{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 52025022WL","title":"ROARING FORK MIDSTREAM, LLC — Warning Letter","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2025-01-06","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED warning letter citing 192.605(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-52025022wl.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-52025022wl.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-52025022wl","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/52025022WL","body":"Warning Letter involving ROARING FORK MIDSTREAM, LLC. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.605(a). The case was opened on 2025-01-06 and is reported as closed as of 2025-01-06. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n52025022WL_Warning Letter_01062025_(24-297254).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52025022WL/52025022WL_Warning%20Letter_01062025_(24-297254).pdf\n\n52025022WL_Warning Letter_01062025_(24-297254)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52025022WL/52025022WL_Warning%20Letter_01062025_(24-297254)_text.pdf\n\n52025022WL_Warning Letter_01062025_(24-297254)_text.pdf\n\nWARNING LETTER\nVIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO MR. BRAD BYNUM:\nJanuary 6, 2025\nMr. Brad Bynum\nCEO\nRoaring Fork Midstream\n4350 Lockhill Selma Rd., Suite 110\nSan Antonio, TX 78249\nCPF 5-2025-022-WL\nDear Mr. Bynum:\nFrom August 12 through August 14, 2024, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States\nCode, (U.S.C.), inspected Roaring Fork’s Cheyenne Area Loop and Hub in Cheyenne,\nWyoming.\nAs a result of the inspection, it is alleged that you have committed probable violations of the\nPipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The items inspected\nand the probable violations are:\n1. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.\n(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline, a manual of\nwritten procedures for conducting operations and maintenance activities and for\nemergency response. For transmission lines, the manual must also include\nprocedures for handling abnormal operations. This manual must be reviewed and\nupdated by the operator at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each\ncalendar year. This manual must be prepared before operations of a pipeline system\n\n\n\ncommence. Appropriate parts of the manual must be kept at locations where\noperations and maintenance activities are conducted.\nRoaring Fork failed to review and update their manual of written procedures within the 15-month\ninterval. More specifically, the annual reviews exceeded the 15-month interval by three weeks\nwhen the revision dates showed that they were done on 3/30/2023 and 7/23/2024.\nUnder 49 U.S.C. § 60122 and 49 CFR § 190.223, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed\n$266,015 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,660,135 for a\nrelated series of violations. For violation occurring on or after January 6, 2023 and before\nDecember 28, 2023, the maximum penalty may not exceed $257,664 per violation per day the\nviolation persists, up to a maximum of $2,576,627 for a related series of violations. For violation\noccurring on or after March 21, 2022 and before January 6, 2023, the maximum penalty may not\nexceed $239,142 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,391,142 for\na related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after May 3, 2021 and before March\n21, 2022, the maximum penalty may not exceed $225,134 per violation per day the violation\npersists, up to a maximum of $2,251,334 for a related series of violations. For violation\noccurring on or after January 11, 2021 and before May 3, 2021, the maximum penalty may not\nexceed $222,504 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,225,034 for\na related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after July 31, 2019 and before\nJanuary 11, 2021, the maximum penalty may not exceed $218,647 per violation per day the\nviolation persists, up to a maximum of $2,186,465 for a related series of violations. For violation\noccurring on or after November 27, 2018 and before July 31, 2019, the maximum penalty may\nnot exceed $213,268 per violation per day, with a maximum penalty not to exceed $2,132,679.\nWe have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents involved in this case, and have\ndecided not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty assessment proceedings at this\ntime. We advise you to correct the item identified in this letter. Failure to do so will result in\nRoaring Fork Midstream being subject to additional enforcement action.\nNo reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to\nCPF 5-2025-022-WL. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement\naction is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your\nresponsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b), along with the\ncomplete original document you must provide a second copy of the document with the portions\nyou believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe\nthe redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).\nSincerely,\nDustin Hubbard\nDirector, Western Region, Office of Pipeline Safety\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 E. Ballado (#24-297254)","truncated":false,"body_characters":5153}