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• 0. .. ~ ~ $v~ii~P~vduc Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 2525 North Loop West, Suite 620 Houston, Texas 77008 (713)869-7507 • Mr. James Hudgens Administrator City Hall, LaPorte, Texas 77571 Dear Mr. Hudgens: 16 November 1978 In accordance with the meeting between you and J. F. O'Neil on November 15, 1978, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. requests permission to lay an 8" pipe- line for the transportation of nitrogen within the city limits of Laporte, Texas. As Mr. O'Neil explained to you, it is requested we be permitted to lay the proposed pipeline before a formal permit is granted by the City of Laporte to enable us to construct the proposed pipeline before a formal per- mit is granted by the City of Laporte to enable us to construct the proposed pipeline with the same contractor and at the same time as an Exxon Pipeline Company's pipeline is to be laid through Laporte. The proposed 8" pipeline of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will be located on the Exxon Pipeline Company's corridor throughout the City of Laporte and will be adjacent to and parallel with Exxon Pipeline Company's line for which they have heretofore made an application for a permit from Laporte. We will construct our pipeline in the same manner as Exxon. If the City of Laporte will grant Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. permission • to lay the proposed 8" pipeline, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will agree to the following stipulations as well as other reasonable stipulations requested by Laporte. 1. We will fully comply with Ordinance 915 as passed by the Governing Body of Laporte on March 6, 1972. 2. As soon as plats of street crossing and alignment sheets are available, a formal application will be made for a permit. Such information will be available on or before January 1, 1979. 3. Cover over the pipeline will comply with the requirements of the Ordinance. 4. All street crossings will be bored and encased in 12" pipe. 5. Pipeline will operate at a 500 psi maximum pressure. Temperature of nitrogen to be transported will be ambient. 6. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will agree to pay the fees set forth in the Ordinance. 7. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will accept the liability clause as set forth in the Ordinance.