{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520085029M","title":"OLIKTOK PIPELINE COMPANY — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2008-09-10","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.402(c)(10), 195.402(d)(1), 195.422(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085029m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085029m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085029m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520085029M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving OLIKTOK PIPELINE COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.402(c)(10),  195.402(d)(1),  195.422(a). The case was opened on 2008-09-10 and is reported as closed as of 2009-02-20. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520085029M_notice of amendment_09102008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085029M/520085029M_notice%20of%20amendment_09102008.pdf\n\n520085029m_notice of amendment_09102008_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085029M/520085029m_notice%20of%20amendment_09102008_text.pdf\n\n520085029M_operator_response_12092008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085029M/520085029M_operator_response_12092008.pdf\n\n520085029m_notice of amendment_09102008_text.pdf\n\nU S. Department\nof Tf'GnspoftGtlon\nPmpelllne and\nHazardous Matertalls Safety\nAdmrnrstratiort\n12300 W Dakota Ave, Suite 110\nLakewood, CO 80228\nNOTICE OF AMKNDMKNT\nSeptember 10, 2008\nMr. Erec Isaacson\nPresident\nConoco Phillips Alaska, Inc.\nP. O Box 100360\nAnchorage, AIZ 99510\nCPF 5-2008-5029M\nDear Mr. Isaacson:\nOn July 14-17, 2008, a representative of the Pipehne and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected Oliktok\nPipehne Company's procedures for Operation and Mamtenance in the Kuparuk field office\nlocated in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nOhktok Pipehne Company's procedures, as described below:\n$195. 402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations.\n(10) Abandoning pipeline facilities, including safe disconnection from an operating\npipeline system, purging of combustibles, and seaHng abandoned facilities left in\nplace to minimize safety and environmental hazards. For each abandoned offshore\npipeHne faciHty or each abandoned onshore pipeHne facility that crosses over,\nunder or through commercially navigable waterways the last operator of that\nfacihty must file a report upon abandonment of that facihty in accordance with\n$195. 59 of this part.\n\n\n\nThe operator's Standard Operatmg Procedures (SOP) OPLM-0000-SD-0062, Page 1,\ndoes not require purgmg of permanently abandoned pipe hnes.\nThe operator's SOP did not include detailed procedures for starting the pipe hne up after\npurging. The procedures did not address the filling, packing, and return to normal\noperations of a previously-purged line. This abnormal operation of repacking the hne is\na foreseeable operation.\nThe operator's SOP OPLM-0000-SD-0043, page 16, references API 1107 for\nconducting \"in-service\" repairs. API 1107 is now incorporated in API 1104, Appendix\nB The SOP should reflect the most current repair standards\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 pubhcly available. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material quahfies\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 beheve qualify for\nconfidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you beheve 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. FR ( 190. 237). If you are not contesting this Notice, wepropose that you submit your\namended procedures to my office within [number of days] days of receipt of this Notice This\nperiod may be extended by written request for good cause Once the inadequacies identified\nherein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed\nIn correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2008-5029M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible\nSincerely,\nChrikHoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipehne and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 B. Flanders (4120668)\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings","truncated":false,"body_characters":4975}