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EPA Comments on Combined Cycle turbines - Marc Phillips submitted Enron's
comments to EPA regarding their guidance document on control requirements during permitting of combined cycle turbines. Enron supports EPA's flexibility in considering control options other than SCR when determining the control requirements. TNRCC Comments on Houston Non-attainment Regulations - Marc Phillips is preparing Enron's comments to TNRCC regarding their proposed regulations for the Houston Non-attainment area. Enron will be supporting the Business Coalition for Clean Air (BCCA) comments, but will have additional comments on the cap and trade program and engine control requirements. The draft comments will be circulated on Friday for submittal on Monday. TNRCC Inspection of Mont Belvieu facility - Marc Phillips assisted plant personnel with a TNRCC air inspection of the Mont Belvieu underground storage facility. Greenhouse Gas Emission Credits - Marc Phillips has been discussing a possible trade with Indaco, a company that surveys gas pipeline compressor stations for methane leaks. Indaco will perform a survey at a station in Kansas in return for greenhouse gas emission credits. He has been talking to Enron traders to determine the value of a greenhouse gas credit. Enron Day of Caring - Russell Tucker provided employee safety oversight during the Enron Day of Caring activities at the Depelchan Children's Center. Safety concerns encountered ranged from the intended use of Benzene containing materials without proper personal protective equipment to inhalation, skin contact and fire hazards in handling flammable solvents. Safety supplies were ordered and distributed prior to the start of the projects for the hazards known to exist. Enron Ergo Program Evaluation - Russell Tucker reports 50% of the 3 AC Enron proposed Ergo Program evaluations are complete with some program bugs being reported and already being addressed by the software development team. All exit interviews report very positive on the program itself and highly recommend it. Linda Adels continues to work with EDS to get the CBT program installed and the workstation assessment available on the Internet for the Enron Building participants. EDS is requiring a security request be made for each person to load the CD-ROM's and updating of the Internet browser on all the involved computers. None of these problems would be present with these programs installed and run from the Enron Intranet, which is the intended method should the program be adopted for global use. Environmental Notice on Corps of Engineers Revisions - Jim Peterson is preparing an Environmental Notice on the Corps of Engineers revisions to the nation-wide permit regulations. Enron House Presentations-Mike Terraso made EHS organization and role presentations in London to the operations/engineering group sponsored by Brian Stanley and the government affairs group sponsored by Mark Schroeder . The annual EHS report was reviewed with the groups. US-UK Discussion Group on Security and Human Rights in the Extractive Sector -Mike Terraso participated in the US State Department/ British Foreign and Commonwealth Office sponsored review of the draft agreement on security and human rights. Other industry participants included Occidental Petroleum, Freeport -Mac Moran, Conoco, Chevron, Shell , BP, Rio Tinto, Texaco. NGOs represented were Prince of Wales, Amnesty International, International Alert, Business for Social Responsibility, and Human Rights Watch. The revised draft agreement will be sent to participants by the US State Department on September 29th. Conference Board Chief EHS officers Council - Mike Terraso , at the request of the Conference Board, made a presentation on corporate responsibility and reputation to the international conference convening in London. Shell International Oil and Gas- Mike Terraso met with Shell International governance and EHS management. Mechanisms to better coordinate personnel visits, audits and action plans , contractor reviews were discussed and agreed upon. Cuiaba II - Joe Kolb reports that OPIC release of funding for Cuiaba I is now the end of September. This means that work on the compressor stations will not begin in earnest until then. I expect to view proposed and alternate compressor station locations during next visit to area now expected to be in late October. Edgar Zuleta (Corp EH&S) in Bolivia is providing valuable assistance in coordinating trip plans. BMPs - Joe Kolb is waiting for a response from Norm Spalding (EE&CC) whom Jerry Martin assigned the proposed pipeline BMPs for review. A message has been left with Norm. A response was promised by the end of last week. Bill Osborne (GPG) received feedback from Steenberg and Shafer in GPG. All comments helpful and none propose significant changes to document. Bill Osborne has sent BMPs to others within GPG. GPG reorg may delay responses. Wilson Dietrich (Enron Broad Band) has indicated that he will be the proper person to review fiber optic BMPs. The consultant is proceeding with work on the electric transmission and fiber optic BMPs. Wilson will be sent draft as soon as it is received. Project Dolphin - Joe Kolb met with Michael Johns (contact employee of EE&CC) to discuss status of environmental component of this middle eastern pipeline project. Things are moving slowly. An RFP has been sent out and responses from 7 environmental consulting firms are being reviewed. The RFP is for the EIA and EIA field work. They expect to choose a consultant in about 2 weeks. Field work is expected to begin after the first of the year. The project has been scaled back. World Resources Institute Conference - Susan Worthen represented Enron at the WRI Conference in Washington, D.C., which featured panel discussions on a number of environmental and social issues facing corporations. Besides corporate representatives, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, The Nature Conservancy, Habitat for Animals, World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International and the NRDC. Many recognized and applauded Enron for its first appearance and partication. There may be potential interest in working with WRI on future projects. Environmental Policy Center - We have subscribed to a trial subscription of EPC's environmental and safety regulatory and legislative monitoring service for Brazil and U.K. and have received the first electronic report. We are now awaiting feedback from regional reviewers to determine if there is anything we would like to enhance or change prior to signing an agreement for continued and expanded service. This service will allow the Reg/Leg, Environmental Strategies, and regional EHS personnel to track pending and proposed legislation in other countries. SW
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