# COLLINS PIPELINE CO — Notice of Amendment - **operation:** document - **citation:** CPF 220135003M - **title:** COLLINS PIPELINE CO — Notice of Amendment - **source type:** enforcement - **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - **status:** historical - **official:** true - **published on:** 2013-04-02 - **effective on:** Not available - **summary:** CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.52(c). - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-220135003m.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-220135003m.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-220135003m - **source url:** https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/220135003M **body:** Notice of Amendment involving COLLINS PIPELINE CO. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.52(c). The case was opened on 2013-04-02 and is reported as closed as of 2013-05-20. 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Official case documents: 220135003M_Closure letter_05202013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220135003M/220135003M_Closure%20letter_05202013.pdf 220135003M_Closure letter_05202013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220135003M/220135003M_Closure%20letter_05202013_text.pdf 220135003M_notice of amendment_04022013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220135003M/220135003M_notice%20of%20amendment_04022013_text.pdf 220135003M_notice of amendment_04022313.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220135003M/220135003M_notice%20of%20amendment_04022313.pdf 220135003M_Operator Response with Revised Procedures_05022013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/220135003M/220135003M_Operator%20Response%20with%20Revised%20Procedures_05022013.pdf 220135003M_notice of amendment_04022313.pdf U.S. Department 233 Peachtree Street Ste. 600 of Transportation Atlanta, GA 30303 Pipeline and Administration Hazardous Materials Safety NOTICE OF AMENDMENT CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED April 2, 2013 Ms. Meredith D. West Joint Interest Director Collins Pipeline Company 800 Bell Street Houston, Texas 77002 CPF 2-2013-5003M Dear Ms. West: From November 5-8, 2012, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety, Southern Region inspected the Collins Pipeline Company (Collins) pipeline system's written Operations and Maintenance (O&M) procedures in Collins, Mississippi, pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code. On the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified an apparent inadequacy within the Collins written O&M procedures as described below: 1. 8195.52 Immediate notice of certain accidents. ... (c) Calculation. A pipeline operator must have a written procedure to calculate and provide a reasonable initial estimate of the amount of released product. Collins' written O&M procedures regarding the reporting of certain accidents did not allow Collins to adequately calculate and provide a reasonable initial estimate of the amount of released product for all circumstances. Collins' written O&M procedure DOT Liquid Manual, Part 195-Subpart B Procedure 195.52 Immediate Notice of Certain Accidents provided a formula "For liquid spills if the volume is not otherwise easily estimated." The formula allows for the calculation of a spilled liquid volume in contaminated soil by multiplying the calculated contaminated soil volume by a porosity factor to determine an initial spill volume. The procedure did not, however, provide a means for the reasonable initial estimate of the amount of released product to be calculated when a release occurs in water, at night, in limited visibility conditions, and/or other possible release scenarios. Response to this Notice This Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. 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). 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 a Final Order. If, after opportunity for a hearing, 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. § 190.237). 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 inadequacy identified herein has been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed. It is requested (not mandated) that Collins Pipeline Company maintain documentation of the safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/ revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Wayne T. Lemoi, Director, Southern Region, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 2-2013- 5003M and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible. Sincerely, Wayne Lemon ene Director, Office of Pipeline Safety PHMSA Southern Region Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings 2 220135003M_notice of amendment_04022013_text.pdf NOTICE OF AMENDMENT CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED April 2, 2013 Ms. Meredith D. West Joint Interest Director Collins Pipeline Company 800 Bell Street Houston, Texas 77002 CPF 2-2013-5003M Dear Ms. West: From November 5-8, 2012, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety, Southern Region inspected the Collins Pipeline Company (Collins) pipeline system’s written Operations and Maintenance (O&M) procedures in Collins, Mississippi, pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code. On the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified an apparent inadequacy within the Collins written O&M procedures as described below: 1. §195.52 Immediate notice of certain accidents. ... (c) Calculation. A pipeline operator must have a written procedure to calculate and provide a reasonable initial estimate of the amount of released product. Collins' written O&M procedures regarding the reporting of certain accidents did not allow Collins to adequately calculate and provide a reasonable initial estimate of the amount of released product for all circumstances. Collins' written O&M procedure DOT Liquid Manual, Part 195-Subpart B Procedure 195.52 Immediate Notice of Certain Accidents provided a formula “For liquid spills if the volume is not otherwise easily estimated.” The formula allows for the calculation of a spilled liquid volume in contaminated soil by multiplying the calculated contaminated soil volume by a porosity factor to determine an initial spill volume. The procedure did not, however, provide a means for the reasonable initial estimate of the amount of released product to be calculated when a release occurs in water, at night, in limited visibility conditions, and/or other possible release scenarios. Response to this Notice This Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. 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). 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 a Final Order. If, after opportunity for a hearing, 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. § 190.237). 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 inadequacy identified herein has been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed. It is requested (not mandated) that Collins Pipeline Company maintain documentation of the safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/ revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Wayne T. Lemoi, Director, Southern Region, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 2-2013- 5003M and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible. Sincerely, Wayne T. Lemoi Director, Office of Pipeline Safety PHMSA Southern Region Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings 2 220135003M_Closure letter_05202013_text.pdf CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED May 20, 2013 Ms. Meredith D. West Joint Interest Director Collins Pipeline Company 800 Bell Street Houston, Texas 77002 CPF 2-2013-5003M Dear Ms. West: From November 5-8, 2012, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety, Southern Region inspected the Collins Pipeline Company (Collins) pipeline system’s written Operations and Maintenance (O&M) procedures in Collins, Mississippi, pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code. As a result of the inspection, PHMSA issued a Notice of Amendment (NOA) on April 2, 2013. The Collins Pipeline uses the ExxonMobil Pipeline Company's O&M. The PHMSA Southern Region received ExxonMobil Pipeline Company's response to the NOA on behalf of Collins via email on May 1, 2013. After we provided feedback relating to the initial response to ExxonMobil, we received a corrected response from ExxonMobil on May 2, 2013, via email. Upon review of the aforementioned responses, we find Collins’ amended procedures adequate. This letter is to inform you that Collins has complied with the terms of the NOA and that no further action is necessary with regards to the NOA. This case is now closed. Please be advised that this letter refers only to the NOA (CPF 2-2013-5003M) and not to any other PHMSA pending cases. Also be advised that nothing herein states or implies that the Collins O&M meets the requirements of the federal pipeline safety regulations or that the O&M is approved. The pipeline system and O&M remain subject to inspection by PHMSA. Sincerely, Wayne T. Lemoi Director, Office of Pipeline Safety PHMSA Southern Region - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 11397