U.S. Department 
of Transportation 
400 Seventh Street, S.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20590 
Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration 
JAN 1 ? 
BY FEDERAL EXPRESS 
Candice Frembling Dykhuizen 
Counsel 
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company 
800 Bell Street, Ste. PL-EMB-707F 
Houston, TX 77002 
Re: CPF No. 5-2005-5008 
Dear Ms. Dykhuizen: 
Pursuant to your request, this withdraws the Final Order in the above referenced case, and 
assigns a Presiding Official for a hearing de novo due to the departure of the attorney who acted 
as the Presiding Official in the previous hearing. 
In accordance with 49 C.F.R. 5 190.21 1, an informal hearing will be held regarding the Notice of 
Probable Violation, Proposed Compliance Order, Proposed Civil Penalty, and Notice of 
Amendment issued to ExxonMobil on February 18,2005. Denise Desautels, Esq. is the assigned 
Presiding Official in the case. Please contact her at (202) 366-9085 to schedule a hearing. 
Sincerely, 
Uoseph Ahern 
Deputy Chief Counsel 
Enclosure 
cc: 
Mr. Richard A. Rabinow 
President 
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company 
800 Bell St. 
Houston, TX 77002 

Mr. Jimmy James, Operations Manag er-Northern Region 
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company 
3225 Gallows Road 
Fairfax, VA 22037 
Mr. Chris Hoidal, P.E., Director Western Region, PHMSA 
Ms. Denise Desautels, Presiding Official