{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 42026006NOA","title":"ENLINK PROCESSING SERVICES, LLC — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"2026-02-11","effective_on":null,"summary":"OPEN notice of amendment citing 195.402(c)(15), 195.446(c)(3), 195.452(b)(1), 195.452(i)(3).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-42026006noa.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-42026006noa.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-42026006noa","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/42026006NOA","body":"Notice of Amendment involving ENLINK PROCESSING SERVICES, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.402(c)(15),  195.446(c)(3),  195.452(b)(1),  195.452(i)(3). The case was opened on 2026-02-11 and is reported as open. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n42026006NOA_Notice of Amendment_02112026_(24-296983).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026006NOA/42026006NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_02112026_(24-296983).pdf\n\n42026006NOA_Notice of Amendment_02112026_(24-296983)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026006NOA/42026006NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_02112026_(24-296983)_text.pdf\n\n42026006NOA_Operator Response to Notice_03122026_(24-296983).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026006NOA/42026006NOA_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_03122026_(24-296983).pdf\n\n42026006NOA_Notice of Amendment_02112026_(24-296983)_text.pdf\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration 8701 S. Gessner, Suite 630\nHouston TX 77074\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nVIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO: randy.lentz@oneok.com\nFebruary 11, 2026\nRandy Lentz\nExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer\nEnlink Processing Services, LLC\n100 West Fifth Street\nTulsa, OK 74103\nCPF 4-2026-006-NOA\nDear Mr. Lentz:\nFrom July 9 to November 10, 2024, a representative 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.), inspected Enlink Processing Services, LLC’s (Enlink) operations and\nmaintenance procedures.\nAs a result of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nEnlink’s plans or procedures. The items inspected and the inadequacies are described below:\n1. § 195.402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following\nto provide safety during maintenance and normal operations:\n(1) . . . .\n(15) Implementing the applicable control room management\nprocedures required by § 195.446.\n\n\n\n§ 195.446 Control room management.\n(a) . . . .\n(c) Provide adequate information. Each operator must provide its\ncontrollers with the information, tools, processes and procedures\nnecessary for the controllers to carry out the roles and responsibilities\nthe operator has defined by performing each of the following:\n(1) . . . .\n(3) Test and verify an internal communication plan to provide\nadequate means for manual operation of the pipeline safely, at least\nonce each calendar year, but at intervals not to exceed 15 months;\nEnlink’s written procedures were inadequate to provide for the safe operation of a pipeline facility\nin accordance with § 195.402(c)(15). Specifically, Enlink’s Pipeline Internal Communications\nPlan (05/25/2022) (ICP) failed to include adequate procedures to test and verify an internal\ncommunication plan to provide adequate means for manual operation of the pipeline safely, at\nleast once each calendar year, but at intervals not to exceed 15 months in accordance with §\n195.446(c)(3). Enlink’s ICP also fails to give adequate guidance on operating a pipeline facility\nduring a SCADA outage.\nTherefore, PHMSA proposes that Enlink must revise its ICP to include procedures to test and\nverify an internal communication plan to provide adequate means for manual operation of the\npipeline safely, at least once each calendar year, but at intervals not to exceed 15 months, and\ninclude adequate guidance on operating a pipeline facility during a SCADA outage.\n2. § 195.452 Pipeline integrity management in high consequence areas.\n(a) . . . .\n(b) What program and practices must operators use to manage\npipeline integrity? Each operator of a pipeline covered by this section\nmust:\n(1) Develop a written integrity management program that\naddresses the risks on each segment of pipeline in the first column of\nthe following table no later than the date in the second column:\n(c) . . . .\n(i) What preventive and mitigative measures must an operator take\nto protect the high consequence area?\n(1) . . . .\n(3) Leak detection. An operator must have a means to detect leaks\non its pipeline system. An operator must evaluate the capability of its\nleak detection means and modify, as necessary, to protect the high\nconsequence area. An operator’s evaluation must, at least, consider, the\nfollowing factors—length and size of the pipeline, type of product\ncarried, the pipeline’s proximity to the high consequence area, the\nswiftness of leak detection, location of nearest response personnel, leak\nhistory, and risk assessment results.\n2\n\n\n\nEnlink’s written procedures were inadequate to provide for the safe operation of a pipeline facility\nin accordance with § 195.452(i)(3). Specifically, Enlink’s Hazardous Liquid Integrity\nManagement Plan, V-6.0, section 8.9 (12/08/2023) (HL IMP) lacks sufficient detail to evaluate\nthe capability of its leak detection means and to modify as necessary to protect the high\nconsequence area. Section 8.9 merely references the regulation and states that Form 107 will\nprovide more details without explaining how its process considers all of the required factors in §\n195.452(i)(3), as well as other relevant factors.\nTherefore, PHMSA proposes that Enlink must revise its HL IMP to include how its leak detection\nevaluation process considers all of the required factors in § 195.452(i)(3).\nResponse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.206. Enclosed as\npart of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement\nProceedings.\nPlease refer to this document and note the response options. Be advised that all material you\nsubmit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being made publicly available. If you\nbelieve that any portion of your responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5\nU.S.C. § 552(b), along with the complete original document you must provide a second copy of\nthe document with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an\nexplanation of why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under\n5 U.S.C. § 552(b).\nFollowing the receipt of this Notice, you have 30 days to submit written comments, revised\nprocedures, or a request for a hearing under § 190.211. If you do not respond within 30 days of\nreceipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this Notice\nand authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice\nwithout further notice to you and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If your plans or\nprocedures are found inadequate as alleged in this Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans\nor procedures to correct the inadequacies (49 C.F.R. § 190.206). If you are not contesting this\nNotice, we propose that you submit your amended procedures to my office within 30 days of\nreceipt of this Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the\ninadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement\naction will be closed.\nIt is requested (not mandated) that Enlink maintain documentation of the safety improvement costs\nassociated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/revision of plans, procedures)\nand submit the total to Bryan Lethcoe, Director, Southwest Region, Pipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration. In correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 4-\n2026-006-NOA and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format\nwhenever possible.\n3\n\n\n\nSincerely,\nBryan Lethcoe\nDirector, Southwest Region, Office of Pipeline Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: Scott Schingen, SVP, Engineering and Operations, Enlink Processing Services LLC,\nscott.schingen@oneok.com\nAndreu Vivas-Hunt, Sr. Manager Asset Integrity, Enlink Processing Services LLC,\nandreu.vivas-hunt@oneok.com\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings\n4","truncated":false,"body_characters":8337}