DIXIE PIPELINE COMPANY LLC — Notice of Amendment

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220025011m_order directing amendment_10232002_text.pdf, page 1Official PDFO US. Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration a00 Seventh Street, S W Waahrnglnn, 0. C 20590 UCf 23 ii)Jl Mr. Christopher Girrens Vice President & General Manager Dixie Pipeline Company 1117 Perimeter Center West Suite 301 Atlanta, GA 30338 Re: CPF No. 2-2002-5011M Dear Mr. Girrens: Enclosed is the Order Directing Amendment issued by the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety in the above-referenced case. It makes a finding of inadequate procedures and requires that you amend your integrity management program procedures. When the terms of the Order are completed, as determined by the Director, Southern Region, OPS, this enforcement action will be closed. Your receipt of the Order Directing Amendment constitutes service of that document under 49 C. F. R. I't 190. 5. Owsnklyn M. Pipeline Compliance Registry Office of Pipeline Safety Enclosure CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED ZOV OS 2%#

220025011m_order directing amendment_10232002_text.pdf, page 2DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY WASHINGTON, DC 20590 In the Matter of ) ) Dixie Pipeline Company, ) ) Respondent. ) CPF No. 2-2002-5011M ORDER IRECTING AMENDMENT During March 20-21, representatives of the Western and Southern Regions, Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), inspected Dixie Pipeline Company's (Respondent) integrity management program at Respondent's facility in Atlanta, Georgia. As a result of the inspection, the Southern Regional Director, OPS, issued to Respondent, by letter dated May 6, 2002, a Notice of Amendment (NOA). The NOA alleged inadequacies in Respondent's integrity management program and proposed to require amendment of Respondent's procedures to comply with the requirements of 49 C. F. R. tj 195. 452(b). Respondent responded to the NOA by letter dated June 5, 2002. Respondent did not contest the allegations set forth in the NOA and did not request a hearing; consequently, Respondent waived its right to one. However, Respondent described the actions it is taking to address the inadequacies in its procedures that were identified in the NOA. Accordingly, I find that Respondent's integrity management program procedures are inadequate to ensure safe operation of its pipeline system. Pursuant to 49 U. S. C. $ 60108(a) and 49 C. F. R. tj 190. 237, Respondent is ordered to make the following changes to its integrity management program procedures. Respondent must- l. Amend the procedures for identifying segments that could affect a high consequence area to consider the zone beyond the high consequence area boundary and the pipeline intersect. 2. Consider in its technical justification that non commercial navigable waterways, such as streams, may act as a transport path beyond the 1/2-mile buffer for a highly volatile liquid release.#

220025011m_order directing amendment_10232002_text.pdf, page 33. Amend its segment identification process to include the most current ecological data in the National Pipeline Mapping System. 4. Submit the amended procedures to the Regional Director, Southern Region, OPS within 30 days after receipt of this Order Directing Amendment. 5. The Regional Director may extend the period for complying with the required items if the Respondent requests an extension and adequately justifies the reasons for the extension. The terms and conditions of this Order Directing Amendment are effective upon receipt. Failure to comply with this Order may result in the assessment of civil penalties of up to $25, 000 per violation per day, or in the referral of the case for judicial enforcement. OCT 2 3 2002 Date Qacey Qasard Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety#