-----Original Message-----
From: 	Baker, Robert  
Sent:	Tuesday, August 28, 2001 3:56 PM
To:	Schoolcraft, Darrell
Cc:	Mobley, Randall; Bandel, Bob; Clark, Scott
Subject:	Westar Ward outage

Per our discussion concerning the needed outage at Westar Ward for aprox. 3 hours to dig up an underground check valve. We have scheduled to do this Thursday, Aug. 30th, at 08:00hrs. We do not know what kind of check valve is there, so the plan is to shut down the station, dig out the check valve, determine what type of check, and then put the station back in service until we can get the needed parts such as o-ring or top gasket for that type of check. The best case senario is that the check will be of the type that we can just pull the top, remove the clapper, replace top gasket and top, and put back in service. This will require another short outage as we can not have the parts on hand until we determine the type of check valve. Worst case senario is that the check type is not one that we can remove the clapper which will require us to obtain another type of check valve and replace the hole check which would again require another short outage. I will get back to you on scheduling the second outage as soon as possible. If you have any questions, give me a call.

Thanks,
Baker