{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520130011","title":"NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH ENERGY MANAGEMENT — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2013-12-20","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.937(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520130011.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520130011.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520130011","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520130011","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH ENERGY MANAGEMENT. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.937(a). The case was opened on 2013-12-20 and is reported as closed as of 2015-02-23. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520130011_Final Order_02232015.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520130011/520130011_Final%20Order_02232015.pdf\n\n520130011_Final Order_02232015_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520130011/520130011_Final%20Order_02232015_text.pdf\n\n520130011_NOPV PCO_12202013.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520130011/520130011_NOPV%20PCO_12202013.pdf\n\n520130011_NOPV PCO_12202013_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520130011/520130011_NOPV%20PCO_12202013_text.pdf\n\n520130011_Operator_Response_to_Notice_02102014.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520130011/520130011_Operator_Response_to_Notice_02102014.pdf\n\n520130011_Final Order_02232015_text.pdf\n\nFebruary 23, 2015\nMr. Charles Sakeagak\nDirector\nNorth Slope Borough Public Works\nP.O. Box 350\nBarrow, AK 99723\nRe: CPF No. 5-2013-0011\nDear Mr. Sakeagak:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It makes a finding of\nviolation and finds that North Slope Borough Public Works has completed the actions specified\nin the Notice to comply with the pipeline safety regulations. Therefore, this case is now closed.\nService of the Final Order by certified mail is deemed effective upon the date of mailing, or as\notherwise provided under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nThank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nJeffrey D. Wiese\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\ncc: Mr. Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, OPS\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\n\n\n\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nPIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION\nOFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\n____________________________________\n)\nIn the Matter of )\n)\nNorth Slope Borough Public Works, ) CPF No. 5-2013-0011\n)\nRespondent. )\n____________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nOn April 16-20, 2012, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS),\nconducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the Integrity Management (IM) program of\nNorth Slope Borough Public Works (NSB or Respondent) in Barrow, Alaska. NSB’s system\nincludes a 6-inch diameter natural gas pipeline running approximately 6 miles from the South\nBarrow gas fields to the electrical generating plant in Barrow, and a 4-inch diameter lateral\nrunning to a master meter facility.1\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS (Director), issued to\nRespondent, by letter dated December 20, 2013, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed\nCompliance Order (Notice). In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed\nfinding that NSB had violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.937(a) and proposed ordering Respondent to take\ncertain measures to correct the alleged violation.\nNSB responded to the Notice by letter dated February 10, 2014, as supplemented by\ncorrespondence dated October 13, 2014 (Response). NSB did not contest the allegation of\nviolation but provided information concerning the corrective actions it had taken. Respondent\ndid not request a hearing and therefore has waived its right to one.\nFINDING OF VIOLATION\nIn its Response, NSB did not contest the allegation in the Notice that it violated 49 C.F.R. Part\n192, as follows:\n1 Pipeline Safety Violation Report, (Dec. 20, 2013) (on file with PHMSA), at 1.\n\n\n\nCPF No: 5-2013-0011\nPage 2\nItem 1: The Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.937(a), which states:\n§ 192.937 What is a continual process of evaluation and assessment to\nmaintain a pipeline's integrity?\n(a) General. After completing the baseline integrity assessment of a\ncovered segment, an operator must continue to assess the line pipe of that\nsegment at the intervals specified in §192.939 and periodically evaluate\nthe integrity of each covered pipeline segment as provided in paragraph\n(b) of this section. An operator must reassess a covered segment on which\na prior assessment is credited as a baseline under §192.921(e) by no later\nthan December 17, 2009. An operator must reassess a covered segment on\nwhich a baseline assessment is conducted during the baseline period\nspecified in §192.921(d) by no later than seven years after the baseline\nassessment of that covered segment unless the evaluation under paragraph\n(b) of this section indicates earlier reassessment.\nThe Notice alleged that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.937(a) by failing to implement a\ncontinual process of evaluation and assessment to maintain a pipeline’s integrity. Specifically,\nthe Notice alleged that NSB failed to conduct a reassessment on its 6-inch pipeline by the\nrequired 7-year interval; failed to address potential internal and external corrosion threats and\nconduct leakage surveys; failed to conduct required gas and fluid analyses; and failed to integrate\noperating records and various data from testing and analysis to identify and implement\nappropriate remedial measures.\nRespondent did not contest this allegation of violation. Accordingly, based upon a review of all\nof the evidence, I find that Respondent violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.937(a) by failing to implement a\ncontinual process of evaluation and assessment to maintain a pipeline’s integrity.\nThis finding of violation will be considered a prior offense in any subsequent enforcement action\ntaken against Respondent.\nCOMPLIANCE ORDER\nThe Notice proposed a compliance order with respect to Item 1 in the Notice for violation of\n49 C.F.R. § 192.937(a). Under 49 U.S.C. § 60118(a), each person who engages in the\ntransportation of gas or who owns or operates a pipeline facility is required to comply with the\napplicable safety standards established under chapter 601. The Director indicates that\nRespondent has taken the following actions specified in the proposed compliance order:\n1. With respect to the violation of § 192.937(a) (Item 1), Respondent provided\ndocumentation showing that it has completed an integrity assessment of the 6-inch\npipeline in a manner that addressed potential internal and external corrosion threats,\nincluded leakage surveys, gas and fluid analyses, the integration of operating records\nand various data from testing and analysis to identify and implement appropriate\nremedial measures.\n\n\n\nCPF No: 5-2013-0011\nPage 3\nAccordingly, I find that compliance has been achieved with respect to this violation. Therefore,\nthe compliance terms proposed in the Notice are not included in this Order.\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective upon service in accordance with\n49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\n___________________________________ __________________________\nJeffrey D. Wiese Date Issued\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":7101}