# FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS — Warning Letter

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** CPF 520110011W
- **title:** FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS — Warning Letter
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2011-05-17
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED warning letter citing 192.616(c).
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Warning Letter involving FAIRBANKS NATURAL GAS. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.616(c). The case was opened on 2011-05-17 and is reported as closed as of 2011-05-17. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

520110011W_warning letter_05172011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110011W/520110011W_warning%20letter_05172011.pdf

520110011W_warning letter_05172011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110011W/520110011W_warning%20letter_05172011_text.pdf

520110011W_warning letter_05172011_text.pdf

WARNING LETTER
VIA UPS GROUND – 1Z WR2 588 03 9059 3216
May 17, 2011
Mr. Duncan Jakes
Operations Manager
Fairbanks Natural Gas Company
3408 International Way
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
CPF 5-2011-0011W
Dear Mr. Jakes:
On April 27, 2011, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected your
Public Awareness Program in Fairbanks, Alaska.
As a result of the inspection, it appears that you have committed probable violations of the
Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. The items inspected and the
probable violations are:
1. §192.616 Public Awareness
(c) The operator must follow the general program recommendations, including
baseline and supplemental requirements of API RP 1162, unless the operator
provides justification in its program or procedural manual as to why compliance
with all or certain provisions of the recommended practice is not practicable and
not necessary for safety.
Fairbanks Natural Gas Company (FNG) did not perform the following program
effectiveness evaluations as indentified in API RP 1162, Section 8.4 through 8.4.4:



• Evaluation of its program to determine the number of individuals reached or justify
why the evaluation was not conducted.
• Evaluation of its program to determine the percent of individuals reached within each
stakeholders group or justify why the evaluation was not conducted.
• Evaluation of its program to determine the understanding of the stakeholders or
justify why the evaluation was not conducted.
Under Title 49 United States Code, § 60122, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
$100,000 for each violation for each day the violation persists up to a maximum of $1,000,000
for any related series of violations. We have reviewed the circumstances and supporting
documents involved in this case, and have decided not to conduct additional enforcement action
or penalty assessment proceedings at this time. We advise you to correct the items identified in
this letter. Failure to do so will result in Fairbanks Natural Gas Company being subject to
additional enforcement action.
No reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to
CPF 5-2011-0011W and send all documents to our office at 188 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Suite
520, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this
enforcement action is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of
your responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), along with
the complete original document you must provide a second copy of the document with the
portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you
believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b).
Sincerely,
Dennis Hinnah
Deputy Director, Western Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry
PHP-500 B. Flanders (#134344)
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