{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 42026012NOPV","title":"NAVIGATOR PANHANDLE HOLDCO LLC — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"2026-02-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"OPEN notice of probable violation citing 195.452(g)(1), 195.452(l)(1)(ii).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-42026012nopv.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-42026012nopv.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-42026012nopv","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/42026012NOPV","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving NAVIGATOR PANHANDLE HOLDCO LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.452(g)(1),  195.452(l)(1)(ii). The case was opened on 2026-02-12 and is reported as open. Proposed civil penalty: $62,900. Assessed civil penalty: $62,900. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n42026012NOPV_Final Order_04072026_(23-266706).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026012NOPV/42026012NOPV_Final%20Order_04072026_(23-266706).pdf\n\n42026012NOPV_Final Order_04072026_(23-266706)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026012NOPV/42026012NOPV_Final%20Order_04072026_(23-266706)_text.pdf\n\n42026012NOPV_Operator Response to Notice_03192026_(23-266706).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026012NOPV/42026012NOPV_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_03192026_(23-266706).pdf\n\n42026012NOPV_PCP PCO_02122026_(23-266706).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026012NOPV/42026012NOPV_PCP%20PCO_02122026_(23-266706).pdf\n\n42026012NOPV_PCP PCO_02122026_(23-266706)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/42026012NOPV/42026012NOPV_PCP%20PCO_02122026_(23-266706)_text.pdf\n\n42026012NOPV_Final Order_04072026_(23-266706)_text.pdf\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nApril 7, 2026\nVIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO: vrosa@nesmidstream.com\nVidal Rosa\nSenior Vice President of Operations\nCanyon Crossing LLC\n3625 North Hall Street,\nSuite 630\nDallas, Texas 75219\nRe: CPF No. 4-2026-012-NOPV\nDear Mr. Rosa:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes findings of\nviolation, finds that the civil penalty amount of $62,900 has been paid in full, and specifies\nactions that need to be taken to comply with the pipeline safety regulations. When the terms of\nthe compliance order are completed, as determined by the Director, Southwest Region, this\nenforcement action will be closed. Service of the Final Order by e-mail is effective upon the date\nof transmission and acknowledgement of receipt as provided under 49 CFR § 190.5.\nThank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nLinda Daugherty\nActing Associate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\nEnclosures (Final Order and NOPV)\ncc: Bryan Lethcoe, Director, Southwest Region, Office of Pipeline Safety, PHMSA\nVanessa Romero, EHS Regulatory Manager, Navigator Energy Services,\nvromero@nesmidstream.com\nCONFIRMATION OF 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____________________________________\n)\nIn the Matter of )\n)\nNavigator Panhandle Holdco, LLC ) CPF No. 4-2026-012-NOPV\nand Navigator PH Crossing LLC, )\n)\nRespondent. )\n____________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nOn February 12, 2026, pursuant to 49 CFR § 190.207, the Director, Southwest Region, Office of\nPipeline Safety (OPS), issued a Notice of Probable Violation (Notice) to Navigator Panhandle\nHoldco, LLC and Navigator Ph Crossing LLC (Respondent). The Notice proposed finding that\nRespondent had violated the pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR Part 195 and proposed a civil\npenalty of $62,900. The Notice also proposed certain measures to correct the violations. Canyon\nCrossing LLC responded to the Notice on March 19, 2026, stating that “Navigator Panhandle\nHoldco, LLC and Navigator PH Crossing LLC are now each known as Canyon Crossing LLC by\nway of merger that was complete on December 2, 2024.” Canyon Crossing LLC did not contest\nthe allegations of violation or corrective measures and paid the proposed civil penalty on March\n25, 2026. In accordance with section 190.208(a)(1), such payment authorizes the entry of this\nfinal order.\nBased upon a review of all of the evidence, pursuant to section 190.213, I find Respondent\nviolated the pipeline safety regulations listed below, as more fully described in the enclosed\nNotice, which is incorporated by reference:\n49 CFR § 195.452(l)(1)(ii) (Item 1) ─ Respondent failed to have records to\nsupport its decision in selecting methods for integrity assessment based on\nspecific integrity threats.\n49 CFR § 195.452(g)(1) (Item 2) ─ Respondent failed to integrate information\nand attributes about its pipeline in its analysis of all available information about\nthe integrity of its entire pipeline and the consequences of a possible failure along\nthe pipeline.\nThese findings of violation will be considered prior offenses in any subsequent enforcement\naction taken against Respondent. In accordance with 49 CFR § 190.223, Respondent is assessed\n\n\n\nthe proposed civil penalty amount of $62,900, which Respondent has already paid in full.\nCompliance Actions\nPursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60118(b) and 49 CFR § 190.217, Respondent is ordered to take the\nactions proposed in the enclosed Notice to correct one of the violations. The Director may grant\nan extension of time to comply with any of the required items upon a written request timely\nsubmitted by the Respondent and upon demonstrating good cause for an extension. Upon\ncompletion of the ordered actions, Respondent may request that the Director close the case.