Subject: EHS Weekly Report - Week ending 7/20/01
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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:11:18 -0700 (PDT)

GENERAL 

US DOE/DOC - Mike Terraso participated at the invitation of DOE/DOC(NOAA) on an industry and government panel in Washington, D.C. discussing energy, the environment and technology.

The Nature Conservancy - Mike Terraso and Kelly Kimberly met with Steve McCormick, President and CEO of the Nature Conservancy.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Puerto Rico, San Juan Gas Remediation Project - Donnie Willmann was in San Juan Gas providing technical assistance in the remediation project at the Miramar site.  Additional soil volumes have had to be excavated in some areas.  The project is currently on schedule.Donnie Willmann is coordinating the development contents for a letter being written by Enron legal counsel to the San Juan Gas neighbors advising them of potential migration of contaminants to the soils on their property.  

Generation investment Group - Gus Eghneim is continuing to coordinate the environment development activities for a coal-fired power project in Brownsville, Texas.  Enron was granted the option to lease land from the Port of Brownsville. 

EES - New Business Venture - Gus Eghneim is continuing to support various energy-outsourcing deals in the U.S. The focus of this week's activity was on Boston and New York.  

Alberta Air Regulations - Marc Phillips is preparing information on the potential costs of air regulations over the next 20 years for existing coal power plants in Alberta, Canada. Major costs will be due to the installation of controls for NOx, SOx, mercury and particulates.

Training Program Development For OSHA Recordkeeping - Russell Tucker is developing a training program to re-educate the record keepers for the Enron Houston Campus. This program will provide each person with the information necessary to record injuries and illnesses in compliance with the 80 different changes made to the old regulation in the Recordkeeping final rule due to take effect on 1 January, 2002. 

ADMINISTRATIVE

Enron Campus -  Ken Lovejoy advised North American Oil Reclaimers to provide additional safety measures when loading and or unloading fuel from the emergency generators in the new parking garage. Ken met with Henry Terech, Enron Corp Director of Construction to review additional safety awareness for contractors. -

Ken Lovejoy continues to work with the Industrial Hygiene manager for ETS to find the possible cause of concern (work location causing allergies) for several employees in the Enron building.  Equipment has been requested so monitoring can be accomplished of the ventilating system. Ken Lovejoy has informed the employees of the progress. Ken met with the director of construction for the Enron building to discuss safety concerns around the Enron Campus and construction sites.

UK Electricity Association (EA) - Alan Stringer has been requested by EEOS to represent Enron on EHS issues on this association of major generating companies the UK so as to be aware of potential regulatory issues that are being addressed by EA.

ENRON AMERICAS

Garden State Paper Mill - Ken Lovejoy met with Scott Watson EES and Peter del Vecchio, and Chyrl Lindermen of Corp. legal to discuss safety issues at the Garden State mill and concerns about contractor safety performance. A site visit will be scheduled to help identify possible items that may require assistance. 

ENRON INDUSTRIAL MARKETS

HUNTCO Steel, Inc. - Ken Lovejoy and Gus Eghneim met with Eric Connor of Industrial Markets to review the limited safety review (and environmental assistance) conducted of the Huntco steel mill. The report has been completed and has been distributed with recommended action items.

DEPARTMENT PROJECTS

EHS Annual Report - Gavin Dillingham is working with Susan Worthen in compiling data for the annual report. The air charts are being normalized to help with the interpretation of air emission data.

REGULATORY TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Workstation Ergonomic Evaluation Request - Russell Tucker, at the request of the supervisor for the Enron Data Technologies Group in the Enron building, conducted a workstation ergonomic evaluation with recommendations to help reduce or eliminate the risk factors causing the employee to experience back problems.

Oxidation Catalysts - Marc Phillips distributed technical information to Enron personnel regarding ETS's installation of oxidation catalysts on reciprocating engines in Florida. There is general interest within Enron on the use of these catalysts on reciprocating engines and turbines.

ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES

Jeff Keeler provided legislative/regulatory intelligence and organized advocacy strategy with Enron Global Markets, Clean Energy Solutions group in order to obtain DOE clean coal funding and possible discretionary grants for demonstration projects involving EGM's "NOx Tech" pollution control technology for coal boilers.

Lisa Jacobson represented Enron at the international climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany and organized several meetings with government affairs and commercial groups at Enron London to coordinate global emissions trading initiatives, information exchange with Enron Europe and commercial opportunities.