Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC
Original Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 03/01/2009, Docket: RP09-257-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 241 Original Sheet No. 241
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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28. COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
28.1 COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
It is the goal of KMLP, as a provider of transportation
services for others, that each of its existing and potential
Shippers receive service that is in accordance with KMLP's Tariff
and is fully satisfactory to it. To that end, it is the policy of
KMLP that customer concerns and problems, communicated in any form
to any representative of KMLP, 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 28.1(a) through 28.1(e) should be followed.
(a) Formal complaints by Shippers and potential Shippers
shall be addressed to the Vice President, Business Management,
located in Lombard, Illinois. 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, KMLP'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, KMLP 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.