{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520030013","title":"COALINGA, CITY OF — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2003-11-28","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.13(c), 192.16, 192.459, 192.603(b), 192.605(a), 192.616, 192.707(c), 192.809(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520030013.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520030013.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520030013","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520030013","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving COALINGA, CITY OF. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192,  192.13(c),  192.16,  192.459,  192.603(b),  192.605(a),  192.616,  192.707(c),  192.809(a). The case was opened on 2003-11-28 and is reported as closed as of 2007-09-12. Proposed civil penalty: $15,000. Assessed civil penalty: $0. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520030013_final order_11032004.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520030013/520030013_final%20order_11032004.pdf\n\n520030013_final order_11032004_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520030013/520030013_final%20order_11032004_text.pdf\n\n520030013_Settlement Agreement_12212004.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520030013/520030013_Settlement%20Agreement_12212004.pdf\n\n520030013_settlement agreement_12212004_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520030013/520030013_settlement%20agreement_12212004_text.pdf\n\n520030013_final order_11032004_text.pdf\n\nU 5 Department\nof Transportation\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\n400 Seventh St S W\nWashington DC 20590\nNOV -3 2004\nMr. Richard N. Warne\nCity Manager\nCity of Coalinga\n155 West Durian Avenue\nCoalinga, CA 93210\nRe: CPF Nos. 5-2003-6613, 5-2600-0003, 58005\nDear Mr. Warne:\nEnclosed are the Final Orders issued by the Associate Admimstrator for Pipeline Safety in\nthe above-referenced cases. They make findings of violation, assess civil penalties of $24, 500, and\nspecify actions to be taken to comply with the pipeline safety regulations. Your receipt of the Final\nOrders constitutes service of those documents under 49 C. F. R. g 190. 5.\nThe Associate Administrator also offers the enclosed Settlement Agreement. Execution of the\nagreement stays payment of the civil penalties pending your coinphance with the provisions of the\nSettlement Agreement. Please sign both copies of the enclosed agreement and return both copies\nvia express service to Mr. Benjamin Fred, Office of the Chief Counsel, Research and Special\nPrograms Administration, Suite 8417, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. If you have\nany questions with regards to this matter, please contact Mr. Fred at (202) 366-4400.\nSincerely,\nJames Reynolds\nPipeline Compliance Registry\nOffice of Pipeline Safety\nEnclosures\nCERTIFIED MAIL — RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\n\n\n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nRESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON, DC 20590\nIn the Matter of\nCity of Coalinga,\nRespondent\nCPF No. 5-2000-0003\nFINAL ORDER\nOn June 28 through July 2, 1999, pursuant to 49 U. S. C. g 60117, a representative of the California\nPublic Utilities Commission, as agent for the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), conducted an on-site\npipeline safety inspection of Respondent's facilities and records in Coalinga, California. As a result\nof the inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS, issued to Respondent, by letter dated February\n25, 2000, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Compliance Order. In accordance with\n49 C. F. R. g 190. 207, the Notice proposed finding that Respondent had committed violations of\n49 C. F. R. Part 192 and proposed that Respondent take certain measures to correct the alleged\nviolations.\nRespondent failed to respond within 30 days after it had received the Notice. Respondent's failure\nto respond constitutes a waiver of Respondent's right to contest the allegations in the Notice and\nauthorizes the entry of this Final Order.\nPursuant to g 190. 209(c), I find that Respondent violated the following sections of 49 C. F. R. Part\n192 as described more completely in the Notice:\n49 C. F. R. g 192. 13(c) — failing to maintain and follow procedures for operations,\nmaintenance, and emergencies (OM&E) by:\na. failing to document the causes of leaks when they were repaired;\nb, failing to document actions taken to restore cathodic protection levels found below\nthe estabhshed criterion;\nc. failing to conduct odorization momtoring;\nd. failing to conduct annual leakage surveys on two mains located within residential\ndistricts;\n\n\n\ne. failing to keep records demonstrating that equipment has been calibrated pursuant to\nRespondent's OM&E procedures; and\nf. failing to have procedures establishing rectifier reading parameters that require\nnotification of Respondent's cathodic protection consultant to determine whether\nremedial action is required;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 16(a)-(c) — failing to provide written notice to each customer that has buried\npiping not maintained by Respondent, within 90 days after the customer first receives gas at\na particular location, that Respondent does not maintain the customer's buried piping and\nthat precautions should be taken to avoid the potential hazards of corrosion and leakage;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 459 — failing to examine exposed portions of buried pipehne for evidence\nof external corrosion and coating deterioration;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 465(a) — failing to test each pipeline under cathodic protection at least once\neach calendar year, with intervals not exceeding 15 months, to determine whether the\ncathodic protection meets the requirements of $ 192. 