{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520085033M","title":"FRONT RANGE PIPELINE, LLC. — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2008-09-15","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.428(c).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085033m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085033m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520085033m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520085033M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving FRONT RANGE PIPELINE, LLC.. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.428(c). The case was opened on 2008-09-15 and is reported as closed as of 2008-11-14. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520085033M_notice of amendment_09152008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085033M/520085033M_notice%20of%20amendment_09152008.pdf\n\n520085033M_notice of amendment_09152008.pdf\n\nU.S. Department 12300 W. Dakota Ave., Suite 110\nof Transportation Lakewood, CO 80228\nPipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nSeptember 15,2008\nMr. John Traeger\nManager of Pipelines and Terminals\nFront Range Pipeline, LLC\n803 Highway 212 South\nLaurel, MT 59044\nCPF 5-2008-5033M\nDear Mr. Traeger:\nOn June 10,2008, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code inspected Front\nRange Pipeline, LLC procedures for operation and maintenance of breakout tanks in Laurel,\nMontana.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nFront Range Pipeline, LLC plans or procedures, as described below:\n1. §195.428 Overpressure safety devices and overfill protection systems\n(c) Aboveground breakout tanks that are constructed or significantly altered\naccording to API Standard 2510 after October 2, 2000, must have an overfill\nprotection system installed according to section 5.1.2 of API Standard 2510. Other\naboveground breakout tanks with 600 gallons (2271 liters) or more of storage\ncapacity that are constructed or significantly altered after October 2, 2000, must have\nan overfill protection system installed according to API Recommended Practice 2350.\nHowever, operators need not comply with any part of API Recommended Practice\n2350 for a particular breakout tank if the operator notes in the manual required by\n§195.402 Why compliance with that part is not necessary for safety of the tank.\n\n\n\nThe procedure for establishing and addressing high level alarms on page P-47 of Front\nRange's operation and maintenance procedures are incomplete. These alarm procedures\nrefer to Table 1 for determining high level alarm set points for each tank, but Table 1 on\npage P-46 does not contain the elevation that these set points should be for each tank.\nAdditionally, the procedures for high level alarms do not address the unique operating\nconditions for the two Laurel breakout tanks. Tank 100 was reported as being capable of\nreceiving inflows from ConocoPhillips of which Front Range Pipeline has no control over.\nTank 95 is aligned to receive overpressure inflows from the refinery's butane spheres.\nTo ensure proper alarm levels are set and maintained correctly, Front Range's procedures\nmust include elevations for those high level elevations for each tank. Also, to ensure that\noperators understand the various operation scenarios for these tanks that could affect\nalarms, operating conditions that are non-typical should be described in procedures.\nResponse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60l08(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. Enclosed as\npart of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options/or Pipeline Operators in\nCompliance Proceedings. Please refer to the Notice ofAmendment portion of this document\nand note the response options. Failure to respond within 30 days of receipt ofthis Notice will be\ndeemed a waiver of your right to contest the allegations set forth above and will authorize the\nAssociate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, without further notice, to find facts as alleged in this\nNotice and to issue an Order Directing Amendment.\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 ofthis 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 5-2008-5033M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nChns Hoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 G. Davis (#121993)\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":4760}