{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 320095010","title":"ONEOK NGL PIPELINE, LLC — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2009-08-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 195.561(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320095010.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320095010.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320095010","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/320095010","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving ONEOK NGL PIPELINE, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.561(a). The case was opened on 2009-08-12 and is reported as closed as of 2017-01-26. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n320095010_Closure Letter_01262017.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_Closure%20Letter_01262017.pdf\n\n320095010_Closure Letter_01262017_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_Closure%20Letter_01262017_text.pdf\n\n320095010_Final Order_04052013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_Final%20Order_04052013.pdf\n\n320095010_Final Order_04052013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_Final%20Order_04052013_text.pdf\n\n320095010_NOPV PCO_08122009.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_NOPV%20PCO_08122009.pdf\n\n320095010_NOPV PCO_08122009_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_NOPV%20PCO_08122009_text.pdf\n\n320095010_Opr Response to NOPV PCO_09042009.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320095010/320095010_Opr%20Response%20to%20NOPV%20PCO_09042009.pdf\n\n320095010_Final Order_04052013_text.pdf\n\nAPRIL 05, 2013\nMr. Terry K. Spencer\nPresident\nONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP\n100 West 5th Street\nTulsa, OK 74103\nMr. Alan S. Armstrong\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer\nWilliams Field Services Company, LLC\nOne Williams Center\nTulsa, OK 74172\nRe: CPF No. 3-2009-5010\nDear Mr. Spencer and Mr. Armstrong:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes findings of\nviolation against ONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP, and specifies actions that need to be taken by the\ncurrent operator of the Overland Pass Pipeline, Williams Field Services Company, LLC, to\ncomply with the pipeline safety regulations. When the terms of the compliance order have been\ncompleted, as determined by the Director, Central Region, this enforcement action will be\nclosed. Service of the Final Order by certified mail is deemed effective upon the date of mailing,\nor as otherwise provided under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nThank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nJeffrey D. Wiese\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\ncc: Mr. David Barrett, Director, Central Region, OPS\nMr. Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations, OPS\nMr. Wes Christensen, Senior Vice President, Operations, ONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP\nMr. Joe Freisberg, Senior Compliance Coordinator, Williams Midstream Services, LLC\nMs. Cherie Humphries, General Manager, NGL Services, Williams Field Services\nCompany, LLC\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\n\n\n\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nPIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\n____________________________________\n)\nIn the Matter of )\n)\nONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP, ) CPF No. 3-2009-5010\nRespondent, )\n)\nand )\n)\nWilliams Field Services Company, LLC. )\n____________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nDuring October - December 2007 and March - April 2008, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117,\nrepresentatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office\nof Pipeline Safety (OPS), conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and\nrecords of ONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP (ONEOK or Respondent), relating to its Overland Pass\nPipeline construction project in Colorado and Kansas.1 ONEOK operates approximately 3,500\nmiles of natural gas liquids and distribution pipelines in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri,\nIowa, Illinois and Texas, as well as eight NGL storage terminals in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa,\nand Illinois.2\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Central Region, OPS (Director), issued to Respondent,\nby letter dated August 12, 2009, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Compliance Order\n(Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that ONEOK had\nviolated 49 C.F.R. § 195.561(a) and proposed ordering Respondent to take certain measures to\ncorrect the alleged violation.\nONEOK responded to the Notice by letter dated September 4, 2009 (Response). The company\ndid not contest the allegation of violation but provided information concerning the corrective\nactions it planned to take. Respondent did not request a hearing and therefore has waived its\nright to one.