# FRONT RANGE PIPELINE, LLC. — Notice of Amendment - **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:** Not available - **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. Official case documents: 520085033M_notice of amendment_09152008.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520085033M/520085033M_notice%20of%20amendment_09152008.pdf 520085033M_notice of amendment_09152008.pdf U.S. Department 12300 W. Dakota Ave., Suite 110 of Transportation Lakewood, CO 80228 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration NOTICE OF AMENDMENT CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED September 15,2008 Mr. John Traeger Manager of Pipelines and Terminals Front Range Pipeline, LLC 803 Highway 212 South Laurel, MT 59044 CPF 5-2008-5033M Dear Mr. Traeger: On June 10,2008, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code inspected Front Range Pipeline, LLC procedures for operation and maintenance of breakout tanks in Laurel, Montana. On the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within Front Range Pipeline, LLC plans or procedures, as described below: 1. §195.428 Overpressure safety devices and overfill protection systems (c) Aboveground breakout tanks that are constructed or significantly altered according to API Standard 2510 after October 2, 2000, must have an overfill protection system installed according to section 5.1.2 of API Standard 2510. Other aboveground breakout tanks with 600 gallons (2271 liters) or more of storage capacity that are constructed or significantly altered after October 2, 2000, must have an overfill protection system installed according to API Recommended Practice 2350. However, operators need not comply with any part of API Recommended Practice 2350 for a particular breakout tank if the operator notes in the manual required by §195.402 Why compliance with that part is not necessary for safety of the tank. The procedure for establishing and addressing high level alarms on page P-47 of Front Range's operation and maintenance procedures are incomplete. These alarm procedures refer to Table 1 for determining high level alarm set points for each tank, but Table 1 on page P-46 does not contain the elevation that these set points should be for each tank. Additionally, the procedures for high level alarms do not address the unique operating conditions for the two Laurel breakout tanks. Tank 100 was reported as being capable of receiving inflows from ConocoPhillips of which Front Range Pipeline has no control over. Tank 95 is aligned to receive overpressure inflows from the refinery's butane spheres. To ensure proper alarm levels are set and maintained correctly, Front Range's procedures must include elevations for those high level elevations for each tank. Also, to ensure that operators understand the various operation scenarios for these tanks that could affect alarms, operating conditions that are non-typical should be described in procedures. Response to this Notice This Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60l08(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. Enclosed as part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options/or Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings. Please refer to the Notice ofAmendment portion of this document and note the response options. Failure to respond within 30 days of receipt ofthis Notice will be deemed a waiver of your right to contest the allegations set forth above and will authorize the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety, without further notice, to find facts as alleged in this Notice and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If, after opportunity for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in this Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies (49 C.F.R. § 190.237). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your amended procedures to my office within 30 days of receipt ofthis Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed. In correspondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2008-5033M and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible. Chns Hoidal Director, Western Region Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry PHP-500 G. Davis (#121993) 2 - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 4760