{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520140002M","title":"CPN PIPELINE COMPANY — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2014-11-12","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.921(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520140002m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520140002m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520140002m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520140002M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving CPN PIPELINE COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.921(a). The case was opened on 2014-11-12 and is reported as closed as of 2014-12-29. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520140002M_closure letter_12292014.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520140002M/520140002M_closure%20letter_12292014.pdf\n\n520140002M_closure letter_12292014_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520140002M/520140002M_closure%20letter_12292014_text.pdf\n\n520140002M_notice of amendment_11122014.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520140002M/520140002M_notice%20of%20amendment_11122014.pdf\n\n520140002M_notice of amendment_11122014_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520140002M/520140002M_notice%20of%20amendment_11122014_text.pdf\n\n520140002M_Operator_Response to Notice_12092014.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520140002M/520140002M_Operator_Response%20to%20Notice_12092014.pdf\n\n520140002M_closure letter_12292014_text.pdf\n\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nDecember 29, 2014\nMr. Lyle Fedje\nDirector, Pipeline Operations\nCPN Pipeline Company\n60 River Road\nRio Vista, CA 94571\nCPF 5-2014-0002M\nDear Mr. Fedje:\nOn May 5-9, 2014, June 9-12, 2014, and July 21-25, 2014, a representative from the Pipeline and\nHazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to chapter 601 of 49 United\nStates Code, conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of CPN Pipeline Company’s\nOperation and Maintenance (O&M) and Integrity Management Program (IMP) procedures in Rio\nVista, CA. As a result of the inspection, CPN Pipeline Company was issued a Notice of\nAmendment on November 12, 2014, which proposed amendment of your procedures.\nCPN Pipeline Company submitted its amended procedures on December 9, 2014. My staff\nreviewed the amended 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 (CPF 5-2014-0002M) is\nnow closed. Please note that the Notice of Probable Violation, CPF 5-2014-0006, is still being\nprocessed. Thank you for your cooperation.\nSincerely,\nChris Hoidal,\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 C. Ishikawa (#145425)\n\n520140002M_notice of amendment_11122014_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nNovember 12, 2014\nMr. Lyle Fedje\nDirector, Pipeline Operations\nCPN Pipeline Company\n60 River Road\nRio Vista, CA 94571\nCPF 5-2014-0002M\nDear Mr. Fedje:\nOn May 5-9, 2014, June 9-12, 2014, and July 21-25, 2014, a representative of the Pipeline\nand Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49\nUnited States Code inspected CPN Pipeline Company’s Operation and Maintenance (O&M)\nand Integrity Management Program (IMP) procedures in Rio Vista, CA.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified an apparent inadequacy within CPN\nPipeline Company’s IMP procedures, as described below:\n1. §192.921 How is the baseline assessment to be conducted?\n(a) Assessment methods. An operator must assess the integrity of the line pipe\nin each covered segment by applying one or more of the following methods\ndepending on the threats to which the covered segment is susceptible. An\noperator must select the method or methods best suited to address the threats\nidentified to the covered segment (See § 192.917).\n(1) Internal inspection tool or tools capable of detecting corrosion, and any\nother threats to which the covered segment is susceptible. An operator must\nfollow ASME/ANSI B31.8S (incorporated by reference, see § 192.7), section 6.2\nin selecting the appropriate internal inspection tools for the covered segment.\n\n\n\n(2) Pressure test conducted in accordance with subpart J of this part. An\noperator must use the test pressures specified in Table 3 of section 5 of\nASME/ANSI B31.8S, to justify an extended reassessment interval in accordance\nwith §192.939\n(3) Direct assessment to address threats of external corrosion, internal\ncorrosion, and stress corrosion cracking. An operator must conduct the direct\nassessment in accordance with the requirements listed in § 192.923 and with, as\napplicable, the requirements specified in § § 192.925, 192.927 or 192.929;\n(4) Other technology that an operator demonstrates can provide an equivalent\nunderstanding of the condition of the line pipe. An operator choosing this option\nmust notify the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) 180 days before conducting the\nassessment, in accordance with §192.949. An operator must also notify a State or\nlocal pipeline safety authority when either a covered segment is located in a State\nwhere OPS has an interstate agent agreement, or an intrastate covered segment\nis regulated by that State.\nCPN Pipeline Company’s IMP procedures lacked specific details of the method(s) used for\nevaluating in-line inspection tools used to perform its pipeline assessments. The IMP\nprocedures must describe a technical basis for determining the effectiveness of its in-line\ninspection tool performance on a pipeline segment.\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 sixty days (60) of receipt of this\nNotice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the\ninadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this\nenforcement action will be closed.\nIt is requested (not mandated) that CPN Pipeline Company maintain documentation of the\nsafety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment\n\n\n\n(preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Chris Hoidal, Director,\nWestern Region, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In correspondence\nconcerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2014-0002M and, for each document you\nsubmit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nChris Hoidal,\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 C. Ishikawa (#145425)","truncated":false,"body_characters":7740}