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Subject:Compliance with the Large Quantity Generator Requirements,
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Date:Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:59:00 -0700 (PDT)

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Lou,
I would like to "confidentially" discuss the issues Larry has raised with you
and see where the Legal Department may or may not want to proceed with these
issues. Thanks, John Shafer

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Larry Campbell
08/30/2000 10:47 AM
To: Rich Jolly/ET&S/Enron@Enron, Michel Nelson/ET&S/Enron@Enron, Louis
Soldano/ET&S/Enron@Enron
cc: John Shafer/OTS/Enron@Enron, William Kendrick/OTS/Enron@Enron, Rick
Cates/ET&S/Enron@Enron, Butch Russell/ET&S/Enron@Enron

Subject: Compliance with the Large Quantity Generator Requirements,
Transwestern Pipeline Company

A review was completed of the storage tank requirements for large quantity
generators of hazardous waste. These regulations apply to almost each
mainline C/S in New Mexico, Arizona and California (initiating at Station 9,
Roswell to Needles and including the tanks on the Topock Lateral). There are
eighteen condensate tanks on the Transwestern mainline system which could
potentially be impacted, however, only about 10 tanks have received hazardous
waste liquids in the last 3-4 years. The constituents which make these
tanks fall under Subtitle C of RCRA is the arsenic, lead and low flashpoint
(VOC's) of the condensate. PCB's are another issue and are subject to other
requirements.

Briefly, the liquids which collect into the tanks is highly variable in
quantity, contaminant concentration and with respect to when condensate
enters the tanks. When the gas is extremely dry, no condensate is
collected. During periods of wet gas movement, condensate with arsenic, lead
and low flashpoint is collected. In the 1980's to mid 90's, all eighteen
tanks collected sufficient condensate with arsenic, lead, flashpoint and
PCB's that the contensate in the tanks was hauled away every 90 days. From
1995 up to 1999, the system was essentially dry and no liquids were
collected. The tanks did not fall under the hazardous waste requirements.
However, this year, we are seeing more liquids hauled away as hazardous waste
than we have seen in the past 4-5 years.

I would like to discuss the issue of compliance with these tanks. The
consistency and volume of regulated liquids which are now being collected at
the C/S tanks warrants a discussion. The El Paso incident may be a driving
force in this issue.....