Message-ID: <25640734.1075862327116.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:24:01 -0800 (PST) From: cahelms@cmsenergy.com To: joe.monroe@unocal.com Subject: Re: The Honorable Norman Mineta Letter Cc: bcave@apga.org, bcooper@aopl.org, bkalisch@apga.org, botterwt@kochind.com, conradj@natfuel.com, cuba.wadlington@williams.com, dlemmon@colpipe.com, dougfreberg@yahoo.com, dparker@aga.org, fjfowler@duke-energy.com, gfriedmann@ingaa.org, gmrootes@equilon.com, jhalvorsen@ingaa.org, joe.monroe@unocal.com, john.somerhalder@elpaso.com, jsbi@chevron.com, krogers@aga.org, matheson@api.org, rcavaney@api.org, rgr@nwnatural.com, richard.a.rabinow@exxonmobil.com, shorton@enron.com, tom.miesner@usa.conoco.com, wthacker@teppco.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: bcave@apga.org, bcooper@aopl.org, bkalisch@apga.org, botterwt@kochind.com, conradj@natfuel.com, cuba.wadlington@williams.com, dlemmon@colpipe.com, dougfreberg@yahoo.com, dparker@aga.org, fjfowler@duke-energy.com, gfriedmann@ingaa.org, gmrootes@equilon.com, jhalvorsen@ingaa.org, joe.monroe@unocal.com, john.somerhalder@elpaso.com, jsbi@chevron.com, krogers@aga.org, matheson@api.org, rcavaney@api.org, rgr@nwnatural.com, richard.a.rabinow@exxonmobil.com, shorton@enron.com, tom.miesner@usa.conoco.com, wthacker@teppco.com X-From: "Christopher A. Helms" @ENRON X-To: joe.monroe@unocal.com X-cc: Bob Cave (E-mail) , Ben Cooper (E-mail) , Bert Kalisch (E-mail) , Tony Botterweck (E-mail) , Phil Ackerman (E-mail) , Cuba Wadlington (E-mail) , David Lemmon (E-mail) , Doug Freberg (E-mail) , Dave Parker (E-mail) , Fred Fowler (E-mail) , Gay Friedmann (E-mail) , George M. Rootes (E-mail) , Jerry Halvorsen (E-mail) , Joe Monroe (E-mail) , John Somerhalder (E-mail) , Jeet Bindra (E-mail) , Kyle Rogers (E-mail) , Marty Matheson (E-mail) , Red Cavaney (E-mail) , Dick Reiten (E-mail) , Dick Rabinow (E-mail) , Stan Horton (E-mail) , Tom Miesner (E-mail) , William Thacker (E-mail) X-bcc: X-Folder: \SHORTON (Non-Privileged)\Horton, Stanley\Deleted Items X-Origin: Horton-S X-FileName: SHORTON (Non-Privileged).pst Joe, On behalf of the CMS Energy Companies we appreciate the leadership you have exhibited in taking on this most important task. Without your persistence and insight I'm sure we could not have come together so effectively to speak with one industry voice. Congratulations to all. Chris "Monroe, Joe" , "John Somerhalder nocal.com> (E-mail)" , "Fred Fowler (E-mail)" , "George M. Rootes (E-mail)" 11/20/2001 , "Tom Miesner (E-mail)" 05:16 PM , "Stan Horton (E-mail)" , "Cuba Wadlington (E-mail)" , "David Lemmon (E-mail)" , "Dick Reiten (E-mail)" , "Dick Rabinow (E-mail)" , "Chris Helms (E-mail)" , "Phil Ackerman (E-mail)" , "William Thacker (E-mail)" , "Jeet Bindra (E-mail)" , "Tony Botterweck (E-mail)" , "Dave Parker (E-mail)" , "Jerry Halvorsen (E-mail)" , "Red Cavaney (E-mail)" , "Bob Cave (E-mail)" , "Ben Cooper (E-mail)" cc: "Marty Matheson (E-mail)" , "Gay Friedmann (E-mail)" , "Kyle Rogers (E-mail)" , "Bert Kalisch (E-mail)" , "Doug Freberg (E-mail)" Subject: The Honorable Norman Mineta Letter All: Today marks a tremendous milestone in that the letter that confirms the "Pipeline Industry" has joined together to address regulatory and legislative pipeline safety issues in a unified fashion has been delivered to the Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta, via courier. These documents were also sent to select Senators, Congressmen and Staff. You, as signatory to this letter, acting as CEO's, Chairman of Boards & Executive Committees of Associations, CEO's & Presidents of the Associations and Institutes, and Industry Leaders, confirm the path forward for the entire industry and collectively we represent the entire industry. We need to roll out this confirmation to all the industry stakeholders and encourage the use of these documents to advance our efforts. A follow-up face-to-face session with Secretary Mineta and a few of the CEO's will be worked into his busy schedule as soon as possible. A copy of the signed document went out in the mail to you today and a electronic copy (without the signatures) is attached for your convenience. Also attached is the "One-Pager" that accompanied the letter and a Industry news release. Congratulations to all who made this possible. To you and yours.....Happy Thanksgiving. <> <> <> Regards, Joe (See attached file: Joint CEO Mineta letterFinal Sent.doc)(See attached file: One-pager[1].joint.associations.final..doc)(See attached file: Joint Industry news release final[1].doc) - Joint CEO Mineta letterFinal Sent.doc - One-pager[1].joint.associations.final..doc - Joint Industry news release final[1].doc