{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 320105014","title":"MOBIL  PIPE  LINE COMPANY — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2010-11-24","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 195.412(b).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320105014.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320105014.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320105014","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/320105014","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving MOBIL  PIPE  LINE COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.412(b). The case was opened on 2010-11-24 and is reported as closed as of 2011-12-20. Proposed civil penalty: $26,200. Assessed civil penalty: $26,200. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n320105014_Final Order_12202011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320105014/320105014_Final%20Order_12202011.pdf\n\n320105014_Final Order_12202011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320105014/320105014_Final%20Order_12202011_text.pdf\n\n320105014_NOPV PCP_11242010.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320105014/320105014_NOPV%20PCP_11242010.pdf\n\n320105014_NOPV PCP_11242010_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320105014/320105014_NOPV%20PCP_11242010_text.pdf\n\n320105014_Final Order_12202011_text.pdf\n\nDEC 20 2011\nMr. Gary W. Pruessing\nPresident\nExxonMobil Pipeline Company\n800 Bell Street, Room 741D\nHouston, TX 77002\nRe: CPF No. 3-2010-5014\nDear Mr. Pruessing:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes findings of\nviolation and assesses a civil penalty of $26,200. This is to acknowledge receipt of payment of\nthe full penalty amount, by wire transfer, dated December 17, 2010. This enforcement action\nis now closed. Service of the Final Order by certified mail is deemed effective upon the date of\nmailing, or 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\nCERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED [ 71791000164203015294___]\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)\nExxonMobil Pipeline Company, ) CPF No. 3-2010-5014\n)\nRespondent. )\n____________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nFrom July 12 to 15, 2010, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS),\nconducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and records of ExxonMobil\nPipeline Company (Exxon or Respondent) in Patoka, Illinois. The OPS inspection involved the\nPegasus Pipeline, a 940-mile hazardous liquid pipeline system that transports crude oil from\nPatoka to Nederland, Texas.\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Central Region, OPS (Director), issued to Respondent,\nby letter dated November 24, 2010, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Civil Penalty\n(Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that Exxon had\nviolated 49 C.F.R. § 195.412(b) and proposed assessing a civil penalty of $26,200 for the alleged\nviolation.\nExxon did not submit a response to the Notice and paid the proposed civil penalty of $26,200, as\nprovided in 49 C.F.R. § 190.227. Payment of the penalty serves to close the case with prejudice\nto Respondent.\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nRespondent did not contest the allegation in the Notice that it violated 49 C.F.R. Part 195, as\nfollows:\nItem 1: The Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.412(b), which states:\n§ 195.412 Inspection of rights-of-way and crossings under navigable\nwaters.\n(a) . . . .\n\n\n\n2\n(b) Except for offshore pipelines, each operator shall, at intervals not\nexceeding 5 years, inspect each crossing under a navigable waterway to\ndetermine the condition of the crossing.\nThe Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.412(b) by failing to inspect, at\nintervals not exceeding five years, each crossing under a navigable waterway to determine the\ncondition of the crossing. Specifically, the Notice alleged that, according to Exxon’s records,\nRespondent inspected the Pegasus Pipeline’s Mississippi River crossing between Missouri and\nIllinois in December 2002, but that the company failed to perform another inspection by\nDecember 2007. Exxon did not contest this allegation of violation. Accordingly, based upon a\nreview of all of the evidence, I find that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 195.412(b) by failing to\ninspect, at intervals not exceeding 5 years, each crossing under a navigable waterway to\ndetermine the condition of the crossing.\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","truncated":false,"body_characters":4838}