{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520075044M","title":"ONEOK ROCKIES MIDSTREAM, LLC — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2007-12-11","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.226(c), 195.402(a), 195.402(c)(11), 195.402(c)(7), 195.402(c)(8), 195.402(e)(3), 195.402(e)(7), 195.5(a), 195.557(b), 195.563(b).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075044m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075044m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520075044m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520075044M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving ONEOK ROCKIES MIDSTREAM, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.226(c),  195.402(a),  195.402(c)(11),  195.402(c)(7),  195.402(c)(8),  195.402(e)(3),  195.402(e)(7),  195.5(a),  195.557(b),  195.563(b). The case was opened on 2007-12-11 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\n520075044M_notice of amendment_12112007.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075044M/520075044M_notice%20of%20amendment_12112007.pdf\n\n520075044m_notice of amendment_12112007_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075044M/520075044m_notice%20of%20amendment_12112007_text.pdf\n\n520075044M_operator response to notice_01112008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520075044M/520075044M_operator%20response%20to%20notice_01112008.pdf\n\n520075044m_notice of amendment_12112007_text.pdf\n\nT( i l i'ig$pi )pgg( F QEG$S RY\n(q, ~ ) i 1;, 0 r opic' 1. i('g I [olu(. ill v\nu 0 7\n12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite 110\nLakewood, CO B022B\nU. S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\nDecember 11, 2007\nCraig Forsander\nVice President\nONEOK\n100 West 5th Street\nTulsa, OK 74103\nCPF 5-2007-5044M\nDear Mr. Forsander:\nOn June 13, 2007 and July 18, 2007, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code inspected\nBear Paw Energy (BPE) procedures for operations and maintenance at your Grass Lands\ncomplex in North Dakota.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nBPE's procedures, as described below:\n$195. 5 Conversion to service subject to this part.\n(a) A steel pipeline previously used in service not subject to this part qualifies for\nuse under this part if the operator prepares and follows a written procedure to\naccomplish the following:\n(1) The design, construction, operation, and maintenance history of the pipeline\nmust be reviewed and, where sufficient historical records are not available,\nappropriate tests must be performed to determine if the pipeline is in satisfactory\ncondition for safe operation. If one or more of the variables necessary to verify the\ndesign pressure under $195. 106 or to perform the testing under paragraph (a) (4)\nof this section is unknown, the design pressure may be verified and the maximum\noperating pressure determine by-\n\n\n\n(i) Testing the pipeline in accordance with ASME B31. 8, Appendix N, to produce a\nstress equal to the yield strength; and\n(ii) Applying, to not more than 80 percent of the first pressure that produces a\nyielding, the design factor F in $195. 106(a) and the appropriate factors in\n$195. 106(e).\n(2) The pipeline right-of-way, all aboveground segments of the pipeline, and\nappropriately selected underground segments must be visually inspected for\nphysical defects and operating conditions which reasonably could be expected to\nimpair the strength or tightness of the pipeline.\n(3) All known unsafe defects and conditions must be corrected in accordance with\nthis part.\n(4) The pipeline must be tested in accordance with the subpart E of this part to\nsubstantiate the maximum operating pressure permitted by $195. 406.\n(b) A pipeline that qualifies for use under this section need not comply with the\ncorrosion control requirements of subpart H of this part until 12 months after it is\nplaced into service, notwithstanding any previous deadlines for compliance.\n(c) Each operator must keep for the life of the pipeline a record of the\ninvestigations, tests, repairs, replacements, and alterations made under the\nrequirements of paragraph (a) of this section.\nBPE has a form to be documented during a conversion of service activity however the\nform does not give adequate instructions to operator personnel on how to satisfactorily\ncomplete the conversion. An operator is required to have procedures that will provide\ndetailed instructions to employees during conversion to service activities.\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n(3) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline system in accordance with\neach of the requirements of this subpart and subpart H of this part.\nAnd\n$195. 422 Pipeline Repairs.\n(a) Each operator shall, in repairing its pipeline systems, ensure that the repairs\nare made in a safe manner and are made so as to prevent damage to persons or\nproperty.\nThe following procedure was inadequate to address welding of pipeline repairs:\n$195. 226 Welding: Arc burns.\n(c) A ground may not be welded to the pipe or fitting that is being welded.\nThe adopted ONEOK welding procedure TG 1602. 201 A endix Weldin Pi elines\nstates that welding of the ground wire to the pipe should not be allowed. Federal pipeline\nregulations mandate that welding of a ground wire to the pipe must not be allowed.\n\n\n\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline system a\nmanual of written procedures for conducting normal operations and maintenance\nactivities and handling abnormal operations and emergencies. This manual shall\nbe reviewed at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar\nyear, and appropriate changes made as necessary to insure that the manual is\neffective. This manual shall be prepared before initial operations of a pipeline\ncommence, and appropriate parts shall be kept at locations where operations and\nmaintenance activities are conducted.\nBPE's manual Section 3. 1 General Provisions page 3-2 only requires a review of normal\noperation procedures annually. Federal regulation requires that procedures for normal\noperation as well as those for maintenance and emergencies be reviewed once each\ncalendar year not to exceed 15 months.\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n(7) Starting up and shutting down any part of the pipeline in a manner designed to\nassure operation within the limits prescribed by paragraph $195. 