{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520095038M","title":"WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2009-10-16","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.402(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520095038m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520095038m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520095038m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520095038M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.402(a). The case was opened on 2009-10-16 and is reported as closed as of 2009-11-24. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520095038M_notice of amendment_10162009.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520095038M/520095038M_notice%20of%20amendment_10162009.pdf\n\n520095038M_notice of amendment_10162009_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520095038M/520095038M_notice%20of%20amendment_10162009_text.pdf\n\n520095038M_operator response_11052009.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520095038M/520095038M_operator%20response_11052009.pdf\n\n520095038M_notice of amendment_10162009_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nOctober 16, 2009\nMr. Danny Rea\nVice President of Midstream\nAnadarko Petroleum Corporation\n1201 Lake Robbin Dr.\nThe Woodlands, TX 77380\nCPF 5-2009-5038M\nDear Mr. Rea:\nOn September 8-11, 2009, a representative from the Western Region of the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United\nStates Code, inspected your Granger to MAPCO (HVL) Line near Granger, Wyoming.\nAs a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed a probable violation of the\nPipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The item inspected and the\nprobable violation is:\n1. §195.402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline system a\nmanual of written procedures for conducting normal operations and maintenance\nactivities and handling abnormal operations and emergencies. This manual shall be\nreviewed at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year,\nand appropriate changes made as necessary to insure that the manual is effective.\nThis manual shall be prepared before initial operations of a pipeline commence, and\nappropriate parts shall be kept at locations where operations and maintenance\nactivities are conducted.\n\n\n\nAt the time of the inspection the operator’s O&M Manual was incomplete in the following\nsections as noted:\nA. 195.310(b)(2) - Pressure Testing Procedures section was incomplete as it did not\nrequire the pressure test records to include test instrument calibration data.\nB. 195.310(b)(10) - Pressure Testing Procedures section was incomplete as it did not\nrequire the pressure test records to include the temperature of the test medium or\npipe during the test period.\nC. 195.403(a)(2) - Emergency training section was incomplete as it did not include\ntraining on the HVL characteristics; flammability, of mixtures with air, odorless\nvapors, and water reactions.\nD. 195.403(a)(3) - Emergency training section was incomplete as it did not include\ntraining to recognize conditions that are likely to cause emergencies, predict the\nconsequences of malfunction or failures, and taking appropriate actions.\nE. 195.403(a)(4) - Emergency training section was incomplete as it did not include\ntraining on steps necessary to control any accidental release of hazardous liquid to\nminimize the potential for fire, explosion, toxicity, or environmental damage.\nF. 195.403(a)(5) - Emergency training section was incomplete as it did not include\ntraining addressing the potential causes, types, sizes, and consequences of fire\ninvolving, where feasible, a simulated pipeline emergency condition.\nG. 195.404(a)(1)(iv) - Maps and Records section was incomplete as it did not require\nlocation and identification of pipeline valves on the operator’s maps and in the\noperator’s records.\nH. 195.404(a)(1)(vi) - Maps and Records section was incomplete as it did not require\nlocation and identification of rights-of-way on the operator’s maps and in the\noperator’s records.\nI. 195.404(a)(1)(vii) - Maps and Records section was incomplete as it did not require\nlocation and identification of 195.428(a) safety devices on the operator’s maps and\nin the operator’s records.\nJ. 195.404(a)(2) - Maps and Records section was incomplete as it did not require\nlocation and identification all crossings of all buried utilities and foreign pipelines\non the operator’s maps and in the operator’s records.\nK. 195.404(b)(2) - Maps and Records section was incomplete as it did not require the\noperator to maintain for at least 3 years daily operating records that indicate any\nemergency or abnormal operation to which the procedures under §195.402 apply.\nL. 195.404(c)(1) - Maps and Records section was incomplete as it did not require the\ndate, location, and description of each repair made on the pipe be and maintain it\nfor the life of the pipe.\nM. 195.404(c)(2) - Maps and Records section was incomplete and did not require the\ndate, location, and description of each repair made to parts of the pipeline system\nother than the pipe and maintain it for at least one year.\nN. 195.404(c)(3) - Maps and Records section was incomplete and did not require the\nrecords for each inspection and test required by Subpart F shall be maintained for at\nleast 2 years, or until the next inspection or test is performed, whichever is longer.\nO. 195.420(c) - Valve Maintenance section procedures were incomplete because they\ndid not require the operator to provide protection for each valve from unauthorized\noperation and from vandalism.\n2\n\n\n\nP. 195.442(b) – Damage Prevention Program section did not require the operator to\nparticipate in a qualified One-Call even though the operator is using the One-Call\nservices and lists.\nQ. 195.442(c)(3) - Damage Prevention Program section did not identify a means of\nreceiving and recording notification of planned excavation activities.\nResponse 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 Compliance\nProceedings. Please refer to this document and note the response options. Be advised that all\nmaterial you submit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being made publicly\navailable. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material qualifies for confidential\ntreatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), along with the complete original document you must provide a\nsecond copy of the document with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment\nredacted and an explanation of why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential\ntreatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b). If you do not respond within 30 days of receipt of this Notice,\nthis constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this Notice and authorizes the\nAssociate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice without further\nnotice to you and to issue a Final Order.\nIf, after opportunity for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in this\nNotice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies (49\nC.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 5-2009-5038M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nChris 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 B. Brown (#123921)\n3","truncated":false,"body_characters":7931}