\n1 Williams Field Services Company, LLC (Williams), assumed responsibility for operation of the Overland Pass\nPipeline system on April 1, 2011. See letter from Cherie Humphries, General Manager, NGL Services, Williams\nField Services Company, LLC, to Central Region, OPS (July 20, 2012) (on file with PHMSA).\n2 See http://www.oneokpartners.com/en/Customers/NaturalGasLiquids/Pipelines.aspx (last accessed on\nFebruary 6, 2013).\n\n\n\n2\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nIn its Response, ONEOK did not contest the allegation in the Notice that it violated 49 C.F.R.\nPart 195, as follows:\nItem 1: The Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.561(a), which states:\n§ 195.561 When must I inspect pipe coating used for external corrosion\ncontrol?\n(a) You must inspect all external pipe coating required by § 195.557\njust prior to lowering the pipe into the ditch or submerging the pipe.\nThe Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.561(a) by failing to properly\ninspect all external pipe coating required by § 195.557 just prior to lowering the pipe into the\nditch. Specifically, the Notice alleged that a PHMSA inspector witnessed ONEOK’s\nconstruction personnel inspecting external pipe coating required by § 195.557 without removing\nshipping tape from the pipe. A ONEOK engineer performed a test by creating a holiday3 in the\ncoating and applying shipping tape over it. The holiday detector was not able to detect this\nholiday. Therefore, the inspection of pipe coating with shipping tape on it would not have\nrevealed holidays which could lead to external corrosion.\nRespondent did not contest this allegation of violation. Accordingly, based upon a review of all\nof the evidence, I find that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.561(a) by failing to properly\ninspect all external pipe coating required by § 195.557 just prior to lowering the pipe into the\nditch.\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a compliance order with respect to Item 1 in the Notice for violation of\n49 C.F.R. § 195.561(a). Under 49 U.S.C. § 60118(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. ONEOK no longer\noperates the Superior Unit and Williams is now responsible for the safe operations of the\nOverland Pass Pipeline.\nThe Director has indicated that Williams ran an in-line inspection (ILI) tool over the Overland\nPass Pipeline, including the segments from milepost (MP) 438 to MP 459 (located in\nWashington and Yuma, Colorado) and from MP 591.1 to MP 626.6 (located in Sheridan,\nGraham, Gove, and Trego Counties, Kansas), from August 10-15, 2011, and has been taking\nremedial action for anomalies detected by the ILI and having significant metal loss. In addition,\n3 A coating holiday is a small fault, void or pinhole that permits current drainage through protective coatings on\nsteel pipe or polymeric precoated corrugated steel pipe.\n\n\n\n3\nWilliams submitted a plan for addressing corrosion and coating anomalies to the Director on\nJuly 20, 2012.4\nPHMSA expects Williams to take the following actions to ensure compliance with the pipeline\nsafety regulations applicable to its operations:\n1. With respect to the violation of § 195.561(a) (Item 1), Williams is expected to\ncomplete the plan that was submitted to the Director on July 20, 2011, and to\ncontinue to communicate with the Director regarding any changes to the plan.\nThis plan includes investigation digs, repairs, and other remedial actions, an in-\nline inspection in 2013, and investigations, maintenance, and upgrades to its\ncathodic protection program.\n2. PHMSA requests that Williams submit quarterly reports to the Director including\nthe results of the inspections and the types and dates of any repairs that are made.\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective upon service in accordance with\n49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\n___________________________________ __________________________\nJeffrey D. Wiese Date Issued\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\n4 Humphries, supra note 1.\n\n320095010_Closure Letter_01262017_text.pdf\n\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nJanuary 26, 2017\nMr. Alan S. Armstrong\nPresident and Chief Executive\nOfficer Williams Field Services\nCompany, LLC One Williams\nCenter\nTulsa, OK 74172\nCPF 3-2009-5010\nDear Mr. Armstrong:\nOn April 5, 2013, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)\nissued to ONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP, a Final Order in the above-referenced case. The Order\nincluded a Compliance Order specifying actions to be taken by the current operator of the\nOverland Pass Pipeline, Williams Field Services Company, LLC, to comply with the pipeline\nsafety regulations. Based on our review of the documentation you provided, it has been\ndetermined that you have complied with the terms of this Order.\nAccordingly, this case is now closed and no further action is contemplated with respect to the\nmatters involved in this case. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nAllan C. Beshore\nDirector, Central Region, OPS\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nCC: Mr. Terry K. Spencer\nPresident\nONEOK NGL Pipeline, LP\n100 West 5th Street\nTulsa, OK 74103","truncated":false,"body_characters":9943}