\nFailure to comply with this Order may result in the assessment of civil penalties under\n49 CFR § 190.223 or in referral to the Attorney General for appropriate relief in a district court\nof the United States.\nThe terms and conditions of this order are effective upon service in accordance with\n49 CFR § 190.5.\n___________________________________ _________________________\nLinda Daugherty Date Issued\nActing Associate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\n\n\n\nU.S. Department of Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration 8701 S. Gessner, Suite 630\nHouston TX 77074\nNOTICE OF PROBABLE VIOLATION\nPROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY\nand\nPROPOSED COMPLIANCE ORDER\nVIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO: vrosa@nesmidstream.com\nFebruary 12, 2026\nVidal Rosa\nSenior Vice President of Operations\nNavigator Energy Services\n2626 Cole Avenue, Suite 900\nDallas, Texas 75204\nCPF 4-2026-012-NOPV\nDear Mr. Rosa:\nFrom August 5 to September 18, 2023 of the on-site inspection, a representative of the Pipeline\nand Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United\nStates Code (U.S.C.), inspected Navigator Panhandle Holdco, LLC, and Navigator Ph Crossing\nLLC’s (Navigator) crude pipeline assets between Cushing, Oklahoma to Perryton, Oklahoma.1\nAs a result of the inspection, it is alleged that Navigator has committed probable violations of the\nPipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The items inspected\nand the probable violations are:\n1. § 195.452 Pipeline integrity management in high consequence areas.\n(a) . . . .\n(l) What records must an operator keep to demonstrate compliance?\n(1) An operator must maintain, for the useful life of the pipeline,\nrecords that demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this\nsubpart. At a minimum, an operator must maintain the following\nrecords for review during an inspection:\n(i) . . . .\n1 Navigator Panhandle Holdco, LLC, Navigator Ph Crossing, LLC, and The Glass Mountain Pipeline System\n(GMPL), are subsidiaries of Navigator Energy Services.\n\n\n\n(ii) Documents to support the decisions and analyses, including any\nmodifications, justifications, deviations and determinations made,\nvariances, and actions taken, to implement and evaluate each element\nof the integrity management program listed in paragraph (f) of this\nsection.\nNavigator failed to have records to support its decision in selecting methods for integrity\nassessment based on specific integrity threats in accordance with § 195.452(l)(1)(ii) and its\nprocedures.2 Specifically, Navigator failed to have records that comply with its Integrity\nAssessment Method Selection Process Workflow as detailed in Section 3.1 Select Integrity\nAssessment Methods of its Integrity Management Program Manual: Hazardous Liquid Pipeline\nFacilities (Rev. Dec. 31, 2023), Section 3.1 Select Integrity Assessment Methods, when selecting\nthe integrity assessment methods for the Arnett to Ruby, Cushing to Ruby, and Arnett to Perryton\npipeline segments.\nThe records provided to PHMSA by Navigator did not include an evaluation of the specific\nintegrity threats identified and considered for the identified segments through an updated risk\nanalysis, periodic evaluations, previous assessments, or industry experience, and did not include\nan explanation for how integrity assessment methods were selected.\nTherefore, Navigator failed to have records to support its decision in selecting methods for\nintegrity assessment based on specific integrity threats in accordance with § 195.452(l)(1)(ii).\n2. § 195.452 Pipeline integrity management in high consequence areas.\n(a) . . . .\n(g) What is an information analysis? In periodically evaluating the\nintegrity of each pipeline segment (see paragraph (j) of this section), an\noperator must analyze all available information about the integrity of\nits entire pipeline and the consequences of a possible failure along the\npipeline. Operators must continue to comply with the data integration\nelements specified in § 195.452(g) that were in effect on October 1, 2018,\nuntil October 1, 2022. Operators must begin to integrate all the data\nelements specified in this section starting October 1, 2020, with all\nattributes integrated by October 1, 2022. This analysis must:\n(1) Integrate information and attributes about the pipeline that\ninclude, but are not limited to:\n(i) Pipe diameter, wall thickness, grade, and seam type;\n(ii) Pipe coating, including girth weld coating;\n(iii) Maximum operating pressure (MOP) and temperature;\n2 Section 195.452(f)(2) requires operators to have a baseline assessment plan that meets the requirements of\nparagraph (c) of that section. Section 195.452(c)(i) and (c)(iii) require operators to include in its baseline\nassessment plan the methods selected to assess the integrity of the line pipe, and an explanation of the assessment\nmethods selected and evaluation of risk factors considered in establishing the assessment schedule, respectively.\n2\n\n\n\n(iv) Endpoints of segments that could affect high consequence areas\n(HCAs);\n(v) Hydrostatic test pressure including any test failures or leaks - if\nknown;\n(vi) Location of casings and if shorted;\n(vii) Any in-service ruptures or leaks - including identified causes;\n(viii) Data gathered through integrity assessments required under\nthis section;\n(ix) Close interval survey (CIS) survey results;\n(x) Depth of cover surveys;\n(xi) Corrosion protection (CP) rectifier readings;\n(xii) CP test point survey readings and locations;\n(xiii) AC/DC and foreign structure interference surveys;\n(xiv) Pipe coating surveys and cathodic protection surveys.