{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 320031001","title":"ENABLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION, LLC — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2003-01-21","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.605(a), 192.616, 192.709(c).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320031001.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320031001.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320031001","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/320031001","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving ENABLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192,  192.605(a),  192.616,  192.709(c). The case was opened on 2003-01-21 and is reported as closed as of 2004-11-29. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n320031001_Final Order_11292004.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320031001/320031001_Final%20Order_11292004.pdf\n\n320031001_Final Order_11292004.pdf\n\n@\nU.S.Deporhent\nol Tronsporlotion\nReseorch qnd\nSpecaol Progroms\nAdmanistrotion i{O\\/ 2 3 iLr;i\n400 Seventh St . S.W\nWashanglon. D.C. 20590\nMr. Walter L. Ferguson\nVice President, Operations\nCenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Company\n111I Louisiana, Suite I175\nHouston, TX 77002\nRe: CPF No. 3-2003-1001\nDear Mr. Ferguson:\nEnclosed is the Final Order issued by the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety in the\nabove-referenced case. It makes a finding ofviolation and finds that you have completed the actions\nspecified in the Notice required to comply with the pipeline safety regulations. This case is now\nclosed. YourreceiptoftheFinalOrderconstitutesserviceofthatdocumentunder49 C.F.R. $ 190.5.\nSincerely,\n\\ lry\nr& c*r^ li b 1': --\n\\ . J\nJames Reynolds\nPipeline Compliance Registry\nOffi ce of Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN R.ECEIPT REOUESTED\n\n\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nRESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON. DC 20590\nIn the Matter of\nCenterPoint Energy-Mississippi\nRiver Transmission Company,\nRespondent.\nCPF No. 3-2003-1001\nFINAL ORDER\nDuring fune24-28 and Augustl2-l5,z\\\\z,pursuant to 49 U.S.C. $ 60117, atepresentative ofthe\nOffice of Pipeline Safety (OPS) conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of Respondent's\nnatural gas pipeline facilities and records in Missouri and Illinois. As a result of the inspection, the\nDirector, Central Region, OPS, issued to Respondent, by letter dated January 21,2003, a Notice of\nProbable Violation and Proposed Compliance Order (Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R.\n$190.207, the Notice proporrd finding that Respondent had committed violations of 49 C.F.R. Part\nI92 andproposed that Respondent take certain measures to correct the alleged violations.\nRespondent responded to the Notice by letter dated February 21,2003 (Response). Respondent did\nnot contest the allegations of violation, but provided information concerning the corrective actions\nit has taken. Respondent did not request a hearing, and therefore has waived its right to one.\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nIn its Response, Respondent did not contest the alleged violations in the Notice. Accordingly, I find\nthat Respondent violated the following section of 49 C.F.R .Part 192, as more fully described in the\nNotice:\n49 C.F.R. S 192.616 (Item 2) - failing to establish a continuing education program\nsufficiently comprehensive to reach all areas in which Respondent transports gas.\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\n\n\n\n2\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a Compliance Order for the above-referenced violation of $ 1 92.61 6 (Item 2).\nUnder 49 U.S.C. $ 601 18(a), each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or\noperates a pipeline facility is required to comply with the applicable safety standards established\nunder Chapter 601. In its response, Respondent informed OPS that it had expanded its public\neducation program to reach all areas in which it transports gas, provided copies of the public\neducation material utilized to meet this requirement, and demonstrated that the relevant section of\nits operations and maintenance manual had been revised accordingly. The Regional Director has\nindicated that the actions listed in the proposed Compliance Order have been satisfactorily\ncompleted. Accordingly, since compliance has been achieved with respect to this violation, it is\nunnecessary to include the compliance terms in this Order.\nWARNING ITEMS\nThe Notice did not propose a civil penalty or corrective action for Item 1- Respondent's failure to\nfollow its written procedures for compressor station fire and gas detector inspections. The Notice\nalso did not propose a civil penalty or corrective action for Item 3 - Respondent's failure to maintain\nrecords ofannual inspections ofpressure regulator and over-pressure protection devices for the East\nLoop Line. Therefore, these are considered to be warning items. Respondent is wamed that if it\ndoes not take appropriate action to correct these items, enforcement action will be taken if a\nsubsequent inspection reveals a violation.\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective on receipt.\nL/tl\n{L r{O\\/ 2 g 2cii,*,\nStacey Gerard\nDate IssuedAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":4911}