Joe,

On behalf of the CMS Energy Companies we appreciate the leadership you have
exhibited in taking on this most important task.  Without your persistence
and insight I'm sure we could not have come together so effectively to
speak with one industry voice.

Congratulations to all.

Chris




                    "Monroe, Joe"
                    <joe.monroe@u        To:     "Joe Monroe (E-mail)" <joe.monroe@unocal.com>, "John Somerhalder
                    nocal.com>           (E-mail)" <john.somerhalder@elpaso.com>, "Fred Fowler (E-mail)"
                                         <fjfowler@duke-energy.com>, "George M. Rootes (E-mail)"
                    11/20/2001           <gmrootes@equilon.com>, "Tom Miesner (E-mail)"
                    05:16 PM             <tom.miesner@usa.conoco.com>, "Stan Horton (E-mail)" <shorton@enron.com>,
                                         "Cuba Wadlington (E-mail)" <Cuba.Wadlington@Williams.com>, "David Lemmon
                                         (E-mail)" <DLemmon@colpipe.com>, "Dick Reiten (E-mail)"
                                         <rgr@nwnatural.com>, "Dick Rabinow (E-mail)"
                                         <richard.a.rabinow@exxonmobil.com>, "Chris Helms (E-mail)"
                                         <cahelms@cmsenergy.com>, "Phil Ackerman (E-mail)" <ConradJ@NATFUEL.COM>,
                                         "William Thacker (E-mail)" <wthacker@teppco.com>, "Jeet Bindra (E-mail)"
                                         <jsbi@chevron.com>, "Tony Botterweck (E-mail)" <Botterwt@Kochind.com>,
                                         "Dave Parker (E-mail)" <dparker@aga.org>, "Jerry Halvorsen (E-mail)"
                                         <jhalvorsen@ingaa.org>, "Red Cavaney (E-mail)" <rcavaney@api.org>, "Bob
                                         Cave (E-mail)" <bcave@apga.org>, "Ben Cooper (E-mail)" <bcooper@aopl.org>
                                         cc:     "Marty Matheson (E-mail)" <matheson@api.org>, "Gay Friedmann
                                         (E-mail)" <gfriedmann@ingaa.org>, "Kyle Rogers (E-mail)"
                                         <krogers@aga.org>, "Bert Kalisch (E-mail)" <bkalisch@apga.org>, "Doug
                                         Freberg (E-mail)" <dougfreberg@yahoo.com>
                                         Subject:     The Honorable Norman Mineta Letter





All:

Today marks a tremendous milestone in that the letter that confirms the
"Pipeline Industry" has joined together to address regulatory and
legislative pipeline safety issues in a unified fashion has been delivered
to the Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta, via courier.  These
documents were also sent to select Senators, Congressmen and Staff.  You,
as
signatory to this letter, acting as CEO's, Chairman of Boards & Executive
Committees of Associations, CEO's & Presidents of the Associations and
Institutes, and Industry Leaders, confirm the path forward for the entire
industry and collectively we represent the entire industry.  We need to
roll
out this confirmation to all the industry stakeholders and encourage the
use
of these documents to advance our efforts.  A follow-up face-to-face
session
with Secretary Mineta and a few of the CEO's will be worked into  his busy
schedule as soon as possible.

A copy of the signed document went out in the mail to you today and a
electronic copy (without the signatures) is attached for your convenience.
Also attached is the "One-Pager" that accompanied the letter and a Industry
news release.

Congratulations to all who made this possible.

To you and yours.....Happy Thanksgiving.


 <<Joint CEO Mineta letterFinal Sent.doc>>
<<One-pager[1].joint.associations.final..doc>>  <<Joint Industry news
release final[1].doc>>

Regards,
Joe



(See attached file: Joint CEO Mineta letterFinal Sent.doc)(See attached
file: One-pager[1].joint.associations.final..doc)(See attached file: Joint
Industry news release final[1].doc)


 - Joint CEO Mineta letterFinal Sent.doc 
 - One-pager[1].joint.associations.final..doc 
 - Joint Industry news release final[1].doc