406, consider the\nhazardous liquid or carbon dioxide in transportation, variations in altitude along\nthe pipeline, and pressure monitoring and control devices.\nThe current BPE manual for normal operations does not contain a procedure for starting\nup and shutting down their Riverview pipeline. There is no shutdown procedure in the\noperations manual.\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n(8) In the case of pipeline that is not equipped to fail safe, monitoring from an\nattended location pipeline pressure during startup until steady state pressure and\nflow conditions are reached and during shut-in to assure operation within limits\nprescribed by $195. 406.\nThe BPE manual does not give adequate direction to require monitoring of pipeline\npressures during startup and during shut-in to ensure that pressures remain with in the\nlimits prescribed in $195. 406.\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n\n\n\n(11) Minimizing the likelihood of accidental ignition of vapors in areas near\nfacilities identified under paragraph (c)(4) of this section where the potential exists\nfor the presence of flammable liquids or gases.\nBPE manual Section 3. 2 Desi n and 0 eratin Parameters does not provide adequate\ndirection for minimizing the likelihood of accidental ignition of vapors in areas that\nwould require an immediate response by the operator to prevent hazards to the public if\nthe facilities failed or malfunctioned. An operator is required to at least list common\npractices to be taken that will minimize the likelihood of accidental ignition of vapors in\nareas that would require an immediate response by the operator to prevent hazards to the\npublic if the facilities failed or malfunctioned.\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(e) Emergencies. The manual required by paragraph (a) of this section must\ninclude procedures for the following to provide safety when an emergency\ncondition occurs;\n(3) Having personnel, equipment, instruments, tools, and material available as\nneeded at the scene of an emergency.\nBPE's Emer enc Action Plan discusses personal protection equipment (PPE) and first\naid equipment and then states, \"Additional equipment will be furnished by emergency\nresponders at the scene of an incident. \" There is no list of possible equipment that\nwould most likely be required during an emergency nor are there any locations of where\nanticipated emergency equipment could be obtained.\nAn operator's emergency procedures must have sufficient detail to provide guidance to\nthose responding to emergencies so they will know where anticipated emergency\nresponse equipment resides and how to obtain it.\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(e) Emergencies. The manual required by paragraph (a) of this section must\ninclude procedures for the following to provide safety when an emergency\ncondition occurs;\n(7) Notifying fire, police, and other appropriate public officials of hazardous liquid\nor carbon dioxide pipeline emergencies and coordinating with them preplanned\nand actual responses during an emergency, including additional precautions\nnecessary for an emergency involving a pipeline transporting a highly volatile\nliquid.\nBPE's Emer enc Action Plan does not describe preplanned precautions that have been\ncoordinated with the responding fire, police, and other appropriate public officials in the\nevent of a HVL emergency.\nAn operator is not only required to perform preplanning of precautions to be taken in the\nevent of an HVL emergency with public officials, they are also required to describe\nthose preplanned precautions in their emergency response procedures.\n\n\n\n9. $195. 557 Which pipelines must have coating for external corrosion control?\n(b) Converted under Sec. 195. 5 and-\n(1) Has an external coating that substantially meets Sec. 195. 559 before the pipeline\nis placed in service; or\n(2) Is a segment that is relocated, replaced, or substantially altered.\nBPE manual Section 3. 3 Corrosion Prevention does not adequately address coating\nrequirements for pipelines that are being converted to hazardous liquid service, or are\nbeing relocated, replaced, or substantially altered.\nAn operator must have guidance that requires adequate coating if a pipeline is relocated,\nreplaced or substantially altered or if a pipeline had coating meeting $195. 559 before it\nwas converted to service.\n10. $195. 563 Which pipelines must have cathodic protection?\nb) Each buried or submerged pipeline converted under Sec. 195. 5 must have\ncathodic protection if the pipeline—\n(1) Has cathodic protection that substantially meets Sec. 195. 571 before the\npipeline is placed in service; or\n(2) Is a segment that is relocated, replaced, or substantially altered.\nBPE manual Section 3. 3 Corrosion Prevention does not adequately address cathodic\nprotection requirements for pipelines that are being converted to hazardous liquid service,\nor are being relocated, replaced, or substantially altered.\nAn operator must have guidance that requires adequate cathodic protection if a pipeline is\nrelocated, replaced or substantially altered or if a pipeline had cathodic protection\nmeeting $195. 571 before it was converted to service.\n11. $195. 567 Which pipelines must have test leads and what must I do to install and\nmaintain the leads?\n(c) Maintenance. You must maintain the test lead wires in a condition that enables\nyou to obtain electrical measurements to determine whether cathodic protection\ncomplies with Sec. 195. 571.\nBPE manual Corrosion Prevention does not provide detailed instruction to operator\npersonnel on how to maintain test leads. The current BPE manual references $195. 567(c)\nfor those instructions. Referencing $195. 567 \"alone\" is not sufficient guidance to\noperator personnel for ensuring test leads are maintained so that electrical measurements\ncan be taken.\n\n\n\nRes onse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U. S. C. g 60108(a) and 49 C. F. R. g 190. 237. Enclosed as\npart of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in\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 5-2007-5044M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely\n/\nis Hoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 G Davis (¹119570)\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings","truncated":false,"body_characters":15059}