{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520070025M","title":"QEP MARKETING COMPANY — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2007-11-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.905(a), 192.905(c).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520070025m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520070025m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520070025m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520070025M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving QEP MARKETING COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.905(a),  192.905(c). The case was opened on 2007-11-16 and is reported as closed as of 2008-03-03. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520070025M_notice of amendment_11162007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520070025M/520070025M_notice%20of%20amendment_11162007.pdf\n\n520070025m_notice of amendment_11162007_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520070025M/520070025m_notice%20of%20amendment_11162007_text.pdf\n\n520070025M_operator response to notice_12052007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520070025M/520070025M_operator%20response%20to%20notice_12052007.pdf\n\n520070025m_notice of amendment_11162007_text.pdf\n\nSENT r~ I\". inrun\n»~tv s Rwoyrrr\nHardcopy FIectrontcaiIv\n0 of Copies Kl Date~t' i'~7~ &\n12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite 110\nLakewood, CO 80228\nU. S. Deportment\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\nNovember 16, 2007\nMr, Perry H. Richards\nGeneral Manager\nQuestar Energy Trading\n1050 17'\" S\nDenver, CO 80265\nCPF 5-2007-0025M\nDear Mr. Richards:\nOn November 6, 2007, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected Questar\nEnergy Trading's {QET) procedures and records for your Integrity Management Program {IMP)\nin Evanston, Wyoming.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nQET plans and procedures, as described below:\n1. HCA Identification\n$192. 905 How does an operator identify a high consequence area?\n(a) GeneraL To determine which segments of an operator's transmission pipeline\nsystem are covered by this subpart, an operator must identify the high consequence\nareas. An operator must use method (1) or (2) from the definition in g 192. 903 to\nidentify a high consequence area. An operator may apply one method to its entire\npipeline system, or an operator may apply one method to individual portions of the\npipeline system. An operator must describe in its integrity management program\nwhich method it is applying to each portion of the operator's pipeline system. The\n\n\n\ndescription must include the potential impact radius when utilized to establish a high\nconsequence area. (See appendix E. I. for guidance on identifying high consequence\nareas. )\n(b)(1) Identified sites. An operator must identify an identified site, for purposes of this\nsubpart, from information the operator has obtained from routine operation and\nmaintenance activities and from public officials with safety or emergency response or\nplanning responsibilities who indicate to the operator that they know of locations that\nmeet the identified site criteria. These public officials could include officials on a local\nemergency planning commission or relevant Native American tribal officials.\n(2) If a public official with safety or emergency response or planning responsibilities\ninforms an operator that it does not have the information to identify an identified site,\nthe operator must use one of the following sources, as appropriate, to identify these\nsites.\n(i) Visible marking (e. g. ,\na sign); or\n(ii) The site is licensed or registered by a Federal, State, or local government agency;\nor\n(iii) The site is on a list (including a list on an internet web site) or map maintained by\nor available from a Federal, State, or local government agency and available to the\ngeneral public.\n(c) Newly identified areas. When an operator has information that the area around a\npipeline segment not previously identified as a high consequence area could satisfy any\nof the definitions in g 192. 903, the operator must complete the evaluation using method\n(1) or (2). If the segment is determined to meet the definition as a high consequence\narea, it must be incorporated into the operator's baseline assessment plan as a high\nconsequence area within one year from the date the area is identified.\n~ Item 1A: $192. 905(a) and $192. 905(b)(1) &(2)\nThe QET HCA identification process does not clearly define in sufficient detail who is\nresponsible for making decisions regarding the determination of HCAs and the\nqualifications of that individual as required by ASME B31. 8S Section 12. 2. 4 and (192. 915.\n~ Item 1B: $192. 905(c)\nThe HCA process used by QET does not require the pipeline be surveyed and evaluated for\nany other changes on an annual basis to determine if there are any new HCAs along the\npipeline.\nRes onse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U. S. C. $ 60108(a) and 49 C. F. R. $ 190. 237. Enclosed as\npart of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in\n\n\n\nCompliance Proceedings. Please refer to this document and note the response options. Be\nadvised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being\nmade publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material qualifies\nfor confidential treatment under 5 U. S. C. 552(b), along with the complete original document\nyou must provide a second copy of the document with the portions you believe qualify for\nconfidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe the redacted information\nqualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U. S. C. 552(b). If you do not respond within 30 days\nof receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this\nNotice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in\nthis Notice without further notice to you and to issue a Final Order.\nIf, after opportunity for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in\nthis Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies\n(49 C. F. R. $ 190. 237). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your\namended procedures to my office within 30 days of receipt of this Notice. This period may be\nextended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been\naddressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed.\nIn correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2007-0025M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nQU\nChris Hoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 J. Gilliam (¹120027)","truncated":false,"body_characters":6809}