{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 52022025NOA","title":"SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT, M&O _ HONOLULU — Notice of Amendment","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2022-04-27","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of amendment citing 195.402(c)(3).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-52022025noa.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-52022025noa.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-52022025noa","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/52022025NOA","body":"Notice of Amendment involving SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT, M&O _ HONOLULU. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 195.402(c)(3). The case was opened on 2022-04-27 and is reported as closed as of 2022-07-12. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n52022025NOA_Closure Letter_07122022_(21-218959).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022025NOA/52022025NOA_Closure%20Letter_07122022_(21-218959).pdf\n\n52022025NOA_Closure Letter_07122022_(21-218959)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022025NOA/52022025NOA_Closure%20Letter_07122022_(21-218959)_text.pdf\n\n52022025NOA_Notice of Amendment_04272022_(21-218959).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022025NOA/52022025NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_04272022_(21-218959).pdf\n\n52022025NOA_Notice of Amendment_04272022_(21-218959)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022025NOA/52022025NOA_Notice%20of%20Amendment_04272022_(21-218959)_text.pdf\n\n52022025NOA_Operator Response to Notice_05262022_(21-218959).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52022025NOA/52022025NOA_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_05262022_(21-218959).pdf\n\n52022025NOA_Notice of Amendment_04272022_(21-218959)_text.pdf\n\nNOTICE OF AMENDMENT\nVIA E-MAIL TO MR. ERIC HIETALA\nApril 27, 2022\nMr. Eric Hietala\nSenior Vice President – West\nSignature Flight Support\n13485 Veterans Way, Suite 600\nOrlando, FL 32827\nCPF 5-2022-025-NOA\nDear Mr. Hietala:\nFrom November 8 through 12, 2021, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials\nSafety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code, inspected\nSignature Flight Support’s procedures for operations and maintenance of its jet fuel pipelines and\nbreakout tanks in Honolulu, Hawaii.\nOn the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified some apparent inadequacies found within\nSignature Flight Support’s plans or procedures, as described below:\n1. § 195.402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n(1) . . . .\n(3) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline system in accordance with\neach of the requirements of this subpart and subpart H of this part.\n\n\n\nSignature Flight Support’s \"Sand Island Procedural Manual,\" including the revision supplied by\nthe operator after the inspection, was inadequate to assure safe operation of a pipeline facility.\nSpecifically, the “Sand Island Procedural Manual” failed to describe how the operator provides\nprotection against accidental ignitions consistent with API RP 2003, as required by § 195.405(a).\nIn addition, it failed to describe what provisions of API RP 2003 are not necessary for the safety\nof a particular breakout tank. Page 58 of the revised manual, provided to PHMSA by the\noperator in a February 2, 2022, email states:\n“SFS provides protection against ignitions arising out of static electricity, lightning, and\nstray currents during operations and maintenance activities involving aboveground\nbreakout tanks in accordance with API RP 2003.”\nAPI RP 2003 describes practices and the use of equipment to reduce the risk of potential\naccidental ignition. During the inspection, the operator described how it uses some of the\nrecommended practices in API RP 2003 and indicated that other practices described in API RP\n2003 do not apply to that facility. However, the operator had not described these practices in its\nwritten procedures.\n2. § 195.402 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) . . . .\n(c) Maintenance and normal operations. The manual required by paragraph (a) of\nthis section must include procedures for the following to provide safety during\nmaintenance and normal operations:\n(1) . . . .\n(3) Operating, maintaining, and repairing the pipeline system in accordance with\neach of the requirements of this subpart and subpart H of this part.\nSignature Flight Support’s \"Sand Island Procedural Manual,\" including the revision supplied by\nthe operator after the inspection, was inadequate to assure safe operation of a pipeline facility.\nSpecifically, the “Sand Island Procedural Manual” failed to describe which valves are necessary\nfor the safe operation of the pipeline system and how the operator maintains these valves, as\nrequired by § 195.420(a). For example, during the inspection the operator was unable to\ndescribe how it maintained the “Cla-Val” brand flow control valves on the discharge of the 10-\ninch pipeline’s pump station. These valves control the pressure and flow rates on the 10-inch\npipeline system and are necessary for its safe operation and require periodic maintenance to\nensure they function as intended. Section 195.420(a) does not prescribe which valves are subject\nto this requirement, or how often they are to be maintained. Instead, the requirement is for\noperators to identify and describe how they will maintain valves subject to the requirement.\nResponse to this Notice\nThis Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.206. Enclosed as\npart of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in\nCompliance Proceedings.\n2\n\n\n\nPlease refer to this document and note the response options. Be advised that all material you\nsubmit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being made publicly available. If you\nbelieve that any portion of your responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5\nU.S.C. 552(b), along with the complete original document you must provide a second copy of\nthe document with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an\nexplanation of why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment\nunder 5 U.S.C. 552(b).\nFollowing the receipt of this Notice, you have 30 days to submit written comments, revised\nprocedures, or a request for a hearing under §190.211. If you do not respond within 30 days of\nreceipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this\nNotice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in\nthis Notice without further notice to you and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If your\nplans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in this Notice, you may be ordered to amend\nyour plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies (49 C.F.R. § 190.206). If you are not\ncontesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your amended procedures to my office within\n90 days of receipt of this Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good\ncause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended\nprocedures, this enforcement action will be closed.\nIt is requested (not mandated) that Signature Flight Support maintain documentation of the safety\nimprovement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment (preparation/revision of\nplans, procedures) and submit the total to Dustin Hubbard, Director, Western Region, Pipeline\nand Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. In correspondence concerning this matter,\nplease refer to CPF 5-2022-025-NOA and, for each document you submit, please provide a copy\nin electronic format whenever possible.\nSincerely,\nDustin Hubbard\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\nEnclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 J. Gano (#21-218959)\nJason Maga, Signature Flight Support (via email)\n3\n\n52022025NOA_Closure Letter_07122022_(21-218959)_text.pdf\n\nVIA E-MAIL TO MR. ERIC HIETALA\nJuly 12, 2022\nMr. Eric Hietala\nSenior Vice President – West\nSignature Flight Support\n13485 Veterans Way, Suite 600\nOrlando, FL 32827\nCPF 5-2022-025-NOA\nClosure Letter\nDear Mr. Hietala:\nFrom November 8 through November 12, 2021, 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 Signature Flight Support’s\nprocedures for operations and maintenance of its jet fuel pipelines and breakout tanks in\nHonolulu, Hawaii. As a result of the inspection, Signature Flight Support was issued a Notice of\nAmendment on April 27, 2022, which proposed the amendment of your procedures.\nSignature Flight Support submitted its amended procedures on May 26, 2022. My staff reviewed\nthe 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 is now closed. Thank you\nfor your cooperation.\nSincerely,\nDustin Hubbard\nDirector, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 J. Gano (#21-218959)","truncated":false,"body_characters":9102}