{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 32026012WL","title":"BRIDGER PIPELINE LLC — Warning Letter","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2026-05-20","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED warning letter citing 195.446(b)(1), 195.446(b)(2).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-32026012wl.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-32026012wl.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-32026012wl","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/32026012WL","body":"Warning Letter involving BRIDGER PIPELINE LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.446(b)(1),  195.446(b)(2). The case was opened on 2026-05-20 and is reported as closed as of 2026-05-20. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n32026012WL_Warning Letter_05202026_(25-332208).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/32026012WL/32026012WL_Warning%20Letter_05202026_(25-332208).pdf\n\n32026012WL_Warning Letter_05202026_(25-332208)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/32026012WL/32026012WL_Warning%20Letter_05202026_(25-332208)_text.pdf\n\n32026012WL_Warning Letter_05202026_(25-332208)_text.pdf\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration\n1100 Main Street, Suite 800\nKansas City, MO 64105\n(816) 329-3800\nWARNING LETTER\nVIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO: tad.true@truecos.com; Ken.Dockweiler@truecos.com;\nkevin.pena@truecos.com\nMay 20, 2026\nTad True\nChief Operating Officer\nBridger Pipeline, LLC\n455 North Poplar Street\nCasper, WY 82602\nCPF 3-2026-012-WL\nDear Mr. True:\nFrom July 7, 2025 through July 25, 2025, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49\nUnited States Code (U.S.C.), conducted an inspection of the control room of the Bridger Pipeline,\nLLC (“Bridger”) in Casper, Wyoming.\nAs a result of the control room inspection, it is alleged that Bridger has committed a probable\nviolation of the Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The\nitem inspected and the probable violation is:\n1. § 195.446 Control room management.\n(a) General. This section applies to each operator of a pipeline facility with a\ncontroller working in a control room who monitors and controls all or\npart of a pipeline facility through a SCADA system. Each operator must\nhave and follow written control room management procedures that\nimplement the requirements of this section. . . .\n(b) Roles and responsibilities. Each operator must define the roles and\nresponsibilities of a controller during normal, abnormal, and emergency\noperating conditions. To provide for a controller's prompt and\nappropriate response to operating conditions, an operator must define\neach of the following:\n(1) A controller's authority and responsibility to make decisions and take\nactions during normal operations;\n\n\n\n(2) A controller's role when an abnormal operating condition is detected,\neven if the controller is not the first to detect the condition, including\nthe controller's responsibility to take specific actions and to\ncommunicate with others;\nBridger failed to define the roles and responsibilities of a controller during normal and abnormal\noperating conditions as required by §§ 195.446(b)(1) and 195.446(b)(2). Specifically, by not\nproviding the controller with the maximum operating pressure (MOP) of the Alexander Fairview\npipeline segment that was purchased by Bridger on May 7, 2024, Bridger failed to define a\ncontroller's authority and responsibility to make decisions and take actions during normal and\nabnormal operating conditions.\nThe Control Room Management Plan (CRM Plan), Revised June 2025, Section 2.3, Normal\nOperating Conditions – Controllers, stated the controller must \"Control the pipeline and ensure all\nsegments of the pipeline are maintained below the MOP. The MOP for the pipeline segments is\nreadily available to the Controller.\" In addition, the CRM Plan, Section 2.4, Abnormal Operating\nConditions – Controllers, stated, “The role of a Controller during abnormal operating conditions\nis to determine the current status of the pipeline system(s), to assist in discovering the cause of the\nabnormal condition and to operate the pipeline system(s) safely while making sure that MOP limits\nare not exceeded.”\nHowever, the Protective and Control Device Diagram for the Alexander Terminal failed to show\nthe MOP and was marked only as \"preliminary.\" There was no MOP listed for the Alexander\nFairview segment in the P&CD book, which was stated to be the resource controllers utilized. The\nCRM Plan failed to identify the MOP for each pipeline segment. By failing to define the MOP,\nthe CRM Plan did not provide sufficient information for Bridger’s controllers to execute their roles\nand responsibilities during normal and abnormal operations and hindered the controllers’ prompt\nand appropriate response to operating conditions. In this way, Bridger failed to sufficiently define\ncontroller roles and responsibilities.\nUnder 49 U.S.C. § 60122 and 49 CFR § 190.223, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed\n$272,926 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,729,245 for a related\nseries of violations. For violation occurring on or after December 28, 2023 and before December\n30, 2024 the maximum penalty may not exceed $266,015 per violation per day the violation\npersists, up to a maximum of $2,660,135 for a related series of violations. For violation occurring\non or after January 6, 2023 and before December 28, 2023 the maximum penalty may not exceed\n$257,664 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,576,627 for a related\nseries of violations. For violation occurring on or after March 21, 2022 and before January 6, 2023\nthe maximum penalty may not exceed $239,142 per violation per day the violation persists, up to\na maximum of $2,391,142 for a related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after\nMay 3, 2021 and before March 21, 2022 the maximum penalty may not exceed $225,134 per\nviolation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,251,334 for a related series of\nviolations. For violation occurring on or after January 11, 2021 and before May 3, 2021 the\nmaximum penalty may not exceed $222,504 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a\n2\n\n\n\nmaximum of $2,225,034 for a related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after July\n31, 2019 and before January 11, 2021 the maximum penalty may not exceed $218,647 per violation\nper day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,186,465 for a related series of violations.\nWe have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents involved in this case and have\ndecided not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty assessment proceedings at this\ntime. We advise you to correct the item identified in this letter. Failure to do so will result in\nBridger Pipeline, LLC being subject to additional enforcement action.\nNo reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to\nCPF 3-2026-012-WL. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement\naction is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your\nresponsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b), along with the\ncomplete original document you must provide a second copy of the document with the portions\nyou believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe the\nredacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).\nSincerely,\nAJ McKean\nDirector, Central Region, Office of Pipeline Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: Ken Dockweiler, Director Government and Control Center, ken.dockweiler@truecos.com\nKevin Pena, Pipeline Compliance Coordinator, kevin.pena@truecos.com\n3","truncated":false,"body_characters":7545}