CONSENT AGREEMENTConsent Agreement • August 16th, 2021
Contract Type FiledAugust 16th, 2021On December 24, 2014, the Regional Director for the Central Region (the Region or Region 3) of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS or the Agency), issued a Notice of Proposed Safety Order (Notice) to Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP. (PEPL or Respondent), a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP). The Notice alleged that conditions exist on PEPL’s pipeline system that may pose a pipeline integrity risk to public safety, property, or the environment. The Notice also proposed that PEPL take certain corrective measures to remedy the alleged conditions and ensure that the public, property, and the environment are protected from the potential risk.