# WILLIAMS FIELD SERVICES — Notice of Amendment

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- **citation:** CPF 520115007M
- **title:** WILLIAMS FIELD SERVICES — Notice of Amendment
- **source type:** enforcement
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2011-02-28
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.583(b).
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Notice of Amendment involving WILLIAMS FIELD SERVICES. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.583(b). The case was opened on 2011-02-28 and is reported as closed as of 2012-01-20. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.

Official case documents:

520115007M_closure letter_01202012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520115007M/520115007M_closure%20letter_01202012.pdf

520115007M_closure letter_01202012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520115007M/520115007M_closure%20letter_01202012_text.pdf

520115007M_notice of amendment_02282011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520115007M/520115007M_notice%20of%20amendment_02282011.pdf

520115007M_notice of amendment_02282011_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520115007M/520115007M_notice%20of%20amendment_02282011_text.pdf

520115007M_operator response_03152011.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520115007M/520115007M_operator%20response_03152011.pdf

520115007M_notice of amendment_02282011_text.pdf

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
February 28, 2011
Mr. Randy Newcomer
Vice President, Operations Performance
Williams Field Services
One Williams Center
Mail Drop WRC-2C
Tulsa, OK 74172
CPF 5-2011-5007M
Dear Mr. Newcomer:
On August 16, 2010 a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected Williams
Field Services’ procedures for atmospheric corrosion inspection at your PGX Pipeline at
Parachute, Colorado.
On the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacy found within
Williams Field Services’ plans or procedures, as described below:
1. §195.583 What must I do to monitor atmospheric corrosion control?
(b) During inspections you must give particular attention to pipe at soil-to-air
interfaces, under thermal insulation, under disbonded coatings, at pipe supports, in
splash zones, at deck penetrations, and in spans over water.
There was insulated pipe at all meter skids observed during the inspection. The Williams Field
Service O&M manual (Element 7, 7.02 ADM 002, section 2.2.3.1) did not adequately address all



the requirements for atmospheric corrosion monitoring. The manual did not address the
requirements of §195.583(b).
Response to this Notice
This Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.237. Enclosed as
part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in
Compliance Proceedings. Please refer to this document and note the response options. 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). If you do not respond within 30 days
of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this
Notice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in
this Notice without further notice to you and to issue a Final Order.
If, after opportunity for a hearing, your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in
this Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies
(49 C.F.R. § 190.237). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your
amended procedures to my office within 30 days of receipt of this Notice. This period may be
extended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been
addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed.
It is requested (not mandated) that Williams Field Services maintain documentation of the safety
improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/revision of
plans, procedures) and submit the total to Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In correspondence concerning this matter, please
refer to CPF 5-2011-5007M and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy in
electronic format whenever possible.
Sincerely,
Chris Hoidal
Director, Western Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings
cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry
Claude Allen (#128409)

520115007M_closure letter_01202012_text.pdf

CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
January 20, 2012
Mr. Randy Newcomer
Vice President, Operations Performance
Williams Field Services
One Williams Center
Mail Drop WRC-2C
Tulsa, OK 74172
CPF 5-2011-5007M
Dear Mr. Newcomer:
On August 16, 2010 a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected Williams
Field Services’ procedures for atmospheric corrosion inspection at your PGX Pipeline at
Parachute, Colorado. As a result of the inspection, Williams Field Services was issued a Notice
of Amendment on February 28, 2011 which proposed amendment of your procedures.
Williams Field Services submitted its amended procedures on March 15, 2011. My staff
reviewed the amended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this Notice of
Amendment have been corrected.
This letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank you
for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Chris Hoidal
Director, Western Region
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry
PHP-500 C. Allen (#128409)
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