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Explorer Pipeline-CS060530L May 30, 2006 Dear Sir /Madam: P I P E L I N E Leith V. Watkins Director of Corrosion Control Maintenance Services P. O. Box 2650 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 -2650 918- 493 -5150 office 918- 493 -5148 facsimile lwatkins@expl.com Explorer Pipeline owns an underground pipeline in your neighborhood. We purchased an easement, sometimes called a right -of -way (the right to be where the pipe is located), roughly 35 years ago from the land owner. For reasons of public safety, we are preparing to clear, maintain, and mark our right -of -way. We are notifying you because our pipeline easement crosses your property, or vegetation or structures on your property extend into the easement, requiring trimming or removal. The actual work will take place in the summer of 2006. Approximately 99% of our right -of -way is already cleared and marked as part of our annual maintenance program. The other one percent has become difficult to access and inspect because of increased development, congestion, and growth of trees over many years. This one percent of the right -of -way, which includes your neighborhood, must also be visible and accessible. Explorer Pipeline, whose nearest Area Office and major facility is located in Grenville, TX, is required by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to inspect the surface conditions along the entire 1,400 -mile (from Houston to Chicago) petroleum products (primarily gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel) pipeline at least 26 times per year. In fact, we inspect more frequently than regulations require. We patrol 585 miles each week by helicopter across the most congested areas of the pipeline, which includes the entire Dallas Metroplex. These inspections are performed to identify any potential problem or security issue that may affect the safe operation of our pipeline. We look for construction activities, product leaks, erosion, obstructions, changed conditions, or anything else that may result in damage to our pipeline and your property. To do this, it is essential that the right of way be clearly visible to the aerial patrol pilot. To comply with our standards and DOT mandates, Explorer also conducts various ground tests to ensure the safety and fitness of our pipeline. This requires our personnel to periodically walk along the pipeline right of way. Explorer also installs black and white pipeline markers along the pipeline route; you may have seen some of them. This helps the public, as well as contractors and utility companies, to be aware of our pipelines and reduces the risk of any action that would damage, rupture, or in any way jeopardize the pipeline's safe operation. In addition, accessibility along the pipeline is critical when emergency repairs are necessary. Fortunately, these occurrences are quite rare, but immediate access is important, and a cleared area along the pipeline right of way is absolutely essential to allow a timely response. We assure you that people who live around our pipeline are very important to us, and we will attempt to address any concerns prior to clearing our right of way. When requested, we will provide information or hold local meetings so that property owners may better understand what this activity will involve. For your peace of mind and safety, a Company representative will accompany the clearing contractor hired by Explorer. Should you have any questions or concerns about the work to be done, please call me toll free at 1- 800 -364 -0720, ext. 5150 at our main office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thank you for your understanding of this necessary and required maintenance work Attachments: 1. Brochure 2. Scope of Work Respectfully, Leith V. Watkins Director of Maintenance Services Summary Total of Properties —10 Approximate of Trees to be Removed —12 Approximate of Trees to be Trimmed 62 Approximate of Structures to be Removed 0 Land Owner Mile Address Post 441 Carter Drive 417 Meadow Creek Road 413 Meadow Creek Road 256 Bethel Road 261 Bethel Road 245 Bethel Road 249 Penuel Drive 245 Penuel Drive 241 Penuel Drive 261 Edmondson Drive RIGHT -OF -WAYS ENCROACHMENTS Coppel Area (MP47.0- MP48.4) 47.1 47.4 47.4 47.5 47.6 47.7 47.7 47.8 47.8 48.4 SCOPE OF WORK FOR CLEARING EXPLORER PIPELINE RIGHT OF WAY AND REMOVAL OF CERTAIN EASEMENT ENCROACHMENTS IN DALLAS METROPLEX The following are the guidelines that will be used by the Explorer Pipeline Representative and the Right of Way clearing and maintenance contractor in order to ensure an adequately cleared right of way: 1. Trees with any part of the trunk within ten feet of the pipeline will be removed. This consists of cutting near ground level and grinding the tree stump to just below ground level. 2. Trees on the pipeline easement between 10 and 15 feet from the pipeline may, at the discretion of Explorer, be left in place. In all circumstances, branches will be cut so that a total width of at least 20 feet across the easement is visible from the air. Trimming of trees in this manner may cause an imbalance in the shape of the tree by cutting one side only. These trees will be removed at the discretion of Explorer, or at the owner's request. 3. Trees with trunks off the easement, but with branches overhanging the easement will be trimmed to the edge of the easement. This will apply whether or not the tree is on the property the pipeline crosses. 4. Hedge rows or shrub rows along fences perpendicular to or parallel to the pipeline will be removed or trimmed to clear at least five to seven feet on both sides of the pipeline. 5. Shrubs, vines, or other growth obscuring the black and white marker posts will be removed. 6. Existing flower and vegetable gardens on the easement will be left in place. 7. The landowner must remove concrete pads and foundations located within the easement. 8. The landowner must remove out buildings, storage sheds, and other structures located within the easement. 9. Fences, though an encroachment on the easement and subject to removal, will currently be left in place. Explorer will ensure that fence posts have not damaged the pipeline.