{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520075001W","title":"EXXONMOBIL PIPELINE CO — Warning Letter","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2007-01-09","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED warning letter citing 195.402(a), 195.410(a)(1), 195.422(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075001w.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075001w.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075001w","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520075001W","body":"Warning Letter involving EXXONMOBIL PIPELINE CO. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.402(a),  195.410(a)(1),  195.422(a). The case was opened on 2007-01-09 and is reported as closed as of 2007-01-09. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520075001W_Warning Letter_01092007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075001W/520075001W_Warning%20Letter_01092007.pdf\n\n520075001w_warning letter_01092007_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075001W/520075001w_warning%20letter_01092007_text.pdf\n\n520075001w_warning letter_01092007_text.pdf\n\nU. S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\n12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite ii0\nLakewood, CO 80228\nWARNING LETTER\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\nJanuary 9, 2007\nMr. John DuPre\nVice President — Operations, Northern\nExxonMobil Pipeline Company\n3225 Gallows Road\nFairfax, VA 22037\nSENT TO COMPLIANCE REGISTRY\nHardcopy Electronically ~\n¹ of Copies~/ Date I///L'7\nCPF 5-2007-5001W\nDear Mr, DuPre;\nOn June 20 to June 22, 2006, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected your Silvertip\nPipeline in south central Montana.\nAs a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed probable violations of the Pipeline\nSafety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The items inspected and the probable\nviolations are:\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline system a manual\nof written procedures for conducting normal operations and maintenance activities and\nhandling abnormal operations and emergencies. This manual shall be reviewed at\nintervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, and appropriate\nchanges made as necessary to insure that the manual is effective. This manual shall be\nprepared before initial operations of a pipeline commence, and appropriate parts shall be\nkept at locations where operations and maintenance activities are conducted.\nExxonMobil Pipeline Company's (EMPCo's) cathodic protection monitoring procedures state\n\"The annual pipe-to-soils shall be plotted and compared to the last three years. When a\nsignificant drop in potential is noted, further investigation should be scheduled to identify the\ncause. \" Review of EMPCo's pipe-to-soil records for the Silvertip Pipeline in 2005 show that\nseveral locations along this pipeline had pipe-to-soil readings significantly below the previous\n\n\n\nthree years' readings. In fact several locations show a trend toward lower levels of cathodic\nprotection. There had been no further investigation to determine the cause.\n2. $195. 410 Line markers.\n(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each operator shall place and\nmaintain line markers over each buried pipeline in accordance with the following:\n(1) Markers must be located at each public road crossing, at each railroad crossing, and\nin sufficient number along the remainder of each buried line so that its location is\naccurately known.\nAt the time of this inspection there were no pipeline markers at the Peterson road crossing at\nMP 54. 8.\n3. $195. 422 Pipeline Repairs.\n(a) Each operator shall, in repairing its pipeline systems, insure that the repairs are\nmade in a safe manner and are made so as to prevent damage to persons or property.\nEMPCo's in-service fillet and groove weld procedures, qualified in 1974, do not have the\nnumber and/or type of qualification destructive tests that are required under the accepted\nindustry practice for qualifying in-service welds (API 1104 Appendix B).\nUnder 49 United States Code, $ 60122, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100, 000 for\neach violation for each day the violations persists up to a maximum of $1, 000, 000 for any related\nseries of violations. We have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents involved in this\ncase, and have decided not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty assessment\nproceedings at this time. We advise you to correct the item(s) identified in this letter. Be advised that\nfailure to do so will result in ExxonMobil Pipeline Company being subject to additional enforcement\naction.\nNo reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to CPF\n5-2007-5001 W.\nSincerely,\n'\nC\nHoida\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 (G. Davis ¹ 116697)","truncated":false,"body_characters":4703}