Avista 220816-17 Sandpoint Field

Idaho PUC Pipeline Safety Inspection Summary
Inspector(s): I Brooks, Galli I Date(s): 8/16-17/22
Company/Owner: lAvista Utilities Unit#/OPID 131232
Inspection Type &Time (1 day, 0.5 day) Total Inspection Days:18.5
Standard:F8 Construction: Training: (T)(D) Integrity Management: Incident:
Gas Rule: = Follow-up: OQ: 0.5 Damage Prevention: D&A:
Inspection Summary
Audit consisted of inspecting field installed operating equipment for the Avista Sandpoint inspection unit.
Records and procedures for all Idaho Avista units were inspected March 16-17,2021 virtually from our
office in Boise, Idaho.
February 23, 2022: (0.5 Standard Prep)
Prep for Sandpoint Field Audit
August 15,2022: (2.0 Standard Travel)
Traveled to Sandpoint
August 16& 17 2022: (3.0 Standard)
IPUC inspectors Brooks and Galli conducted a field audit of Avista's Sandpoint district. Audit included: Review
of construction records, emergency operations manual,verification of Steve Finney, Jeff Lee and Shawn Slinkard
OQs, 6 regulator stations (203, 204, 2050, 206, 618, 620), 5 carrier/casings, 2 rectifiers, 15 control valves and 2
patrols.
One regulator station(206) failed lockup due to dithiazine issues on the worker regulator. Regulator was fixed
on-site by replacing pilot stems and cleaning the diaphragm. This regulator station was scheduled to be removed
late 2022 (Gas engineering project number-93005174).
August 18,2022: (0.5 00,0.5 Standard post)
Wrote the inspection report, completed audit forms: PHMSA IA question set, 1PUC Forms 1, 3 and attached
inspection documents.
August 19,2022: (2 Standard Travel)
Traveled from Sandpoint
Attached:
IPUC Form 1, Inspection Summary
IPUC Form 3, Exit Interview
IPUC Field Equipment Status Worksheets
PHMSA Form 15 OQ Field
Inspector (Lead): /I Date:
Brooks 8/18/2022
Reviewer: Date:
Galli ���� a 8/18/2022
IPUC Form 1