{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 420121013","title":"SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2012-06-26","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.907.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-420121013.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-420121013.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-420121013","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/420121013","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.907. The case was opened on 2012-06-26 and is reported as closed as of 2012-12-27. Proposed civil penalty: $6,200. Assessed civil penalty: $6,200. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n420121013_Final Order_12272012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420121013/420121013_Final%20Order_12272012.pdf\n\n420121013_Final Order_12272012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420121013/420121013_Final%20Order_12272012_text.pdf\n\n420121013_NOPV PCP_06262012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420121013/420121013_NOPV%20PCP_06262012.pdf\n\n420121013_NOPV PCP_06262012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420121013/420121013_NOPV%20PCP_06262012_text.pdf\n\n420121013_Operator Response_07132012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420121013/420121013_Operator%20Response_07132012.pdf\n\n420121013_Final Order_12272012_text.pdf\n\nDECEMBER 27, 2012\nMr. Jerry L. Morris\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer\nSouthern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.\n4700 Highway 56\nOwensboro, KY 42301\nRe: CPF No. 4-2012-1013\nDear Mr. Morris:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes findings of\nviolation and assesses a civil penalty of $6,200. This is to acknowledge receipt of payment of\nthe full penalty amount by cashier’s check dated July 11, 2012. This enforcement action is now\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. R.M. Seeley, Director, Southwest Region, OPS\nMr. Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations, OPS\nMr. Robert S. Bahnick, Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, Southern Star\nMr. Robert W. Carlton, Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Southern Star\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____________________________________\nIn the Matter of )\nSouthern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., ) )\n)\n)\nRespondent. )\n____________________________________)\nCPF No. 4-2012-1013\nFINAL ORDER\nOn multiple occasions between June 21 and October 28, 2011, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a\nrepresentative 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 Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., (Southern Star or Respondent) in\nOwensboro, Kentucky. Southern Star transports natural gas across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,\nWyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Texas through approximately 6,000 miles of pipeline.1\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Southwest Region, OPS (Director), issued to\nRespondent, by letter dated June 26, 2012, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Civil\nPenalty (Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that\nSouthern Star had violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.907 and proposed assessing a civil penalty of $6,200\nfor the alleged violation.\nSouthern Star responded to the Notice by letter dated July 13, 2012 (Response). The company\ndid not contest the allegation of violation and paid the proposed civil penalty of $6,200, 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\nIn its Response, Southern Star did not contest the allegation in the Notice that it violated\n49 C.F.R. Part 192, as follows:\nItem 1: The Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.907, which states:\n1 See http://www.sscgp.com/about-southern-star/ (last accessed December 19, 2012).\n\n\n\n2\n§ 192.907 What must an operator do to implement this subpart?\n(a) General. No later than December 17, 2004, an operator of a\ncovered pipeline segment must develop and follow a written integrity\nmanagement program that contains all the elements described in § 192.911\nand that addresses the risks on each covered transmission pipeline\nsegment. The initial integrity management program must consist, at a\nminimum, of a framework that describes the process for implementing\neach program element, how relevant decisions will be made and by whom,\na time line for completing the work to implement the program element,\nand how information gained from experience will be continuously\nincorporated into the program. The framework will evolve into a more\ndetailed and comprehensive program. An operator must make continual\nimprovements to the program.\nThe Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.907 by failing to follow its written\nintegrity management (IM) program. Specifically, the Notice alleged that Southern Star’s IM\nprogram called for a “primary” review of the program once every four years, and a “secondary”\nreview in the year following the primary review and every two years in which a primary review\nwas not conducted. Such quality assurance measures are required to be a part of the IM program\nby § 192.911(l). The Notice alleged that Southern Star failed to conduct and document either a\nprimary or secondary level review of its IM program from 2006 until the PHMSA inspection in\n2011. Respondent did not contest this allegation of violation. Accordingly, based upon a review\nof all of the evidence, I find that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.907 by failing to follow its\nwritten integrity management (IM) program.\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\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":6229}