{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520080011M","title":"FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2008-05-02","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.453, 192.465(a), 192.605(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520080011m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520080011m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520080011m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520080011M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.453,  192.465(a),  192.605(a). The case was opened on 2008-05-02 and is reported as closed as of 2009-04-29. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520080011M_notice of amendment_05022008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520080011M/520080011M_notice%20of%20amendment_05022008.pdf\n\n520080011m_notice of amendment_05022008_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520080011M/520080011m_notice%20of%20amendment_05022008_text.pdf\n\n520080011M_operator response_05162008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520080011M/520080011M_operator%20response_05162008.pdf\n\n520080011M_operator response_10012008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520080011M/520080011M_operator%20response_10012008.pdf\n\n520080011m_notice of amendment_05022008_text.pdf\n\nO\nU. S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\n12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite 110\nLakewood, CO 80228\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\nMay 2, 2008\nMr. Dan Britton\nPresident\nFairbanks Natural Gas\n3408 International Way\nFairbanks, AK 99701-9701\nCPF 5-200S-0011M\nDear Mr. Britton:\nOn August 24 and November 14-15, 2007, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code,\ninspected the Fairbanks Natural Gas procedures for Operations and Maintenance (OAM) near\nBig Lake, Alaska.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nFairbanks Natural Gas's plans or procedures, as described below:\n$192. 605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies\nEach operator shall include the following in its operating and maintenance\nplan:\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline, a\nmanual of written procedures for conducting operations and maintenance\nactivities and for emergency response. For transmission lines, the manual must\nalso include procedures for handling abnormal operations. This manual must\nbe reviewed and updated by the operator at intervals not exceeding 15 months,\nbut at least one each calendar year. This manual must be prepared before\noperations of a pipeline system commence. Appropriate parts of the manual\nmust be kept at locations where operations and maintenance activities are\nconducted.\n\n\n\n(c) Abnormal operation. For transmission lines, the manual required by\nparagraph (a) of this section must include procedures for the following to provide\nsafety when operating design limits have been exceeded:\n(1) Responding to, investigating, and correcting the cause of:\n(i) Unintended closure of valves or shutdowns;\nAt the time of the inspection, Fairbanks Natural Gas's O&M Manual did not have an adequate\nabnormal operating procedure to demonstrate that they must respond to, investigate, and correct\nthe cause of unintended valve closures or shut downs.\n2. $192. 605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies\nEach operator shall include the following in its operating and maintenance plan:\n(b) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a)\nof this section must include procedures for the following, if applicable, to provide\nsafety during maintenance and operations.\n(1) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline in accordance with\neach of the requirements of this subpart and Subpart M of this part.\n$192. 453 General. (Requirements for Corrosion Control)\nThe corrosion control procedures required by $192. 605(b)(2), including those for\nthe design, installation, operation, and maintenance of cathodic protection systems,\nmust be carried out by, or under the direction of, a person qualified in pipeline\ncorrosion control methods.\nAt the time of the inspection, Fairbanks Natural Gas's O&M Manual for Corrosion Control did\nnot have an adequate procedure to demonstrate that the design, installation, operation, and\nmaintenance of the cathodic protection system must be carried out by, or under the direction of,\na person qualified in pipeline corrosion control methods.\n3. $192. 465 External corrosion control: Monitoring.\n(a) Each pipeline that is under cathodic protection must be tested at least once each\ncalendar year, but with intervals not exceeding 15 months, to determine whether\nthe cathodic protection meets the requirements of $192. 463. However, if tests at\nthose intervals are impractical for separately protected short sections of mains or\ntransmission line, not in excess of 100 feet (30 meters), or separately protected\nservice line, these pipelines may be surveyed on a sampling basis. At least 10\npercent of these protected structures, distributed over the entire system must be\nsurveyed each calendar year, with a different 10 percent checked each subsequent\nyear, so that the entire system is tested in each 10-year period.\nAt the time of the inspection, Fairbanks Natural Gas's O&M Manual for Cathodic Protection\ndid not have an adequate procedure to demonstrate that they must perform annual pipe-to-soil\nreadings to accurately monitor the effectiveness of the cathodic protection system.\n\n\n\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\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 5-200S-0011M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\ni\nChris Hoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 B. Brown (4118827)\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings","truncated":false,"body_characters":7443}