{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520110012M","title":"ENSTAR NATURAL GAS CO — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2011-08-25","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.616(b), 192.616(d).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110012m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110012m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520110012m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520110012M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving ENSTAR NATURAL GAS CO. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.616(b),  192.616(d). The case was opened on 2011-08-25 and is reported as closed as of 2012-01-31. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520110012M_closure letter_01312012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110012M/520110012M_closure%20letter_01312012.pdf\n\n520110012M_closure letter_1312012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110012M/520110012M_closure%20letter_1312012_text.pdf\n\n520110012M_notice of amendment_08252011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110012M/520110012M_notice%20of%20amendment_08252011.pdf\n\n520110012M_notice of amendment_08252011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110012M/520110012M_notice%20of%20amendment_08252011_text.pdf\n\n520110012M_Operator Response Notice_01232012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520110012M/520110012M_Operator%20Response%20Notice_01232012.pdf\n\n520110012M_closure letter_1312012_text.pdf\n\nVIA: UPS GROUND\nJanuary 31, 2012\nMr. Dave Bredin\nDirector of Operations\nEnstar Natural Gas Company\n401 East International Airport Rd.\nAnchorage, AK 99519-0288\nCPF 5-2011-0012M\nDear Mr. Bredin:\nOn May 23, 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 Enstar Natural Gas Company’s (Enstar) and its\nsubsidiary, Alaska Pipeline Company, Public Awareness Program procedures in Anchorage,\nAlaska. As a result of the inspection, Enstar was issued a Notice of Amendment on August\n25, 2011, which proposed amendments to your procedures.\nEnstar submitted its amended procedures on January 23, 2011. PHMSA has reviewed the\namended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in the Notice of\nAmendment 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 (#134343)\n\n520110012M_notice of amendment_08252011_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nVIA UPS: 1Z WR2 588 03 9131 1081\nAugust 25, 2011\nMr. Dave Bredin\nDirector of Operations\nEnstar Natural Gas Company\n401 East International Airport Rd.\nAnchorage, AK 99519-0288\nCPF 5-2011-0012M\nDear Mr. Bredin:\nOn May 23, 2011, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected the\nPublic Awareness Program for Enstar Natural Gas Company’s (Enstar) subsidiary, Alaska\nPipeline Company. The Public Awareness Program inspection was performed in Anchorage,\nAlaska.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nEnstar’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.\nEnstar’s Public Awareness Program (PAP) did not list areas where gas is not odorized.\nEnstar must include in their Public Awareness message where the gas is not odorized.\n\n\n\n2. §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.\nEnstar’s program indicated that emergency officials are to be contacted every 2 years. Enstar\nmust amend the PAP to indicate that emergency officials must be contacted annually.\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:\nEnstar’s program does not list the following emergency services: Anchor Point Volunteer\nFire & Rescue, Kenai Fire Department, Palmer Fire & Rescue and Houston Volunteer Fire\nDepartment (Letters were sent to each of these officials in 2010). Enstar must amend the\nPAP to include a complete listing of emergency officials.\n4. §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:\nEnstar’s program states that excavators are contacted by mail if they have called for 5 locates\nin the preceding year. This is incorrect based on conversation with Dave Bredin and Alaska\nDigline. Enstar must amend its PAP to correctly indicate how the excavator mailing list is\nderived.\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 Enstar Natural Gas Company maintain documentation of\nthe safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment\n(preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Dennis Hinnah, Deputy\nDirector, Western Region, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In\ncorrespondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2011-0012M and send all\ndocuments to our office at 188 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Suite 520, Anchorage, AK 99503.\nFor each document you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever\npossible.\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 (#134582)\n3\n\n520110012M_closure letter_01312012.pdf\n\nJanuary 31, 2012\nMr. Dave Bredin\nDirector of Operations\nEnstar Natural Gas Company\n401 East International Airport Rd.\nAnchorage, AK 99519-0288\nCPF 5-2011-0012M\nDear Mr. Bredin:\nOn May 23, 2011, a representative from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, conducted an\nEnstar submitted its amended procedures on January 23, 2011. PHMSA has reviewed the\namended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in the Notice of\nAmendment 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,\nfon o Strawn for\nDeputy Director, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nCC:\nPHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 B. Flanders (#134343)","truncated":false,"body_characters":8337}