{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520120016M","title":"MARATHON OIL COMPANY — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2012-06-01","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.616(a), 192.616(b), 192.616(h).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520120016m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520120016m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520120016m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520120016M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving MARATHON OIL COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.616(a),  192.616(b),  192.616(h). The case was opened on 2012-06-01 and is reported as closed as of 2012-08-30. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520120016M_closure letter_08302012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520120016M/520120016M_closure%20letter_08302012.pdf\n\n520120016M_closure letter_08302012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520120016M/520120016M_closure%20letter_08302012_text.pdf\n\n520120016M_notice of amendment_06012012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520120016M/520120016M_notice%20of%20amendment_06012012.pdf\n\n520120016M_notice of amendment_06012012_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520120016M/520120016M_notice%20of%20amendment_06012012_text.pdf\n\n520120016M_operator response_08162012.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520120016M/520120016M_operator%20response_08162012.pdf\n\n520120016M_closure letter_08302012_text.pdf\n\nVIA UPS 2ND DAY AIR: 1ZWR25880294059299\nAugust 30, 2012\nMr. James L. Bowzer\nVice President- North American Production Operations\nMarathon Oil Company\n5555 San Felipe Road\nHouston, TX 77056\nCPF 5-2012-0016M\nDear Mr. Bowzer:\nOn April 26, 2012, a representative from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, conducted a\npipeline safety inspection of Marathon Oil Company’s (MOC) Public Awareness Program\nprocedures and records in Anchorage, Alaska. As a result of the inspection, MOC was issued\na Notice of Amendment on June 1, 2012, which proposed amendment of your procedures.\nMOC submitted its amended procedures on August 16, 2012. PHMSA has reviewed the\namended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this 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 (#138770)\nJill Niswonger, Midstream DOT Coordinator\n\n520120016M_notice of amendment_06012012_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nVIA UPS 2ND DAY AIR: 1Z WR2 588 02 9228 5619\nJune 1, 2012\nJames L. Bowzer\nVice President- NAPO\nMarathon Oil Company\n5555 San Felipe Road\nHouston, TX 77056\nCPF 5-2012-0016M\nDear Mr. Bowzer:\nOn April 26, 2012, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected\nMarathon Oil Company (MOC) procedures for MOC’s Public Awareness Program (PAP) in\nAnchorage, Alaska.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within\nMOC’s plans or procedures, as described below:\n1. §192.616 Public Awareness\n(a) Each pipeline operator must develop and implement a written continuing\npublic education program that follows the guidance provided in the American\nPetroleum Institute’s (API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1162 (incorporated by\nreference, see § 192.7).\n(h) Operators in existence on June 20, 2005, must have completed their written\nprograms no later than June 20, 2006.\nMOC submitted Marathon Pipeline Company’s PAP to satisfy the requirements of § 192.616,\nbut these procedures gave no indication that MOC’s facilities and operations were included\nin the plan. The PAP must state that MOC’s facilities and operations are covered by the\nplan.\n\n\n\n2. §192.616 Public Awareness\n(a) Each pipeline operator must develop and implement a written continuing\npublic education program that follows the guidance provided in the American\nPetroleum Institute’s (API) Recommended Practice (RP) 1162 (incorporated by\nreference, see § 192.7).\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.\nThe PAP does not list or assess the following unique attributes and characteristics of MOC’s\nfacilities:\n1) The PAP does not list MOC’s assets;\n2) The PAP does not identify areas where non-odorized gas is transported;\n3) The PAP does not list the location of compressor stations; and\n4) The PAP does not list the locations of storage fields.\nMOC’s PAP must assess the unique attributes of their pipeline system, and must inform the\naffected stakeholder audience of areas where MOC’s gas is not odorized.\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.\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 Marathon Oil Company maintain documentation of the\nsafety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment\n(preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Dennis Hinnah, Deputy\n2\n\n\n\nDirector, Western Region, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In\ncorrespondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2012-0016M and send each\ndocument 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 Bill Flanders (#138770)\n3","truncated":false,"body_characters":7191}