Enron Mail

From:susan.worthen@enron.com
To:steven.kean@enron.com
Subject:
Cc:michael.terraso@enron.com
Bcc:michael.terraso@enron.com
Date:Fri, 22 Sep 2000 02:05:00 -0700 (PDT)

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.




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