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From the Offi~of the Fire Marshal • CITY of LA PoRTE INTEROFFICE MEN'~ORANDUM T0: JIM HUDGENS, CITY ADMINISTRATOR DATE: 2-6-80 FROM: PAUL~R. HICKENBOTTOM, ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL SUBJECT: PIPELINE CORRIDORS WITHIN. LA PORTE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS AS PER THE COMMISSIONS REQUEST, I HAVE BEEN COMPILING INFORMATION REGARDING THE PIPELINES WHICH ARE IN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF LA PORTE. THERE HAVE BEEN TWENTY-ONE (21~ PIPELINES PLACED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS OF THIS DATE SINCE ORDINANCE #915 WAS ADOPTED IN 1972. I AM ALSO TP.YING TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY PIPELINES WERE IN EXISTANCE PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE. ON FEBRUARY 1, 1980, I MET WITH EXXON PIPELINE OFFICIALS RON DOLD, BRUCE MALAER AND ROCKY WILLIAMS AT THEIR OFFICE ON FAIRMONT HERE IN LA PORTE. THEY INDICATED THE INFORMATION I WAS ASKING FOR IS OBTAINABLE, BUT MORE COMPLICATED THAN I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. FOR EXAMPLE: EXXON HAS CORRIDORS THAT THEY OWN AND CONTROL WITH OTHER COMPANIES PIPELINES IN THEM, AND EASEMENTS WITH THEIR PIPELINES IN THEM. THEY INDICATE THIS IS TRUE IN OTHER COMPANIES. THIRTEEN C13~ COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED WHICH INDICATED THEY WOULD HELP IN COMPILING A MASTER PLAN OF THE PIPELINES THEIR COMPANIES • HAVE IN LA PORTE. EACH OF THE COMPANIES, KNOWN TO HAVE PIPELINES WITHIN LA PORTE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS, WILL BE SENT A CITY MAP ON WHICH THEIR COMPANY .WILL PLACE .ALL PIPELINES, CORRIDORS, AND EASEMENTS UNDER THEIR DIRECT CONTROL. ONCE THESE MAPS HAVE BEEN RETURNED, OVERLAYS FOR EACH INDICATED COMPANY CAN BE MADE TO SHOW ONE OR ALL THE COMPANIES WHO HAVE PIPELINES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THESE COMPANIES HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO INDICATE THE SIZE OF THE PIPELINES, PRODUCT TRANSPORTED, AND THE APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF TIME THE LINE HAS BEEN IN THE GROUND. THE COMMISSION ALSO QUESTIONED THE NUMBER OF PIPELINES THAT CAN BE PLACED PER CORRIDOR. AFTER TALKING TO THE EXXON OFFICIALS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NO SET STANDARD AS TO HOW MANY LINES CAN BE ESTABLISHED PER CORRIDOR. EXAMPLE: IF EXXON PUTS TWO OR MORE LINES IN THE GROUND AT ONE TIME, UNDER THEIR GUIDELINES, THE LINES ARE PLACED ONE FOOT APART. IF THEY PUT TWO OR MORE LINES IN THE GROUND NEXT TO EXISTING LINES, THEY PLACE THE FIRST LINE TWO TO THREE FEET FROM THE EXISTING LINE, AND THE REMAINIP~G LINES ONE FOOT APART. ACCORDING TO THE EXXON OFFICIALS, EACH COMPANY HAS THEIR OWN SET OF GUIDELINES, EXCEPT WHEN THE LINES ARE PLACED WITHIN AN EXXON CORRIDOR OR EASEMENT, THEN THEY MUST FOLLOW EXXON'S GUIDELINES. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DOES HAVE A BLANKET TYPE GUIDELINE ON THE PLACEMENT OF GASEOUS AND LIQUID PRODUCTS PIPELINES. I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF THIS GUIDELINE, BUT WILL CALL AND REQUEST THAT A COPY BE SENT TO ME. I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED AS TO THE .PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT AND WILL GIVE YOU A DETAILED REPORT UPON MY COMPLETION. •