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~'I'f. ~.~". '<6."'''''''<>0] j:-"" ~ CLIENT Kinder Morgan Energy Partners NATURE OF FIRM'S RESPONSIBILITY . Environmental Assessment . Planning . Hazard Risk Analysis KEY PERSONNEL . David Marx TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT $1,000,000+ CLIENT CONTACT David Cornman, Director, Project Permitting 1100 Town and Country Road Orange, CA 92868 714.560.4914 CONTRACT START/END Nov 1993 - Present COMBINED AREAS STRA TEGlC PLAN FOR TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS The Carson to Norwalk Pipeline Project is a 13-mile petroleum products pipeline project through an urbanized portion of Los Angeles. URS assisted in developing the strategic plan to route and permit this project. We also prepared a Proponent's Environmental Assessment (PEA) for submittal to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and coordinated permitting activities through the CPuc. The project included a hazard risk analysis. evaluating the potential for pipeline failure. This analysis included a hazards and operability study. identification of potential causes for failure. evaluating the damage and impacts from a release and developing cost-effective mitigation measures to minimize the probability of a release and the damages that would result from a release. The Watson Tank Farm Expansion Project added three aO.OOO-barrel petroleum products tanks to the KMEP tank farm in Carson. The tank farm is near an active fault. URS conducted a fire and explosion hazard risk analysis for this project that identified the area where property damage. morbidity and mortality would occur in case of a catastrophic tank failure, including a fire and explosion. The initial analysis indicated that a nearby residential area would be affected by this catastrophic failure. In coordination with KMEP engineers, URS developed cost-effective mitigation as part of the project strategic plan and design that reduced the potential impacts to the residential area. URS prepared and implemented a strategic plan to assist KMEP in routing and permitting their Camp Pendleton Pipeline Project. We also prepared an Environmental Assessment and coordinated multi-agency permitting for the 26-mile replacement pipeline through the Camp Pendleton. URS developed mitigation plans, conducted contractor training and provided general oversight for the implementation of the mitigation measures. URS prepared a feasibility study, risk assessment and strategic plan for the 70-mile Concord to Sacramento pipeline project. We also conducted a geologic hazards analysis for a proposed pipeline. The analysis evaluated the potential seismic displacements at several fault crossings and the potential for seismically induced liquefaction to damage the pipeline and this data was used in a finite element analysis to determine stress and the potential for a pipeline rupture. URS identified a variety of potential mitigation measures and assisted in developing a cost-effective mitigation strategy for this project. Client Satisfaction: "lJRS has ,1 pnlVl'fl track f('(-(ml (If suu:essfully :--uppmting us \\'ith thl'sl-' tVfJl'S (l( pruj{'cts... URS has dl'moI1Slr,l1l'd thl' ,lbilitv to pl"OdUCl' hjgh~quality \\'(ll"k while ,l(hil'ving aggressin' pnljcc! sdwdules. t'v\osl importantl\', URS he\':. provid('d Kinder Morgan with slgniiic,lllt addc'eJ value by ,bsisting in ,;f1l'pll('rdin~ projects through llll' CPLJC ,lIlcl MCBCP on f,l~l-tr,lC~ scl1l'dule; \vilh thorough strategic planning and crcati\'l' l'osl-s,wings ideas." David Cornman, 5/1/00 URS 'i" 31