{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520110010M","title":"FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2011-05-17","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.616(b), 192.616(c), 192.616(d)(2), 192.616(e).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110010m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110010m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110010m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520110010M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.616(b),  192.616(c),  192.616(d)(2),  192.616(e). The case was opened on 2011-05-17 and is reported as closed as of 2011-08-04. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520110010M_closure letter_08042011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110010M/520110010M_closure%20letter_08042011.pdf\n\n520110010M_closure letter_08042011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110010M/520110010M_closure%20letter_08042011_text.pdf\n\n520110010M_notice of amendment_05172011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110010M/520110010M_notice%20of%20amendment_05172011.pdf\n\n520110010M_notice of amendment_05172011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110010M/520110010M_notice%20of%20amendment_05172011_text.pdf\n\n520110010M_operator_response_07282011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110010M/520110010M_operator_response_07282011.pdf\n\n520110010M_closure letter_08042011_text.pdf\n\nVIA UPS GROUND: 1Z WR2 588 03 9866 1173\nAugust 4, 2011\nMr. Duncan Jakes\nOperations Manager\nFairbanks Natural Gas Company\n3408 International Way\nFairbanks, AK 99701\nCPF 5-2011-0010M\nDear Mr. Jakes:\nOn April 27, 2011, a representative from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, conducted an\non-site pipeline safety inspection of Fairbanks Natural Gas Company’s procedures in\nFairbanks, Alaska. As a result of the inspection, Fairbanks Natural Gas Company was issued\na Notice of Amendment on May 17, 2011, which proposed amendment of your procedures.\nFairbanks Natural Gas Company submitted its amended procedures on July 28, 2011. My\nstaff reviewed the amended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this\nNotice of Amendment have been corrected.\nThis letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank\nyou for your cooperation.\nSincerely,\nDennis Hinnah\nDeputy Director, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 B. Flanders (#134344)\n\n520110010M_notice of amendment_05172011_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nVIA UPS GROUND – 1Z WR2 588 03 9059 3216\nMay 17, 2011\nMr. Duncan Jakes\nOperations Manager\nFairbanks Natural Gas Company\n3408 International Way\nFairbanks, Alaska 99701\nCPF 5-2011-0010M\nDear Mr. Jakes:\nOn April 27, 2011, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected\nFairbanks Natural Gas Company’s (FNG) procedures for Public Awareness Program in\nFairbanks, Alaska.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nFairbanks Natural Gas Company’s plans or procedures, as described below:\n1. §192.616 Public Awareness\n(b) The operator's program must follow the general program recommendations\nof API RP 1162 and assess the unique attributes and characteristics of the\noperator's pipeline and facilities.\nFNG’s program did not list areas where gas is not odorized or the temperature at\nwhich the liquid natural gas (LNG) is stored at or the temperature during trucking.\nFNG must include in their Public Awareness message where the gas is not odorized,\nwhere it is odorized, and the temperature the LNG is stored and transported at.\n\n\n\n2. §192.616 Public Awareness\n(e) The program must include activities to advise affected municipalities, school\ndistricts, businesses, and residents of pipeline facility locations.\n(f) The program and the media used must be as comprehensive as necessary to\nreach all areas in which the operator transports gas.\nFNG did not send information to property owners to make them aware of where their\npipeline facilities crossed. FNG did send information to their customers, but they\nmust communicate with the affected public, emergency officials, local public officials\nand excavators as indicated in API RP 1162.\n3. §192.616 Public Awareness\n(d) The operator's program must specifically include provisions to educate the\npublic, appropriate government organizations, and persons engaged in\nexcavation related activities on:\n(2) Possible hazards associated with unintended releases from a gas pipeline\nfacility;\nFNG’s program does not include information on the hazards associated with non-\nodorized LNG. FNG’s program must include information on the possible hazards of\nreleases of non-odorized LNG.\n4. §192.616 Public Awareness\n(c) The operator must follow the general program recommendations, including\nbaseline and supplemental requirements of API RP 1162, unless the operator\nprovides justification in its program or procedural manual as to why compliance\nwith all or certain provisions of the recommended practice is not practicable and\nnot necessary for safety.\nFNG failed to document their annual program evaluation. FNG must document,\nrecord, keep, and evaluate their program effectiveness in accordance with API RP\n1162.\nResponse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. Enclosed\nas part 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 publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material qualifies\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 believe qualify for\nconfidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe the redacted\ninformation qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b). If you do not respond\nwithin 30 days of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the\nallegations in this Notice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to\nfind facts as alleged in this Notice without further notice to you and to issue a Final Order.\n2\n\n\n\nIf, after opportunity for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged\nin this Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the\ninadequacies (49 C.F.R. § 190.237). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that\nyou submit your amended procedures to my office within 90 days of receipt of this Notice.\nThis period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies\nidentified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action\nwill be closed.\nIt is requested (not mandated) that Fairbanks Natural Gas Company maintain documentation\nof the safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment\n(preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to our office at 188 W.\nNorthern Lights Blvd., Suite 520, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. In correspondence concerning\nthis matter, please refer to CPF 5-2011-0010M and, for each document you submit, please\nprovide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nDennis Hinnah\nDeputy Director, 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. Flanders (#134344)\n3","truncated":false,"body_characters":7607}