen, the\nwritten procedures were not updated to reflect this practice.\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address the above deficiency.\n7. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) . . . .\n(2) Controlling corrosion in accordance with the operations and\nmaintenance requirements of Subpart I of this part.\n§ 192.481 Atmospheric corrosion control: Monitoring.\n(a) . . . .\n(d) If atmospheric corrosion is found on a service line during the most\nrecent inspection, then the next inspection of that pipeline or portion of\npipeline must be within 3 calendar years, but with intervals not exceeding 39\nmonths.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to require a change in\ninspection frequency if atmospheric corrosion is found on a service line in its O&M, section G-\n4, subsection 2.3, as required by sections 192.605(b)(1) and 192.481(d).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.481(d).\n8. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) . . . .\n(3) Making construction records, maps, and operating history\navailable to appropriate operating personnel.\n5\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to include a procedure that\nmakes construction records, maps, and operating history available to appropriate operator\npersonnel in its O&M, section C-2, as required by section 192.605(b)(3).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.605(b)(3).\n9. § 192.615 Emergency plans.\n(a) Each operator shall establish written procedures to minimize the\nhazard resulting from a gas pipeline emergency. At a minimum, the\nprocedures must provide for the following:\n(1) . . . .\n(10) Beginning action under § 192.617, if applicable, as soon after the\nend of the emergency as possible.\nThe City’s written procedures for emergencies were inadequate to ensure safe operation of a\npipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to include a procedure that requires it to begin a\nsection 192.617 failure investigation as soon as possible after the end of the emergency in its\nO&M, section C-2, subsection 2.5.3.15, as required by section 192.615(a)(10).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.615(a)(10).\n10. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following, if\napplicable, to provide safety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline in accordance\nwith each of the requirements of this subpart and subpart M of this part.\n§ 192.614 Damage prevention program.\n(a) . . . .\n(c) The damage prevention program required by paragraph (a) of this\nsection must, at a minimum:\n(1) Include the identity, on a current basis, of persons who normally\nengage in excavation activities in the area in which the pipeline is located.\nThe City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were inadequate to\nensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to include a procedure for\nidentifying persons who normally engage in excavation activities in the area in which the City's\n6\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\npipelines are located in its O&M, section C-1, as required by sections 192.605(b)(1) and\n192.614(c)(1).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.614(c)(1).\n11. § 192.615 Emergency plans.\n(a) Each operator shall establish written procedures to minimize the\nhazard resulting from a gas pipeline emergency. At a minimum, the\nprocedures must provide for the following:\n(1) . . . .\n(2) Establishing and maintaining adequate means of communication\nwith the appropriate public safety answering point (i.e., 9-1-1 emergency\ncall center), where direct access to a 9-1-1 emergency call center is\navailable from the location of the pipeline, and fire, police, and other\npublic officials. Operators may establish liaison with the appropriate local\nemergency coordinating agencies, such as 9- 1-1 emergency call centers or\ncounty emergency managers, in lieu of communicating individually with\neach fire, police, or other public entity. An operator must determine the\nresponsibilities, resources, jurisdictional area(s), and emergency contact\ntelephone number(s) for both local and out-of-area calls of each Federal,\nState, and local government organization that may respond to a pipeline\nemergency, and inform such officials about the operator's ability to\nrespond to a pipeline emergency and the means of communication during\nemergencies.\nThe City’s written procedures for emergencies were inadequate to ensure safe operation of a\npipeline facility. Specifically, the City failed to include a procedure for establishing and\nmaintaining an adequate means of communication with the appropriate public safety answering\npoint, and fire, police, and other public officials in its O&M, as required by section 192.615(a)(2).\nTherefore, the City’s written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies were\ninadequate to ensure safe operation of a pipeline facility. PHMSA proposes that the City revise\nits procedures to address section 192.615(a)(2).\nResponse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 CFR § 190.206. Enclosed as\npart of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement\nProceedings.\nPlease refer to this document and note the response options. Be advised that all material you\nsubmit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being made publicly available. If you\nbelieve that any portion of your responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under\n5 U.S.C. § 552(b), along with the complete original document you must provide a second copy\n7\n\n\n\nCPF 1-2026-017-NOA\nof the document with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an\nexplanation of why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under\n5 U.S.C. § 552(b).\nFollowing the receipt of this Notice, you have 30 days to submit written comments, revised\nprocedures, or a request for a hearing under 49 CFR § 190.211. If you do not respond within 30\ndays of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in\nthis Notice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged\nin this Notice without further notice to you and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If your\nplans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in this Notice, you may be ordered to amend\nyour plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies (49 CFR § 190.206). If you are not contesting\nthis Notice, we propose that you submit your amended procedures to my office within 30 days of\nreceipt of this Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the\ninadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement\naction will be closed.\nIt is requested (not mandated) that the City of Danville maintain documentation of the safety\nimprovement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/revision of\nplans, procedures) and submit the total to the Director, Eastern Region, Pipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety. In correspondence concerning this\nmatter, please refer to CPF 1-2026-017-NOA and, for each document you submit, please provide\na copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nRobert Burrough\nDirector, Eastern Region, Office of Pipeline Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: Krysta Simpson, Water and Gas Compliance Coordinator, simpsok@danvilleva.gov\nScott Jarrett, Water and Gas Chief Engineer, jarrejs@danvilleva.gov\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings\n8","truncated":false,"body_characters":20640}