Re: Document Retention

Thanks. Unfortunately, I think the answers are yes and yes.

Kathy Ringblom
09/05/2000 02:49 PM
To: Drew Fossum/ET&S/Enron@ENRON
cc:

Subject: Re: Document Retention

Well, I'm not sure how responsive Dot's response was to your initial
communication, but I agree that there is a 10 year retention policy on
contracts and agreements and their backup. This to me would only apply to
all of the gas purchase contracts we pulled from storage, most of which are
probably close to the end of the 10 years. Litigation workpapers, which to
me would include all of the pleadings, correspondence, discovery, exhibits,
depositions, etc., have a six year retention. The other documents we pulled
from storage but didn't produce, such as Mike McGowan's and Mary Kay's old
files on take-or-pay issues, FERC orders, etc., would have different
retention policies depending upon their content.

2 questions :

- I assume if we produced an old 3-year plan, even though it should have been
destroyed long ago, it would now fall under the 6 year litigation workpaper
retention policy?

-Do you think documents from the first trial have to "start over" and be kept
for another 6 years?