{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520110005","title":"CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CENTRAL VALLEY — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2011-01-14","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.457.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110005","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520110005","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CENTRAL VALLEY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.457. The case was opened on 2011-01-14 and is reported as closed as of 2012-06-12. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520110005_Final Order_06122012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110005/520110005_Final%20Order_06122012.pdf\n\n520110005_Final Order_06122012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110005/520110005_Final%20Order_06122012_text.pdf\n\n520110005_NOPV PCO_01142011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110005/520110005_NOPV%20PCO_01142011.pdf\n\n520110005_NOPV PCO_01142011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110005/520110005_NOPV%20PCO_01142011_text.pdf\n\n520110005_operator response_02242011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110005/520110005_operator%20response_02242011.pdf\n\n520110005_Final Order_06122012_text.pdf\n\nJUNE 12, 2012\nMr. Richard Oringderff\nPresident\nVintage Production California LLC\n9600 Ming Avenue, Suite 300\nBakersfield, CA 93311\nRe: CPF No. 5-2011-0005\nDear Mr. Oringderff:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes a finding of\nviolation and states that Vintage Production California LLC has completed the actions specified\nin the Notice to comply with the pipeline safety regulations. Therefore, this case is now closed.\nService of the Final Order by certified mail is deemed effective upon the date of mailing, or as\notherwise provided under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nThank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nJeffrey D. Wiese\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\ncc: Mr. Mark Birk, Risk Manager Coordinator\nMr. Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, OPS\nMr. Alan Mayberry, Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations, OPS\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\n\n\n\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nPIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\n____________________________________\n)\nIn the Matter of )\n)\nVintage Production California LLC ) CPF No. 5-2011-0005\n)\nRespondent. )\n____________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nOn August 23-26, 2010, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS),\nconducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and records of Vintage\nProduction California LLC (Vintage or Respondent) in Santa Paula, California. The Vintage\nsystem is composed of oil and gas producing properties located primarily in the Ventura, San\nJoaquin, and Sacramento basins.\n1 Vintage is a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS (Director), issued to\nRespondent, by letter dated January 14, 2011, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed\nCompliance Order (Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed\nfinding that Vintage violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.457 and proposed ordering Respondent to take\ncertain measures to correct the alleged violation.\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nIn its Response, Vintage did not contest the allegation in the Notice that it violated\n49 C.F.R. Part 192.457, as follows:\nItem 1: The Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.457, which states in\nrelevant part:\n§ 192.457 External Corrosion control: Buried or submerged pipelines installed\nbefore August 1, 1971.\n(a) Except for buried piping at compressor, regulator, and measuring\nstations, each buried or submerged transmission line installed before\n1 http://www.oxy.com/OurBusinesses/OilAndGas/UnitedStates/Pages/Vintage.aspx.\n\n\n\n2\nAugust 1, 1971, that has an effective external coating must be cathodically\nprotected along the entire area that is effectively coated, in accordance\nwith this subpart. For the purposes of this subpart, a pipeline does not\nhave an effective external coating if its cathodic protection current\nrequirements are substantially the same as if it were bare. The operator\nshall make tests to determine the cathodic protection current requirements.\n(b) Except for cast iron or ductile iron, each of the following buried\nor submerged pipelines installed before August 1, 1971, must be\ncathodically protected in accordance with this subpart in areas in which\nactive corrosion is found:\n(1) Bare or ineffectively coated transmission lines.\nThe Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.457 by failing to install cathodic\nprotection on a partially coated, buried transmission line that was installed prior to\nAugust 1, 1971. Specifically, the Notice alleged that Respondent’s line, which runs from the\nSanta Clara Valley Gas Plant to the SoCal pipeline, is partially coated with polyken tape and\nfusion bonded epoxy (FBE) and is therefore required to have cathodic protection.\nRespondent did not contest this allegation of violation.\nSection 192.457 requires buried transmission lines with effective external coating to be\ncathodically protected. I find that this transmission pipeline was partially coated with polyken\ntape and FBE and therefore was required to have cathodic protection. Accordingly, based upon a\nreview of all of the evidence, I find that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.457 by failing to\ninstall cathodic protection on a buried, partially coated transmission pipeline.\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a compliance order with respect to Item 1 in the Notice for violation of\n49 C.F.R. § 192.457. Under 49 U.S.C. § 60118(a), each person who engages in the\ntransportation of gas or who owns or operates a pipeline facility is required to comply with the\napplicable safety standards established under Chapter 601. The Director indicates that\nRespondent has taken the following actions specified in the proposed compliance order:\n1. With respect to the violation of § 192.457 (Item 1), Respondent has provided\nevidence that Respondent has installed cathodic protection on the pipeline.\nRespondent provided both rectifier and anode bed data and pipe-to-soil potentials\ntaken after installation.\nAccordingly, I find that compliance has been achieved with respect to this violation. Therefore,\nthe compliance terms proposed in the Notice are not included in this Order.\n\n\n\n3\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective upon service in accordance with\n49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\n___________________________________ __________________________\nJeffrey D. Wiese Date Issued\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":6827}