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APPROVED 10/13/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 12 of 64 Rob Priester: Yes they do, we have part of our federal permit process which we work within. There is 1 probably flyers that y’all have received yearly as part of those plans. We work with first responders. We 2 have, for the maintenance of the existing pipelines, we have aerial patrols, leak surveys, kind of a slew of 3 maintenance activities that we perform at different parts of the year so yes they are all requirements that 4 …. 5 Matt Rhoads: What about a public awareness plan, does the federal regulations require that? 6 Rob Priester: Yes. We are happy to meet with any landowner at any time and any place to talk about 7 that but ….. 8 Matt Rhoads: Do the federal regulations govern how much ground cover the pipeline has to have? 9 Rob Priester: Yes they do. 10 Matt Rhoads: And do they govern separation between pipelines? How far apart two pipelines need to 11 be? 12 Rob Priester: They specify underground clearances, they don’t necessarily the clearance is… 13 Matt Rhoads: And do they require an integrity management plan? 14 Rob Priester: Yes. 15 Matt Rhoads: And I believe you said the Utilities Commission also has construction and safety 16 standards, is that right? 17 Rob Priester: It is part of enforcing the DOT regulations. 18 Matt Rhoads: You mentioned the leak detection and aerial inspection. Do you do guys do any inline 19 inspections and can you describe what that is if you do? 20 Rob Priester: Inline inspection is technology that is coming along. These new pipelines that we design, 21 they are designed to take basically a tool. It is called a smart pig and basically what that is looking at is 22 you are inserting something into the pipeline, you are moving it with the flow of gas and you are looking 23 at the pipeline from the inside as well as looking at it from the outside. That technology is evolving just 24 like any technology so the newer tools are out there regularly and this line has been designed to facilitate 25 the running of one of those tools. 26 Matt Rhoads: And what kinds of things can the pig tell you? 27 Rob Priester: Any anomalies, typically many anomalies with the pipe have to do with the curvature. Any 28 kind of damages. Just any kind of defect or anomaly that would be with the pipeline. 29 Matt Rhoads: Like corrosion? 30 Rob Priester: Yes. 31 Matt Rhoads: Thickness. Any anomalies in the thickness of the pipeline. 32 Rob Priester: Yes. 33 Matt Rhoads: And what about cathodic protection. Do you guys utilize that and what is that? 34 Rob Priester: We do. We put cathodic protection on the pipeline. It is kind of two fold because we have 35 a coating that goes on the outside to help protect the steel. But also with the cathodic protection system, 36