Trailblazer Pipeline Company
Third Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 12/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 85-003, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 200 Original Sheet No. 200 : Superseded
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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34.3 COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
It is the goal of Trailblazer, as a provider of
transportation services for others, that each of its existing and
potential shippers receive service that is in accordance with
Trailblazer's Tariff and is fully satisfactory to the customer. To
that end, it is the policy of Trailblazer that customer concerns and
problems, communicated in any form to any representative of
Trailblazer, be satisfactorily resolved as informally, as rapidly
and at as low a level as is possible. If attempts to resolve
problems and concerns through such normal communication channels are
unsuccessful, the procedures set forth in Sections 34.3(a) through
34.3(e) should be followed.
(a) Formal complaints by Shippers and potential shippers
shall be addressed to the Vice President, Gas Transportation, located
in Houston, Texas. A complaint should contain as much specific
information as is possible in order to facilitate the appropriate
resolution of the matter. Anyone making a verbal complaint should
specifically identify the communication as a complaint.
(b) The Vice President, or his designee, shall
acknowledge the receipt of the complaint within forty-eight (48)
hours of receipt. If appropriate, Trailblazer's resolution of the
matter will be communicated tentatively to the complainant at that
time.
(c) The Vice President, or his designee, shall
communicate, as necessary, with others concerning the complaint and
the formation of an appropriate response to it.
(d) The timing and nature of subsequent communications
with the complainant, including final resolution of the matter,
shall be at the discretion of the Vice President. Every effort
shall be made to resolve finally each complaint in writing within
thirty (30) days after the complaint was originally received. At a
minimum, Trailblazer shall notify Shipper in writing of the status
of the complaint within thirty (30) days of its receipt.
(e) The foregoing recognizes that individual complaints
may vary greatly as to complexity and seriousness. For this reason,
the informed judgment of the Vice President shall be relied upon in
each instance for the necessary determinations concerning such
things as: (1) the exact steps to be taken in addressing the
complaint; (2) the need to involve more senior officers in the
matter; and (3) the appropriate final resolution of the complaint.