{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520085007M","title":"HECO - HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2008-03-18","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.226(b), 195.402(c)(9), 195.403(a)(3).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085007m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085007m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085007m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520085007M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving HECO - HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.226(b),  195.402(c)(9),  195.403(a)(3). The case was opened on 2008-03-18 and is reported as closed as of 2008-07-11. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520085007M_notice of amendment_03182008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085007M/520085007M_notice%20of%20amendment_03182008.pdf\n\n520085007m_notice of amendment_03182008_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085007M/520085007m_notice%20of%20amendment_03182008_text.pdf\n\n520085007M_operator response_04212008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085007M/520085007M_operator%20response_04212008.pdf\n\n520085007m_notice of amendment_03182008_text.pdf\n\no\nU. S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and\nHazardous itaaterials Safety\nAdministration\n12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite 110\nLakewood, CO 80228\nNOTICE OF AMKNDMKNT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT RE UESTED\nMarch 18, 2008\nMr. Floyd Shiroma\nDirector, Fuels Infrastructure Division\nPower Supply Service Department\nHawaiian Electric Company, Inc.\nP, O. Box 2750\nHonolulu, HI 96840-0001\nCPF 5-2008-5007M\nDear Mr. Shiroma\nFrom August 30 to September 1, 2007, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected\nyour pipeline system operations and maintenance procedures and records, and conducted a field\ninspection of your pipeline facilities in Honolulu, Hawaii.\nAs a result of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nHawaiian Electric Company's (HECO) plans or procedures, as described below:\n1. $195. 226 Welding: Arc burns.\n(b) An arc burn may be repaired by completely removing the notch by grinding, if\nthe grinding does not reduce the remaining wall thickness to less than the minimum\nthickness required by the tolerances in the specification to which the pipe is\nmanufactured. If a notch is not repairable by grinding, a cylinder of the pipe\ncontaining the entire notch must be removed.\nHECO operations and maintenance procedures for arc burn repair were inadequate for not\nrequiring the verification of the removal of the notch by non-destructive testing.\n\n\n\n2. $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(9) In the case of facilities not equipped to fail safe that are identified under\nparagraph 195. 402(c)(4) or that control receipt and delivery of the hazardous liquid\nor carbon dioxide, detecting abnormal operating conditions by monitoring\npressure, temperature, flow or other appropriate operational data and transmitting\nthis data to an attended location.\nHECO operations and maintenance procedures were inadequate in the control receipt and\ndelivery of fuel because HECO field personnel only gauged tank readings hourly during each\ntransfer operations from the Iwilee breakout tank to the Aloha Power Station.\n3. $195. 403 Emergency response training.\n(a) Each operator shall establish and conduct a continuing training program to\ninstruct emergency response personnel to:\n(3) Recognize conditions that are likely to cause emergencies, predict the\nconsequences of facility malfunctions or failures and hazardous liquids or carbon\ndioxide spills, and take appropriate corrective action;\nHECO operations and maintenance procedures and the emergency procedures were inadequate\nin providing a continuing training program to permit field personnel to recognize conditions that\nare likely to cause emergencies and to take appropriate corrective action.\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 Pipehne 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.\n\n\n\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 your correspondence on this matter, please refer to CPF 5-200S-5007M and for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nChr oi a\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 P. Nguyen (¹ 118820)\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings","truncated":false,"body_characters":5985}