{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 320045028","title":"CITGO PIPELINE CO — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2004-09-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 195.452(b)(2), 195.452(c), 195.452(c)(2), 195.452(e)(1), 195.452(f), 195.452(f)(3), 195.452(f)(4).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320045028.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320045028.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320045028","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/320045028","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving CITGO PIPELINE CO. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195,  195.452(b)(2),  195.452(c),  195.452(c)(2),  195.452(e)(1),  195.452(f),  195.452(f)(3),  195.452(f)(4). The case was opened on 2004-09-09 and is reported as closed as of 2007-02-06. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n320045028_final order_02062007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320045028/320045028_final%20order_02062007.pdf\n\nCPF_NO_3-2004-5028.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320045028/CPF_NO_3-2004-5028.pdf\n\n320045028_final order_02062007.pdf\n\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nU.S. Department Washington, D.C. 20590\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration\nFEB - 6 2807\nMr. Kent Powers\nGeneral Manager\nCITGO Petroleum Corporation - Pipelines and Terminals\nOne Warren Place\n61 00 South Yale Avenue\nTulsa, OK 74 1 02\nRe: CPF No. 3-2004-5028\nDear Mr. Powers:\nEnclosed is the Final Order issued by the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety in the\nabove-referenced case. It makes a finding of violation and finds that you have completed the\nactions specified in the Notice required to comply with the pipeline safety regulations. The Final\nOrder also finds that you have addressed the inadequacies in your procedures that were cited in\nthe Notice of Amendment. This case is now closed. Your receipt of the Final Order constitutes\nservice under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nSincerely,\nJames Reynolds\nPipeline Compliance Registry\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\ncc: Ivan Huntoon\nDirector, Central Region, PHMSA\nCERTLFIED MAIL -RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\n\n\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nPIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADNIIIVISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\nIn the Matter of\nCITGO Petroleum Corporation\nPipelines and Terminals\nRespondent\n) 1 CPF NO. 3-2004-5028\n1\n1\n1\n1\nFINAL ORDER\nOn September 15-19 and October 6-8, 2003, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 4 601 17, representatives of\nthe Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety\nconducted an inspection of Respondent's integrity management program (IMP) in Tulsa,\nOklahoma. As a result of the inspection, the Director, Central Region, PHMSA, issued to\nRespondent, by letter dated September 9, 2004, a Notice of Probable Violation, Proposed\nCompliance Order, and Notice of Amendment (Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. 4\n190.207, the Notice proposed finding that Respondent had committed violations of 49 C.F.R.\nPart 195 and proposed ordering Respondent to take certain measures to correct the alleged\nviolations. The Notice also proposed, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. 4 190.237, that Respondent\namend its operating and maintenance procedures.\nRespondent responded to the Notice by letter dated October 1 1,2004, as supplemented by letter\ndated August 10, 2005 (Response). Respondent contested two of the allegations of inadequate\nprocedures, provided information concerning the corrective actions it has taken, and submitted\ncopies of certain of its procedures that it had revised. Respondent did not request a hearing, and\ntherefore has waived its right to one.\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nItem 7 in the Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. 195.452(f) by failing to specify\ntolerance criteria for addressing dent issues identified by integrity assessments, and failing to\ntreat a dent on Line 372A as a 180-day condition in the absence of geometry tool performance\nspecification. In its Response, Respondent did not contest the alleged violation. Accordingly, I\nfind .that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. 195.452(f), as more hlly described in the Notice.\n\n\n\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\nWITHDRAWAL OF ALLEGATIONS\nItem 2 in the Notice alleged that Respondent had violated 49 C.F.R. 8 195.452(c)(l)(i) by failing\nto select an assessment method capable of assessing seam integrity on low-frequency electric\nresistance welded (ERW) pipe in the Bell to Granville line. In its response, Respondent\nsubmitted information demonstrating that it had selected a UT crack tool to assess seam integrity\non its low frequency ERW pipe and that this tool was run to complete the baseline assessment of\nthe Bell to Granville line. Based on this information demonstrating compliance with the\nregulation, I am withdrawing this allegation of violation.\nItem 3 in the Notice alleged that Respondent had violated 49 C.F.R. 8 195.452(~)(2) by failing to\ndocument modifications to its list of identified segments. In its response, Respondent submitted\ninformation demonstrating that it had documented the modifications to its list of identified\nsegments. Based on this information demonstrating compliance with the regulation, I am\nwithdrawing this allegation of violation.\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a compliance order with respect to Item 7 in the Notice for Respondent's\nfailure to specify tolerance criteria for addressing dent issues identified by integrity assessments,\nand failure to treat a dent on Line 372A as a 180-day condition in the absence of geometry tool\nperformance specification. Under 49 U.S.C. 601 18(a), each person who engages in the\ntransportation of hazardous liquids or who owns or operates a pipeline facility is required to\ncomply with the applicable safety standards established under chapter 601. The Director,\nCentral Region, PHMSA, has indicated that Respondent has revised its dent evaluation practices\nto consider the entire dent and require unity plots for evaluating tool tolerances. Respondent has\nalso demonstrated that it completed the examinations and repairs of 37 dent indications as\nscheduled. Accordingly, since compliance has been achieved with respect to this violation, it is\nunnecessary to include compliance terms in this Order.\nAMENDMENT OF PROCEDURES\nItems 1,4,5, and 6 in the Notice alleged inadequacies in Respondent's operating and\nmaintenance procedures and proposed to require amendment of Respondent's procedures to\ncomply with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 195. In its response, Respondent submitted\ncopies of its amended procedures. The Director, Central Region, PHMSA reviewed the amended\nprocedures and determined that the amendments addressed the inadequacies identified in the\nNotice. Based on the results of this review, I find that Respondent's original procedures as\ndescribed in the Notice were inadequate, but that Respondent has corrected the identified\ninadequacies. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to issue an order directing amendment of\nRespondent's procedures.\n\n\n\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective on receipt.\nDate Issued\nAdministrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":6842}