{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 420165006W","title":"ONEOK NGL PIPELINE, LLC — Warning Letter","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-03-31","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED warning letter citing 195.402(a), 195.505(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-420165006w.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-420165006w.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-420165006w","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/420165006W","body":"Warning Letter involving ONEOK NGL PIPELINE, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.402(a),  195.505(a). The case was opened on 2016-03-31 and is reported as closed as of 2016-03-31. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n420165006W_Warning Letter_03312016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420165006W/420165006W_Warning%20Letter_03312016.pdf\n\n420165006W_Warning Letter_03312016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/420165006W/420165006W_Warning%20Letter_03312016_text.pdf\n\n420165006W_Warning Letter_03312016_text.pdf\n\nWARNING LETTER\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nMarch 31, 2016\nWes Christensen\nVice President, NGL Operations\nONEOK NGL Pipeline, LLC\n100 West Fifth Street\nTulsa, Oklahoma 74102\nCPF 4-2016-5006W\nDear Mr. Christensen:\nBetween the dates of January 2015 through March 2016, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code reviewed the\ndetails of an accident that occurred in your Helena Pump Station on May 1, 2014 in Alfalfa, Oklahoma.\nAs a result of the review, it appears that you have committed probable violations of the Pipeline Safety\nRegulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The items inspected and the probable violation(s) are:\n1. §195.402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline system a manual of\nwritten procedures for conducting normal operations and maintenance activities and\nhandling abnormal operations and emergencies. This manual shall be reviewed at intervals\nnot exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, and appropriate changes made\nas necessary to insure that the manual is effective. This manual shall be prepared before\ninitial operations of a pipeline system commence, and appropriate parts shall be kept at\nlocations where operations and maintenance activities are conducted.\n\n\n\n2. ONEOK NGL Pipeline (ONEOK) failed follow their written operations and maintenance\nprocedural manual for preparing and following a stopple plan (PRC1602.202 Stopple Procedures)\nand by failing to communicate the most recent versions of the procedures in effect. On May 1,\n2014, ONEOK experienced a 176 barrel leak of NGL through a flange assembly while installing a\nbypass within their Helena Pump Station using an older version of a stopple procedure. In addition,\nONEOK was unable to provide a copy of the written stopple plan in place at the time of the stopple\nprocedure on May 1, 2014.\n195.505(a) Each operator shall have and follow a written qualification program. The\nprogram shall include provisions to:\n(a) Identify covered tasks;\nONEOK NGL Pipeline (ONEOK) failed to identify Joining of Pipe – Flange Assembly as a covered\ntask in their written Operator Qualification Plan. The ONEOK covered task list did not include a\ntask for installing/repairing flange assemblies within their pipeline system. On May 1, 2014,\nONEOK experienced a 176 barrel leak of NGL through a flange assembly while installing a bypass\nwithin their Helena Pump Station.\nUnder 49 United States Code, § 60122, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $200,000 per\nviolation per day the violation persists up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for a related series of violations.\nFor violations occurring prior to January 4, 2012, the maximum penalty may not exceed $100,000 per\nviolation per day, with a maximum penalty not to exceed $1,000,000 for a related series of violations. Also,\nfor LNG facilities, an additional penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation may be imposed. We\nhave reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents involved in this case, and have decided not to\nconduct additional enforcement action or penalty assessment proceedings at this time. We advise you to\ncorrect the item(s) identified in this letter. Failure to do so will result in ONEOK NGL being subject to\nadditional enforcement action.\nNo reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to CPF 4-\n2016-5006W. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement action is subject to\nbeing made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material qualifies for\nconfidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), along with the complete original document you must provide\na second copy of the document with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted\nand an explanation of why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5\nU.S.C. 552(b).\nSincerely,\nR. M. Seeley\nDirector, Southwest Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":4866}