# CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE — Warning Letter

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** CPF 420161003W
- **title:** CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE — Warning Letter
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2016-04-07
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED warning letter citing 191.22(c)(1).
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Warning Letter involving CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 191.22(c)(1). The case was opened on 2016-04-07 and is reported as closed as of 2016-04-07. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

420161003W_Warning Letter_04072016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420161003W/420161003W_Warning%20Letter_04072016.pdf

420161003W_Warning Letter_04072016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420161003W/420161003W_Warning%20Letter_04072016_text.pdf

420161003W_Warning Letter_04072016_text.pdf

WARNING LETTER
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 7, 2016
Mr. Daniel Hamburger
Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline
700 Milam Street, Suite 1900
Houston, TX 77002
CPF 4-2016-1003W
Dear Mr. Hamburger:
On February 25-29, 2016, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code inspected your
Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline operator registry notification, F-20160224-10400.
As a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed a probable violation of the
Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The item inspected and the
probable violation is:
1. §191.22 National Registry of Pipeline and LNG Operators.
(c) Changes. Each operator must notify PHMSA electronically through the
National Registry of Pipeline and LNG Operators at http://opsweb.phmsa.dot.gov,
of certain events.
(1) An operator must notify PHMSA of any of the following events not later
than 60 days before the event occurs:
(i) Construction or any planned rehabilitation, replacement,
modification, upgrade, uprate, or update of a facility, other than a
section of line pipe that costs $10 million or more. If 60 day notice is
not feasible because of an emergency, an operator must notify
PHMSA as soon as practicable;



(ii) Construction of 10 or more miles of a new hazardous liquid
pipeline; or
(iii) Construction of a new pipeline facility.
Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline did not adequately notify PHMSA of its intent to construct 10
or more miles of a new natural gas pipeline and associated pipeline facilities which will occur on
April 1, 2016. This notification was required not later than 60 days before the event was to
occur; which, in this case, should have been no later than February 1, 2016. PHMSA became
aware of Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline’s construction activities of approximately 25 miles of
natural gas pipeline, compressor station, and meter stations from information provided by the
operator registry notification, which was submitted late on February 24, 2016.
Under 49 United States Code, § 60122, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $200,000
per violation per day the violation persists up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for a related series of
violations. For violations occurring prior to January 4, 2012, the maximum penalty may not
exceed $100,000 per violation per day, with a maximum penalty not to exceed $1,000,000 for a
related series of violations. We have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents
involved in this case, and have decided not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty
assessment proceedings at this time. We advise you to correct the item identified in this letter.
Failure to do so will result in Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline being subject to additional
enforcement action.
No reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to
CPF 4-2016-1003W. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement
action is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your
responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), along with the
complete original document you must provide a second copy of the document with the portions
you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe
the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b).
Sincerely,
R. M. Seeley
Director, Southwest Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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