{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 320165002M","title":"MID-CONTINENT FRACTIONATION AND STORAGE, L.L.C. — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-03-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.402(c)(15), 195.446(b)(1), 195.446(d)(2), 195.446(e)(1), 195.446(e)(6).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320165002m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320165002m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-320165002m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/320165002M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving MID-CONTINENT FRACTIONATION AND STORAGE, L.L.C.. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.402(c)(15),  195.446(b)(1),  195.446(d)(2),  195.446(e)(1),  195.446(e)(6). The case was opened on 2016-03-16 and is reported as closed as of 2016-06-27. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n320165002M_Closure Letter_06272016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320165002M/320165002M_Closure%20Letter_06272016.pdf\n\n320165002M_Closure Letter_06272016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320165002M/320165002M_Closure%20Letter_06272016_text.pdf\n\n320165002M_Notice of Amendment_03162016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320165002M/320165002M_Notice%20of%20Amendment_03162016.pdf\n\n320165002M_Notice of Amendment_03162016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320165002M/320165002M_Notice%20of%20Amendment_03162016_text.pdf\n\n320165002M_Operator Response to Notice_04012016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/320165002M/320165002M_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_04012016.pdf\n\n320165002M_Closure Letter_06272016_text.pdf\n\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nJune 27, 2016\nMs. Stephanie Timmermeyer\nVice President - Safety and Regulatory Compliance\nMid-Continent Fractionation and Storage, LLC\n525 Central Park Drive\nOklahoma City, OK 73105\nCPF 3-2016-5002M\nDear Ms. Timmenneyer:\nOn June 22-30, 2015, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code inspected\nMidContinent Fractionation and Storage, LLC's (MidCon) procedures for Control Room\nManagement in Conway, Kansas. As a result of the inspection, MidCon was issued a Notice of\nAmendment on March 16, 2016, which proposed amendment of the procedures.\nMidCon submitted its amended procedures on April 1, 2016 and submitted additional\namendments on June 21, 2016. My staff reviewed the amended procedures and it appears that\nthe inadequacies outlined in this Notice of Amendment have been corrected.\nThis letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank\nyou for your cooperation.\nSincerely,\nAllan C. Beshore\nDirector, Central Region, OPS\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\n\n320165002M_Notice of Amendment_03162016_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nMarch 16, 2016\nMs. Stephanie Timmermeyer\nVice President – Safety and Regulatory Compliance\nMid-Continent Fractionation and Storage, LLC\n525 Central Park Drive\nOklahoma City, OK 73105\nCPF 3-2016-5002M\nDear Ms. Timmermeyer:\nOn June 22-30, 2015, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code inspected Mid-\nContinent Fractionation and Storage, LLC’s procedures for Control Room Management in\nConway, Kansas.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nMid-Continent Fractionation and Storage, LLC’s (MidCon’s) plans or procedures, as\ndescribed below:\n1. §195.402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n(15) Implementing the applicable control room management procedures required by\n§ 195.446.\nand;\n\n\n\n§195.446 Control room management.\n(b) Roles and responsibilities. Each operator must define the roles and\nresponsibilities of a controller during normal, abnormal, and emergency operating\nconditions. To provide for a controller's prompt and appropriate response to\noperating conditions, an operator must define each of the following:\n(1) A controller's authority and responsibility to make decisions and take actions\nduring normal operations;\nMidCon’s CRM procedure on defining what the controllers do during temporary\nimpromptu changes in responsibilities requires more detail. The procedure on page 9\nindicates that if a controller needs to leave for any reason (i.e.; breaks), a controller at\nanother console will only observe and listen for the alarms at the vacant console, and then\nnotify the absent controller in the event of an abnormal operating condition. However,\nConway personnel indicated that the notification to the other controller will be done on all\nalarms. Procedure must be changed to reflect what Conway actually does.\n2) §195.402(c)(15) – See Above\n§195.446 Control room management.\n(d) Fatigue mitigation. Each operator must implement the following methods to\nreduce the risk associated with controller fatigue that could inhibit a controller's\nability to carry out the roles and responsibilities the operator has defined:\n(2) Educate controllers and supervisors in fatigue mitigation strategies and how off-\nduty activities contribute to fatigue\nThe CRM plan did not indicate what the training includes. More detail must be added to\nclearly show how MidCon trains their personnel on fatigue mitigation.\n3) §195.402(c)(15) – See Above\n§195.446 Control room management.\n(e) Alarm management. Each operator using a SCADA system must have a written\nalarm management plan to provide for effective controller response to alarms. An\noperator's plan must include provisions to:\n(1) Review SCADA safety-related alarm operations using a process that ensures\nalarms are accurate and support safe pipeline operations;\n2\n\n\n\nMidCon’s Alarm Management Philosophy contains different types of alarms and defines\nthe priorities. However, synthetic or calculated alarms are not addressed in the alarm\nmanagement plan. MidCon must provide written procedures on synthetic or calculated\nalarms including a process for review to ensure these alarms are accurate and support safe\npipeline operations.\n4) §195.402(c)(15) – See Above\n§195.446 Control room management.\n(e) Alarm management. Each operator using a SCADA system must have a written\nalarm management plan to provide for effective controller response to alarms. An\noperator's plan must include provisions to:\n(6) Address deficiencies identified through the implementation of paragraphs (e)(1)\nthrough (e)(5) of this section.\nMidCon’s CRM plan does not have procedures on how they are going to address the\ndeficiencies identified within the alarm management plan. The CRM procedures must be\nexpanded to better define how and when they are going to correct deficiencies identified\nwithin the plan reviews.\nResponse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. Enclosed\nas part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in\nCompliance Proceedings. Please refer to this document and note the response options. Be\nadvised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being\nmade publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material qualifies\nfor confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), along with the complete original document\nyou must provide a second copy of the document with the portions you believe qualify for\nconfidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe the redacted\ninformation qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b). If you do not respond\nwithin 30 days of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the\nallegations in this Notice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to\nfind facts as alleged in this Notice without further notice to you and to issue a Final Order.\nIf, after opportunity for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in\nthis Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies\n(49 C.F.R. § 190.237). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your\namended procedures to my office within 90 days of receipt of this Notice. This period may be\nextended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have\nbeen addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed.\n3\n\n\n\nIt is requested (not mandated) that Mid-Continent Fractionation and Storage, LLC’s maintain\ndocumentation of the safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of\nAmendment (preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Allan C.\nBeshore, Director, Central Region, OPS, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration. In correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 3-2016-5002M\nand, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever\npossible.\nSincerely,\nAllan C. Beshore\nDirector, Central Region, OPS\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings\n4","truncated":false,"body_characters":9042}