# TESORO ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY LLC — Notice of Probable Violation - **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:** Not available - **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. Official case documents: 520156001_Final Order_12302016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_Final%20Order_12302016.pdf 520156001_Final Order_12302016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_Final%20Order_12302016_text.pdf 520156001_NOPV PCO_06232015.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_NOPV%20PCO_06232015.pdf 520156001_NOPV PCO_06232015_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520156001/520156001_NOPV%20PCO_06232015_text.pdf 520156001_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 520156001_Final Order_12302016_text.pdf December 30, 2016 Mr. Phillip M. Anderson President Tesoro Logistics, LP 19100 Ridgewood Parkway San Antonio, TX 78259-1828 Re: CPF No. 5-2015-6001 Dear Mr. Anderson: Enclosed please find the Final Order issued in the above-referenced case. It withdraws several allegations of violation and the Proposed Compliance Order. This enforcement action is now closed. Your receipt of the Final Order constitutes service of that document under 49 C.F.R. § 190.5. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Alan K. Mayberry Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety Enclosure cc: Mr. Chris Hoidal, Director, Western Region, OPS Mr. Aaron W. Martinez, Director, Compliance-Logistics, Tesoro Logistics, GP, LLC CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590 ____________________________________ ) In the Matter of ) ) Tesoro Logistics LP, ) a subsidiary of Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC ) ) ) CPF No. 5-2015-6001 Respondent. ) ____________________________________) FINAL ORDER From June 30 to July 10, 2014, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60117, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), conducted an on-site pipeline safety inspection of the facilities and records of Tesoro Logistics, LP’s (Tesoro or Respondent) Tesoro Alaska Pipeline (TAPL) and Middle Ground Shoals Pipeline (MGS) facilities in Anchorage and Nikiski, Alaska. TAPL is a 10.75 inch pipeline that transports jet fuel, gasoline, and diesel fuel approximately 71 miles from Tesoro’s Nikiski Refinery to the Port of Anchorage. TAPL also owns and operates MGS, a 12 inch crude oil pipeline, which currently operates at 2300 barrels per day and runs 3.8 miles in length. 1 Tesoro Logistics, LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in December 2010 by Tesoro Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC. As a result of the inspection, the Director, Western Region, OPS (Director), issued to Respondent, by letter dated June 23, 2015, a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Compliance Order (Notice), which also included warning items pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 190.205. In accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.207, the Notice proposed finding that Tesoro had violated 49 C.F.R. §§ 195.426(a) and 195.573(c) and proposed ordering Respondent to take certain measures to correct the alleged violations. The warning items required no further action, but warned the operator to correct the probable violation or face possible enforcement action. Respondent responded to the Notice by letter dated July 14, 2015 (Response), as well as providing supplemental responses on April 15, 2016, and April 26, 2016. Tesoro contested the allegations, presented information seeking the withdrawal of Items 1 through 4, and requested a hearing. Based on Tesoro's Response, as well as its April 15, 2016, and April 26, 2016, supplemental responses, OPS recommended that Items 1 through 4 of the Notice, as well as the Proposed Compliance Order, be withdrawn. 1 Pipeline Safety Violation Report (Violation Report), (June 23, 2015) (on file with PHMSA), at 1. CPF No. 5-2015-6001 Page 2 WITHDRAWAL OF ALLEGATIONS The Director has reviewed the information received since the date of the Notice and determined that further prosecution of this enforcement action is not warranted. Accordingly, I hereby withdraw the allegations in Items 1 through 4 of the Notice that Tesoro had committed violations of 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 30 to July 10, 2014 pipeline safety inspection. WARNING ITEM With respect to Item 5, the Notice alleged probable violations of Part 195 but did not propose a civil penalty or compliance order for this item. Therefore, this is considered to be a warning item. The warning is for: 49 C.F.R. § 195.452 (Item 5) ─ Respondent’s alleged failure to complete the process required by its Standard Operating Procedures to measure and evaluate its Integrity Management program effectiveness. The forms were not completed for 2012 or 2013, but the forms were completed retroactively at the time of the PHMSA inspection and subsequently provided. The forms were identical for both years and did not indicate the year that each represented. The records indicated no use of metrics. Tesoro presented information in its Response showing that it had taken certain actions to address the cited item. If OPS finds a violation of this provision in a subsequent inspection, Respondent may be subject to future enforcement action. The terms and conditions of this Final Order are effective upon service in accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 190.5. December 30, 2016 ___________________________________ _________________________ Alan K. Mayberry Date Issued Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 6130