{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520156001","title":"TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2015-06-23","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 195.403(b), 195.403(c), 195.426, 195.452(k)(1)(ii), 195.573(c).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520156001.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520156001.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520156001","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520156001","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 195.403(b),  195.403(c),  195.426,  195.452(k)(1)(ii),  195.573(c). The case was opened on 2015-06-23 and is reported as closed as of 2016-12-30. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520156001_Final Order_12302016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_Final%20Order_12302016.pdf\n\n520156001_Final Order_12302016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_Final%20Order_12302016_text.pdf\n\n520156001_NOPV PCO_06232015.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_NOPV%20PCO_06232015.pdf\n\n520156001_NOPV PCO_06232015_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_NOPV%20PCO_06232015_text.pdf\n\n520156001_Operator Response and Request for Hearing_07142015.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_Operator%20Response%20and%20Request%20for%20Hearing_07142015.pdf\n\n520156001_Final Order_12302016_text.pdf\n\nDecember 30, 2016\nMr. Phillip M. Anderson\nPresident\nTesoro Logistics, LP\n19100 Ridgewood Parkway\nSan Antonio, TX 78259-1828\nRe: CPF No. 5-2015-6001\nDear Mr. Anderson:\nEnclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It withdraws several\nallegations of violation and the Proposed Compliance Order. This enforcement action is now\nclosed. Your receipt of the Final Order constitutes service of that document under\n49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nThank you for your cooperation in this matter.\nSincerely,\nAlan K. Mayberry\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure\ncc: Mr. Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, OPS\nMr. Aaron W. Martinez, Director, Compliance-Logistics, Tesoro Logistics, GP, LLC\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)\nTesoro Logistics LP, )\na subsidiary of Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC )\n)\n) CPF No. 5-2015-6001\nRespondent. )\n____________________________________)\nFINAL ORDER\nFrom June 30 to July 10, 2014, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the Pipeline\nand Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS),\nconducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and records of Tesoro Logistics,\nLP’s (Tesoro or Respondent) Tesoro Alaska Pipeline (TAPL) and Middle Ground Shoals\nPipeline (MGS) facilities in Anchorage and Nikiski, Alaska. TAPL is a 10.75 inch pipeline that\ntransports jet fuel, gasoline, and diesel fuel approximately 71 miles from Tesoro’s Nikiski\nRefinery to the Port of Anchorage. TAPL also owns and operates MGS, a 12 inch crude oil\npipeline, which currently operates at 2300 barrels per day and runs 3.8 miles in length. 1 Tesoro\nLogistics, LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in December 2010 by Tesoro Corporation\nand its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC.\nAs a result of the inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS (Director), issued to\nRespondent, by letter dated June 23, 2015, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed\nCompliance Order (Notice), which also included warning items pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 190.205.\nIn accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that Tesoro had violated\n49 C.F.R. §§ 195.426(a) and 195.573(c) and proposed ordering Respondent to take certain\nmeasures to correct the alleged violations. The warning items required no further action, but\nwarned the operator to correct the probable violation or face possible enforcement action.\nRespondent responded to the Notice by letter dated July 14, 2015 (Response), as well as\nproviding supplemental responses on April 15, 2016, and April 26, 2016. Tesoro contested the\nallegations, presented information seeking the withdrawal of Items 1 through 4, and requested a\nhearing. Based on Tesoro's Response, as well as its April 15, 2016, and April 26, 2016,\nsupplemental responses, OPS recommended that Items 1 through 4 of the Notice, as well as the\nProposed Compliance Order, be withdrawn.\n1 Pipeline Safety Violation Report (Violation Report), (June 23, 2015) (on file with PHMSA), at 1.\n\n\n\nCPF No. 5-2015-6001\nPage 2\nWITHDRAWAL OF ALLEGATIONS\nThe Director has reviewed the information received since the date of the Notice and determined\nthat further prosecution of this enforcement action is not warranted. Accordingly, I hereby\nwithdraw the allegations in Items 1 through 4 of the Notice that Tesoro had committed violations\nof 49 C.F.R. §§ 195.426(a), 195.573(c), 195.403(c), and 195.403(b)(1-2) at the time of the June\n30 to July 10, 2014 pipeline safety inspection.\nWARNING ITEM\nWith respect to Item 5, the Notice alleged probable violations of Part 195 but did not propose a\ncivil penalty or compliance order for this item. Therefore, this is considered to be a warning\nitem. The warning is for:\n49 C.F.R. § 195.452 (Item 5) ─ Respondent’s alleged failure to complete the\nprocess required by its Standard Operating Procedures to measure and evaluate its\nIntegrity Management program effectiveness. The forms were not completed for\n2012 or 2013, but the forms were completed retroactively at the time of the\nPHMSA inspection and subsequently provided. The forms were identical for both\nyears and did not indicate the year that each represented. The records indicated\nno use of metrics.\nTesoro presented information in its Response showing that it had taken certain actions to address\nthe cited item. If OPS finds a violation of this provision in a subsequent inspection, Respondent\nmay be subject to future enforcement action.\nThe terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective upon service in accordance with\n49 C.F.R. § 190.5.\nDecember 30, 2016\n___________________________________ _________________________\nAlan K. Mayberry Date Issued\nAssociate Administrator\nfor Pipeline Safety","truncated":false,"body_characters":6130}