{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 320071001W","title":"GREAT LAKES GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Warning Letter","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2007-01-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED warning letter citing 192.905(c).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320071001w.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320071001w.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320071001w","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/320071001W","body":"Warning Letter involving GREAT LAKES GAS TRANSMISSION CO. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.905(c). The case was opened on 2007-01-09 and is reported as closed as of 2007-01-09. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n320071001W_Warning Letter_01092007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320071001W/320071001W_Warning%20Letter_01092007.pdf\n\n320071001W_Warning Letter_01092007.pdf\n\n@\nU.5. Deportrnent\nof Tronsporlotion\nPlpeline ond\nHqzordous i oteriols Sofely\nAdmlnlstrotion\n901 Locusl Streel, Suite 462\nKansas City, MO 64106-2641\nWARNING LETTER\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REOUESTEI)\nJanuary 9,2007\nMr. Mark R. Domke\nDirector of Engineering Services-Pipeline\nGreat Lakes Gas Transmission Company\n5250 Corporate Drive\nTroy, Michigan 48098\ncPF 3-2007-1001W\nDear Mr. Domke:\nOn September 6-21,2006, a representative of the Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety acting as\nan Interstate Agent for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),\npursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected your records in Deer River, MN\nand Troy, Michigan.\nAs a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed a probable violation of the\nPipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The item inspected and the\nprobable violation is:\n1. $192.905(c) How does an operator identify a high consequence area?\n(c) Newly identified areas. When an opeiator has information that the area around a\npipeline segment not previously identified as a high consequence area could satisff\nany of the defrnitions in $ 192.903, the operator must complete the evaluation using\nmethod (1) or (2). If the segment is determined to meet the definition as a high\nconsequence area, it must be incorporated into the operatorts baseline assessment\nplan as a high consequenc€ area within one year from the date the area is identified.\nGreat Lakes Gas Transmission Company (GLGT) did not incorporate a high consequence area\n(HCA) into its baseline assessment plan within one year from the date the HCA was\n\n\n\ndetermined to exist. GLGT's personnel formally identified and documented the existence of\nTara's Family Day Cme Center at 758 1\" Street West, in Deer River, MN, on July 26,2005.\nGLGT's \"Establishment in Vicinity of Right-of-way\" form was completed by local personnel\nand submitted to GLGT's offices in Troy, MI for evaluation. This site is a FICR that had not\nbeen added to GLGT's list of HCAs for its baseline assessment plan, at the time of the\nMinnesota Offrce of Pipeline Safety's September 6-21, 2006 inspection.\nThe process for evaluation of these forms and incorporation into the list of HCAs, if\nappropriate, was found to be inadequate during the Integrity Management Inspection in July\nand August of 2005 and cited as an item requiring revision in the Notice of Amendment dated\nMarch 6, 2006. The procedure/process has been revised as ap'propriate; however, GLGT had\nnot yet determined that the subject HCA had not been included in its integrity management\nplan. The baseline assessment segment that contains this new HCA will be assessed with an\nILI in 2007 along with the other HCAs previously identified in this segment. There appears to\nbe minimal safety concern in this specific case for the delay in identifying this HCA. Future\nnew HCAs should be incorporated as required with the implementation of the new procedure.\nUnder 49 United States Code, $ 60122, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed\n$100,000 for each violation for each day the violation persists up to a maximum of $1,000,000\nfor any related series of violations. We have reviewed the circumstances and supporting\ndocuments involved in this case, and have decided not to conduct additional enforcement\naction or penalty assessment proceedings at this time. We advise you to correct the item(s)\nidentified in this letter. Be advised that failure to do so will result in Great Lakes Gas\nTransmission Company being subject to additional enforcement action.\nNo reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer\nto CPF 3-2007-t00lW.\nSincerelv.\nfl n -t .L-\nV,\",-- U, /T/*\"'.%-.,-\nIvan A. Huntoon\nDirector, Central Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","truncated":false,"body_characters":4354}