# DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC — Warning Letter

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- **citation:** CPF 220095002W
- **title:** DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC — Warning Letter
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2009-05-27
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED warning letter citing 195.403(b)(1).
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Warning Letter involving DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.403(b)(1). The case was opened on 2009-05-27 and is reported as closed as of 2009-05-27. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

220095002W_warning letter_05272009.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220095002W/220095002W_warning%20letter_05272009.pdf

220095002W_warning letter_05272009_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220095002W/220095002W_warning%20letter_05272009_text.pdf

220095002W_warning letter_05272009_text.pdf

WARNING LETTER
CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
May 27, 2009
Mr. Robert Corneliuis
Chief Executive Officer
Denbury Onshore, LLC
5100 Tennyson Parkway
Suite 1200
Plano, TX 75024
CPF 2-2009- 5002W
Dear Mr. Corneliuis:
On April 27 through May 1, 2009, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, conducted
an onsite pipeline safety inspection of your Denbury Onshore pipeline facilities and records in
Mississippi.
As a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed probable violations of the
Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 195. The items
inspected and the probable violations are:
§195.403 Emergency response training.
(a) Each operator shall establish and conduct a continuing training program
to instruct emergency response personnel to:
(1) Carry out the emergency procedures established under § 195.402 that
relate to their assignments:
(2) Know the characteristics and hazards of the hazardous liquids or carbon
dioxide transported, including, in case of flammable HVL, flammability
of mixtures with air, odorless vapors, and water reactions;
(3) Recognize conditions that are likely to cause emergencies, predict the
consequences of facility malfunctions or failures and hazardous liquids
or carbon dioxide spills, and take appropriate corrective actions.



(4) Take steps necessary to control any accidental release of hazardous
liquid or carbon dioxide and to minimize the potential for fire,
explosion, toxicity, or environmental damage, and …
(b) At intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar
Year, each operator shall:
(1) Review with personnel their performance in meeting the objectives of
the emergency response training program set forth in paragraph (a) of
this section …
(c) Each operator shall require and verify that its supervisors maintain a
thorough knowledge of that portion of the emergency response procedures
established under §195.402 for which they are responsible to ensure
compliance.
Denbury Onshore did not review the emergency response program with Denbury personnel
during the 2008 calendar year as per the annual requirements of section 403 (b) (1). The last
review was performed in February 2009 and the previous review was performed in December
2007. Denbury Onshore, also failed to require and verify that its supervisor maintain a through
knowledge of emergency response procedures as per section 403 (c) in the calendar year of
2008. The last documentation for supervisory training was dated February 2009 and December
2007.
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 violations persists up to a maximum of $1,000,000 for any
related series of violations. 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 items identified in this letter.
Failure to do so will result in Denbury Onshore, LLC being subject to additional enforcement
action.
No reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to
CPF 2-2009-5002W. 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,
Linda Daugherty
Director, Southern Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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