{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520160007M","title":"CITY OF SUSANVILLE — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-07-05","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.233, 192.459.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520160007m.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520160007m.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520160007m","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520160007M","body":"Notice of Amendment involving CITY OF SUSANVILLE. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulations as 192.233,  192.459. The case was opened on 2016-07-05 and is reported as closed as of 2017-01-09. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520160007M_Closure Letter_01092017.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520160007M/520160007M_Closure%20Letter_01092017.pdf\n\n520160007M_Closure Letter_01092017_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520160007M/520160007M_Closure%20Letter_01092017_text.pdf\n\n520160007M_Notice of Amendment_07052016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520160007M/520160007M_Notice%20of%20Amendment_07052016.pdf\n\n520160007M_Notice of Amendment_07052016_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520160007M/520160007M_Notice%20of%20Amendment_07052016_text.pdf\n\n520160007M_Operator Response to Notice_10282016.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520160007M/520160007M_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_10282016.pdf\n\n520160007M_Notice of Amendment_07052016_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nJuly 5, 2016\nMr. Dan Newton\nPublic Works Director\nCity of Susanville\n720 South Street\nSusanville, CA 96130\nCPF 5-2016-0007M\nDear Mr. Newton:\nOn December 15-17, 2015, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected The\nCity of Susanville Gas Distribution System (Susanville) procedures for Operations and\nMaintenance in Susanville, California.\nOn the basis of the inspection of your Distribution Pipeline System, PHMSA has identified\nthe apparent inadequacies found within Susanville’s plans or procedures. Many of the\ninadequacies were previously cited for your Transmission Pipeline System in our Notice to\nSusanville (CPF 5-2016-0005M, dated June 17, 2016).\n\n\n\n1. §192.459 External corrosion control: Examination of buried pipeline when\nexposed.\nWhenever an operator has knowledge that any portion of a buried pipeline is\nexposed, the exposed portion must be examined for evidence of external\ncorrosion if the pipe is bare, or if the coating is deteriorated. If external\ncorrosion requiring remedial action under Secs. 192.483 through 192.489 is\nfound, the operator shall investigate circumferentially and longitudinally beyond\nthe exposed portion (by visual examination, indirect method, or both) to\ndetermine whether additional corrosion requiring remedial action exists in the\nvicinity of the exposed portion.\nThe Susanville Operations and Maintenance Plan does not contain procedures explicitly\nrequiring exposed pipe be examined for evidence of corrosion or coating deterioration,\ncompleting, and documenting any findings or required remedial action in accordance with\n§192.459.\n2. §192.233 Miter joints.\n(a) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop\nstress of 30 percent or more of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 3°.\n(b) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop\nstress of less than 30 percent, but more than 10 percent of SMYS may not deflect\nthe pipe more than 12 1/2° and must be a distance equal to one pipe diameter or\nmore away from any other miter joint, as measured from the crotch of each joint.\n(c) A miter joint on steel pipe to be operated at a pressure that produces a hoop\nstress of 10 percent or less of SMYS may not deflect the pipe more than 90°.\nThe City of Susanville O&M Plan allows installation of miter joints on transmission lines and\nmains with the permission the engineer. This procedure language is vague as to which\nengineer will approve, how much miter is allowed per joint and under what circumstances\nmiters joints will be allowed. §192.233 is prescriptive and must be followed if miter joints\nare allowed to be installed in a gas pipeline. Susanville must incorporate the requirements of\n§192.233 if they intend to allow miter joints.\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\n2\n\n\n\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 in\nthis 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 (60) days 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 The City of Susanville Gas System maintain\ndocumentation of the safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of\nAmendment (preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Chris Hoidal,\nDirector, Western Region, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In\ncorrespondence concerning this matter, please refer to CPF 5-2016-0007M and, for each\ndocument you submit, please provide a copy in electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nChris Hoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 J. Dunphy (#148382)\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Compliance Proceedings\n3\n\n520160007M_Closure Letter_01092017_text.pdf\n\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nJanuary 9, 2017\nMr. Dan Newton\nPublic Works Director\nCity of Susanville\n720 South Street\nSusanville, CA 96130\nCPF 5-2016-0007M\nClosure Letter\nDear Mr. Newton:\nOn December 15-17, 2015, representatives from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA), pursuant to chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, conducted an on-site\npipeline safety inspection of The City of Susanville Gas Distribution System (Susanville) procedures\nfor Operations and Maintenance in Susanville, California. As a result of the inspection, Susanville\nwas issued a Notice of Amendment on July 6, 2016, which proposed amendment of your procedures.\nSusanville submitted its amended procedures on October 28, 2016. My staff reviewed the amended\nprocedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this Notice of Amendment have been\ncorrected.\nThis letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank you for\nyour cooperation.\nSincerely,\nChris Hoidal\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 J. Dunphy (#148382)","truncated":false,"body_characters":7737}