# BREA CANON OIL COMPANY — Notice of Amendment

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- **citation:** CPF 520050017M
- **title:** BREA CANON OIL COMPANY — Notice of Amendment
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2005-10-17
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.805(b), 192.805(f).
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Notice of Amendment involving BREA CANON OIL COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.805(b),  192.805(f). The case was opened on 2005-10-17 and is reported as closed as of 2009-05-18. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

520050017M_Order Directing Amendment_05182009.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520050017M/520050017M_Order%20Directing%20Amendment_05182009.pdf

520050017M_Order Directing Amendment_05182009_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520050017M/520050017M_Order%20Directing%20Amendment_05182009_text.pdf

520050017M_Order Directing Amendment_05182009_text.pdf

MAY 18 2009
Mr. Rey Javier
Vice President
Brea Cañon Oil Co., Inc.
23903 S. Normandie Ave.
Harbor City, CA 90710
Re: CPF No. 5-2005-0017M
Dear Mr. Javier:
Enclosed is the Order Directing Amendment issued in the above-referenced case. It finds that
your procedures were inadequate, as alleged in the Notice of Amendment, but that no further
action is required because your pipeline is no longer subject to Part 192. This case is now
closed. Your receipt of the Final Order constitutes service under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey D. Wiese
Associate Administrator
for Pipeline Safety
Enclosure
cc: Chris Hoidal, P.E., Director, Western Region, OPS
CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED [7005 1160 0001 0047 7155]



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590
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In the Matter of )
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Brea Cañon Oil Co., Inc., ) CPF No. 5-2005-0017M
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Respondent. )
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ORDER DIRECTING AMENDMENT
From May 18 to 19, 2005, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS),
inspected the Operator Qualification (OQ) Program of Brea Cañon Oil Co., Inc. (Brea Cañon or
Respondent), at its headquarters in Harbor City, California. Brea Cañon operates an 11-mile
natural gas pipeline system in California.
As a result of that inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS, issued to Brea Cañon, by letter
dated October 17, 2005, a Notice of Amendment (NOA). The NOA alleged that Brea Cañon’s
OQ program was inadequate and proposed to require the amendment of the company’s
procedures to comply with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 192 and, specifically, 49 C.F.R.
§§ 192.805(b) and (f).
In a letter dated November 8, 2005, Brea Cañon responded to the NOA and submitted a portion
of its OQ Manual. Based on the results of the Director’s review, I find that Brea Cañon’s OQ
Program, as described in the NOA, was inadequate at the time of the OPS inspection. I also find
that the remaining deficiencies need not be addressed, as Respondent’s pipeline is no longer
subject to Part 192 requirements. This is because Brea Cañon now operates the line for onshore
gas gathering purposes at less than zero psi. See 49 C.F.R. 192.1(b)(4)(i).
In the event, however, that Brea Cañon has reason to believe that its pipeline no longer qualifies
as a gathering line, PHMSA requests that the company promptly notify the Director, Western
Region, OPS, of such change in status.
The terms and conditions of this Order Directing Amendment shall be effective upon receipt.
_____________________________ __________________________
Jeffrey D. Wiese Date Issued
Associate Administrator
for Pipeline Safety
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