463. Respondent failed to monitor an\nisolated steel riser connected to a plastic service line, in addition to several locations where\nplastic mains had replaced steel mains creating isolated services or risers;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 603(b) — failing to keep records necessary to administer established OM&E\nprocedures by:\na. failing to have records demonstrating atmospheric corrosion monitoring for the\naboveground pipeline segment located on a bridge near the city's entrance, pursuant\nto $ 192. 481; and\nb. failing to have records demonstrating the patrolling of the same segment in\naccordance with $ 192. 721;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 605(b)(3) — failing to review for accuracy and update as necessary the maps\nof its distribution facilities. Respondent's maps did not show the location of every main and\nservice line;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 615(a)(6) — failing to establish written procedures for emergency shutdown\nand pressure reduction for individual sections of Respondent's pipeline system. Respondent\ndid not have procedures for isolation zones to facilitate emergency shutdown and pressure\nreduction to minimize the hazards of a gas pipeline emergency;\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 621(a)(5) — failing to have records documenting the estabhshment of a\nmaximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 30 psig for Respondent's natural gas\nsystem. Respondent's records supported a MAOP of no greater than 23 psig; and\n\n\n\n49 C. F. R. $ 192. 723(b)(1) — failing to conduct an annual leak survey in 1997 for the 6-mch\nmain line that feeds the \"Return to Custody\" facility.\nThese findings of violation will be considered prior offenses in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a compliance order with respect to the violations alleged in the Notice. Under\n49 U. S. C. $ 60118(a), each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates\na pipeline facility is required to comply with the applicable safety standards established under\nChapter 601. Pursuant to the authority of 49 U. S. C. $ 60118(b) and 49 C. F. R $ 190. 217,\nRespondent is ordered to take the following actions to ensure compliance with the pipeline safety\nregulations applicable to its operations. Respondent must-\n1. Develop processes, controls, and reviews to ensure that OMBRE procedures are followed\nwith respect to:\na. Documenting the causes of leaks when they are repaired;\nb. Documenting actions taken to restore cathodic protection levels;\nc. Conducting odorization monitoring and documentmg the results;\nd. Conducting leakage surveys and documenting the results;\ne. Documenting equipment calibration; and\nf. Documenting the condition of exposed portions of buried pipeline.\n2. Conduct odorization monitoring to assure that natural gas in the distribution system is\nodorized pursuant to $ 192. 625. Maintain records to document this process\n3. Develop parameters for rectifier readings that require notification of Respondent's\ncathodic protection consultant to determine whether remedial action is necessary.\n4. Identify each customer that has buried piping not maintained by Respondent up to the\nentry of the first building downstream, or, if the customer's buried piping does not enter\na building, up to the principal gas utilization equipment or the first fence (or wall) that\nsurrounds the equipment, and provide written notification pursuant to $ 192. 16. Develop\nprocesses and controls to ensure that customers receive required notification within 90\ndays after the customer first receives gas at a particular location,\n5. Conduct a review of the distribution system and determine locations of all isolated\nservice lines or risers. Schedule each isolated service line or riser for cathodic protection\nmonitoring.\n6. Develop records and documentation of patrolling and atmospheric corrosion monitoring\nfor the aboveground segment of main located on the bridge near the city's entrance.\n\n\n\n7. Update maps of distribution facilities to accurately show the location of every service\nline and main. Develop procedures to assure that the system maps are updated regularly.\n8. Review emergency plans and establish isolation zones as necessary to facilitate\nemergency shut-down or pressure reductions to minimize the potential hazards of a gas\npipeline emergency.\n9. Provide documentation that the MAOP on Respondent's pipeline system has been\nproperly determined pursuant to ) 192. 621. If documentation cannot be provided,\nRespondent must reduce MAOP to the documented pressure of 23 psig\n10. Submit to the Director, Western Region, OPS within 30 days of receipt of this Final\nOrder a plan for completing each of the above items, including dates for completion of\nthe required actions;\n11. Provide semi-annual written reports of progress made towards achieving compliance.\nThe semi-annual reports are due on February 1 and July 1 of each calendar year until\nsuch time as the Regional Director is satisfied that all requirements have been met. The\ninitial report must be submitted within 30 days of receipt of this Final Order.\n12. When compliance has been achieved, submit documentation to the Regional Director\ndemonstrating the completion of each of the above items.\nThe Regional Director may grant an extension of time to comply with any of the required items upon\na written request by the Respondent demonstrating good cause for an extension.\nFailure to comply with this Final Order may result in the assessment of civil penalties of up to\n$100, 000 per violation per day, or in the referral of the case for judicial enforcement.\nNOV -S ZX\nDate Issued\nSt c Gerard\nAsso 'ate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":10901}