Message-ID: <18092216.1075860881998.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:21:01 -0700 (PDT) From: larry.campbell@enron.com To: kevin.hyatt@enron.com Subject: Re: Project Sun Devil EIS Cc: john.shafer@enron.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bcc: john.shafer@enron.com X-From: Campbell, Larry X-To: Hyatt, Kevin X-cc: Shafer, John X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kevin_Hyatt_Mar2002\Hyatt, Kevin\Projects\Sun Devil X-Origin: Hyatt-K X-FileName: khyatt (Non-Privileged).pst Kevin, I apologize for not getting back to you sooner as I have been out of= touch for the last week. I read John's message to you and agree with him = that we should develop a formal plan to address how we will generate public= support and address any future environmental concerns before they jump up = and bite us. As you may know, Flagstaff is one of those areas where there = is much environmental support to keep the area as pristine as possible and = there does exist a number of environmental groups which use this as their a= genda to keep development to a minimum. I will forward to you a memo from = David Roensch, team advisor in the Flagstaff area, of an article he found p= roviding the active participation of the environmental groups in the Flagst= aff area. Ive done some cusory inquiries as to land status and have polled= the Bureau of Land Management, State of Arizona, State Historic Preservat= ion Office and the Forest Service which is the major landowner between Flag= staff and Phoenix. I have not heard back from all of agencies as yet, but = will let you know if there are any glaring environmental concerns or if the= re appears to be trouble on the horizon. John and I have briefly traded = thoughts on this project and we would like to take a more proactive approa= ch "up front" with regard to public participation and input prior to break= ing ground. Its hard to deal with public issues when construction is under= way.=20 As for the $$$$$ for the environmental studies, you are correct in assuming= that the existing portion of the project from Bloomfield to Flagstaff will= require very little capital, as long as we limit and ensure our constructi= on activities to the existing right of way. Proceeding south from Flagstaf= f to Phoenix is where the initial expenditures will be the greatest. Once = the pipeline corridor is identified and staked, surveys will need to be com= pleted for the following: threatened and endangered plants and animals, a= rcheology surveys for bones, artifacts, relics etc, noise surveys should th= is portion of the project require installation of horsepower. The FERC wil= l require an EIS (environmental impact statement) and environmental report = to be conducted. These activities include not only the environemntal issue= s but also things like socioeconomics, land use soils, geology etc. Past c= onsttruction projects has shown that third party involvement with this grea= tly expidites the process (John has eluded to this previously). Due to the= rough terrain and topography of the land south of Station 2 into Phoenix m= akes this project extremely hard to give an approximate dollar amount for = the environmental baseline surveys and permits to be completed as the entir= e proposed right of way (140 miles) from station 2 into Phoenix will need t= o be walked and surveyed by several people. I would rather wait until we c= an identify on a map the corridor route and send out proposals for each of = the surveys to be performed on the pipeline prior to giving a $$$$ figure. = However, because you need something for a preliminary budget estimate, I = would recommend an amount of $70,000 to 90,000 for the baseline environmen= tal work and this might be a little light, in the event the surveys identif= y something.......please dont hold me too close to this number as it is a W= AG contingent upon a number of variables that are relatively unclear at thi= s time. Having the pipeline corridor identified on a map will greatly assi= st in the environmental budgeting for this project. From:=09Kevin Hyatt/ENRON@enronxgate on 07/25/2001 10:55 AM CDT To:=09Larry Campbell/ET&S/Enron@ENRON cc:=09John Shafer/ENRON@enronXgate, William Kendrick/ENRON@enronXgate=20 Subject:=09Project Sun Devil EIS I received the vmail from Bill last week basically stating there were no en= vironmental deal killers for this new gas pipeline project, at least not fr= om a 30,000 foot high level survey. =20 My question is now what are our next steps? I am building a work order aut= horization for some minimal dollars to get things like the ROW, EIS, etc. s= coped out. Assuming we have necessary market support, what would it cost t= o move to the next level on the EIS? What do we get for our money? I am m= ostly concerned about the "greenfield" portion of the line that would run f= rom Flagstaff to Phoenix. =20 Please call me at your earliest convenience to discuss an action plan. thanks Kevin Hyatt 713-853-5559