# ROARING FORK MIDSTREAM, LLC — Warning Letter

- **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:** Not available
- **summary:** CLOSED warning letter citing 192.605(a).
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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.

Official case documents:

52025022WL_Warning Letter_01062025_(24-297254).pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52025022WL/52025022WL_Warning%20Letter_01062025_(24-297254).pdf

52025022WL_Warning Letter_01062025_(24-297254)_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/52025022WL/52025022WL_Warning%20Letter_01062025_(24-297254)_text.pdf

52025022WL_Warning Letter_01062025_(24-297254)_text.pdf

WARNING LETTER
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL TO MR. BRAD BYNUM:
January 6, 2025
Mr. Brad Bynum
CEO
Roaring Fork Midstream
4350 Lockhill Selma Rd., Suite 110
San Antonio, TX 78249
CPF 5-2025-022-WL
Dear Mr. Bynum:
From August 12 through August 14, 2024, representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States
Code, (U.S.C.), inspected Roaring Fork’s Cheyenne Area Loop and Hub in Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
As a result of the inspection, it is alleged that you have committed probable violations of the
Pipeline Safety Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The items inspected
and the probable violations are:
1. § 192.605 Procedural manual for operations, maintenance, and emergencies.
(a) General. Each operator shall prepare and follow for each pipeline, a manual of
written procedures for conducting operations and maintenance activities and for
emergency response. For transmission lines, the manual must also include
procedures for handling abnormal operations. This manual must be reviewed and
updated by the operator at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each
calendar year. This manual must be prepared before operations of a pipeline system



commence. Appropriate parts of the manual must be kept at locations where
operations and maintenance activities are conducted.
Roaring Fork failed to review and update their manual of written procedures within the 15-month
interval. More specifically, the annual reviews exceeded the 15-month interval by three weeks
when the revision dates showed that they were done on 3/30/2023 and 7/23/2024.
Under 49 U.S.C. § 60122 and 49 CFR § 190.223, you are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
$266,015 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,660,135 for a
related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after January 6, 2023 and before
December 28, 2023, the maximum penalty may not exceed $257,664 per violation per day the
violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,576,627 for a related series of violations. For violation
occurring on or after March 21, 2022 and before January 6, 2023, the maximum penalty may not
exceed $239,142 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,391,142 for
a related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after May 3, 2021 and before March
21, 2022, the maximum penalty may not exceed $225,134 per violation per day the violation
persists, up to a maximum of $2,251,334 for a related series of violations. For violation
occurring on or after January 11, 2021 and before May 3, 2021, the maximum penalty may not
exceed $222,504 per violation per day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,225,034 for
a related series of violations. For violation occurring on or after July 31, 2019 and before
January 11, 2021, the maximum penalty may not exceed $218,647 per violation per day the
violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,186,465 for a related series of violations. For violation
occurring on or after November 27, 2018 and before July 31, 2019, the maximum penalty may
not exceed $213,268 per violation per day, with a maximum penalty not to exceed $2,132,679.
We have reviewed the circumstances and supporting documents involved in this case, and have
decided not to conduct additional enforcement action or penalty assessment proceedings at this
time. We advise you to correct the item identified in this letter. Failure to do so will result in
Roaring Fork Midstream being subject to additional enforcement action.
No reply to this letter is required. If you choose to reply, in your correspondence please refer to
CPF 5-2025-022-WL. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement
action is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your
responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b), along with the
complete original document you must provide a second copy of the document with the portions
you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe
the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
Sincerely,
Dustin Hubbard
Director, Western Region, Office of Pipeline Safety
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
cc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry
PHP-500 E. Ballado (#24-297254)
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