\n(xv) Results of examinations of exposed portions of buried pipelines\n(i.e., pipe and pipe coating condition, see § 195.569);\n(xvi) Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and other cracking (pipe\nbody or weld) excavations and findings, including in-situ non-\ndestructive examinations and analysis results for failure stress\npressures and cyclic fatigue crack growth analysis to estimate the\nremaining life of the pipeline;\n(xvii) Aerial photography;\n(xviii) Location of foreign line crossings;\n(xix) Pipe exposures resulting from repairs and encroachments;\n(xx) Seismicity of the area; and\n(xxi) Other pertinent information derived from operations and\nmaintenance activities and any additional tests, inspections, surveys,\npatrols, or monitoring required under this part.\nNavigator failed to integrate information and attributes about the pipeline in its analysis of all\navailable information about the integrity of its entire pipeline and the consequences of a possible\nfailure along the pipeline in accordance with the requirements of § 195.452(g)(1). Specifically,\nNavigator failed to provide records demonstrating that it integrated the information and attributes\nthat include, but are not limited to, the data integration elements in § 195.452(g)(1)(i) through\n(xxi), in its information analyses between 2018 and 2023.\nProposed Civil Penalty\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\n3\n\n\n\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,\n2023, the maximum penalty may not exceed $239,142 per violation per day the violation persists,\nup to a maximum of $2,391,412 for a related series of violations. For violation occurring on or\nafter May 3, 2021 and before March 21, 2022, the maximum penalty may not exceed $225,134\nper violation 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\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\nviolation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,186,465 for a related series of\nviolations.\nWe have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documentation involved for the above\nprobable violation(s) and recommend that you be preliminarily assessed a civil penalty of $62,900\nas follows:\nItem number PENALTY\nItem 1 $ 62,900\nProposed Compliance Order\nWith respect to Item 2 pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60118, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration proposes to issue a Compliance Order to Navigator Energy Services. Please refer\nto the Proposed Compliance Order, which is enclosed and made a part of this Notice.\nResponse to this Notice\nEnclosed as part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in\nEnforcement Proceedings. Please refer to this document and note the response options. All\nmaterial you submit in response to this enforcement action may be 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 your receipt of this Notice, you have 30 days to respond as described in the enclosed\nResponse Options. If you do not respond within 30 days of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes\na waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this Notice and authorizes the Associate\nAdministrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice without further notice to\nyou and to issue a Final Order. If you are responding to this Notice, we propose that you submit\nyour correspondence to my office within 30 days from receipt of this Notice. The Region Director\n4\n\n\n\nmay extend the period for responding upon a written request timely submitted demonstrating good\ncause for an extension.\nIn your correspondence on this matter, please refer to CPF 4-2026-012-NOPV and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nBryan Lethcoe\nDirector, Southwest Region, Office of Pipeline Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nEnclosures: Proposed Compliance Order\nResponse Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings\ncc: Vanessa Romero, EHS Regulatory Manager, Navigator Energy Services,\nvromero@nesmidstream.com\n5\n\n\n\nPROPOSED COMPLIANCE ORDER\nPursuant to 49 United States Code § 60118, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), proposes to issue to Navigator Energy Services a Compliance Order\nincorporating the following remedial requirements to ensure the compliance of Navigator Energy\nServices with the pipeline safety regulations:\nA. In regard to Item 2 of the Notice pertaining to Navigator’s failure to integrate\ninformation and attributes about the pipeline into its integrity management\ninformation analysis in accordance with § 195.452(g)(1), Navigator must revise its\nIntegrity Management Program to include all information and attributes about its\nentire pipeline system, complete a data integration for each pipeline segment\nsubject to Navigator’s Integrity Management Program, and submit the revised\nprocedure and analyses to the Director, Southwest Region, within 90 days of receipt\nof the Final Order.\nB. It is requested (not mandated) that to Navigator maintain documentation of the\nsafety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Compliance Order and\nsubmit the total to Bryan Lethcoe, Director, Southwest Region, Office of Pipeline\nSafety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. It is requested\nthat these costs be reported in two categories: 1) total cost associated with\npreparation/revision of plans, procedures, studies and analyses, and 2) total cost\nassociated with replacements, additions and other changes to pipeline\ninfrastructure.\n6","truncated":false,"body_characters":17890}