# FRONT RANGE PIPELINE, LLC. — Notice of Amendment - **operation:** document - **citation:** CPF 520075007M - **title:** FRONT RANGE PIPELINE, LLC. — Notice of Amendment - **source type:** enforcement - **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - **status:** historical - **official:** true - **published on:** 2007-02-08 - **effective on:** Not available - **summary:** CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.402(d)(5). - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075007m.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075007m.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075007m - **source url:** https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520075007M **body:** Notice of Amendment involving FRONT RANGE PIPELINE, LLC.. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.402(d)(5). The case was opened on 2007-02-08 and is reported as closed as of 2007-05-14. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status. Official case documents: 520075007M_notice letter_02082007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075007M/520075007M_notice%20letter_02082007.pdf 520075007m_notice letter_02082007_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075007M/520075007m_notice%20letter_02082007_text.pdf 520075007M_Operator Response to notice letter_03292007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075007M/520075007M_Operator%20Response%20to%20notice%20letter_03292007.pdf 520075007m_notice letter_02082007_text.pdf O U. S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite 110 Lakewood, CO 80228 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED February 8, 2007 Dan Knepper VP Energy Operations Cenex Harvest 803 Highway 212 South Laurel, MT 59044 SENT TO COMPLIANCE REGISTRY Hardcopy Electrontcally~ ¹ of Copies'. / Date ~~'7 CPF 5-2007-5007M Dear Mr. Knepper: From June 12-15, 2006, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected your procedures for operation and maintenance in Laurel, Montana, As a result of the inspection, it appears that your written procedures are inadequate according to the requirements of )190. 237: $195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies. (d) Abnormal operation. The manual required by paragraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following to provide safety when operating design limits have been exceeded; (5) Periodically reviewing the response of operator personnel to determine the effectiveness of the procedures controlling abnormal operation and taking corrective action where deficiencies are found. There is no procedure for the periodic review of work for abnormal operations to determine the effectiveness of procedures. Res onse to this Notice If, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, your procedures are found to be inadequate, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies (49 C. F. R. $ 190. 237). This letter serves as your notice of inadequate plans or procedures. Enclosed as part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipehne Operators in Compliance Proceedings Please refer to the Notice of Amendment portion of this docinnent and note the response options. If you do not respond within 30 days of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this Notice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice without further notice to you and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your amended procedures to my office within 30 days of receipt of this Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed. In your correspondence on this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2007-5007M and for each docinnent you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible. Sincerely, ~Woi al Director, Western Region Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Enclosure: Response Options for Pipelme Operators m Compliance Proceedings cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry PHP-500 (G. Davis, ¹116721) - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 3794