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GATEWAY TO TH[ NORTH July 2], ]986 lal,~M.~[ ¥ COUN?'V. MIhlNESO'T A ~'401 HIGHWAY 10 I,,~OuND5 V~EW, M~NN 55'~12 78~-3055 City of Ramsey, Clerk-Administrator 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. Anoka, Minnesota 55303 Dear Fellow City Manager/Administrator: During the last ten days I have received many calls from City Managers or Administrators of neighboring cities asking if any assistance can be provided to the City of Mounds View in our effort to have the Williams Pipeline adequately tested prior to its being put back into use. Attached is.a copy of Resolution No. 2028 adopted by the Mounds View City Council at their regular meeting on July 14, 1986 outlining the City's position with respect to the testing of that line. Since that time the City has received a report from our metallurgist indicating that the failure was attributable to a lack of fusion weld in the longitudinal weld seam where the rupture occurred. This leads us to believe that any hydrostatic testing of the pipeline could result in the weakening of other longitudi- nal weld seams on the pipe and we have requested that the Office of Pipeline Safety, United States Department of Transportation order Williams Pipeline Company to use other forms of non-destructive testing prior to the hydrostatic testing to determine if any other inadequate welds exist. At the present time, the City of Mounds View is fighting a battle without having any actual jurisdiction in the matter due to the fact that these pipelines are considered to be part of Interstate Commerce and, therefore, regulated solely by the Federal Government. All of our efforts have been concentrated at using the political process, both on the State and Federal level, to place sufficient enough pressures upon the Office of Pipeline Safety to require that adequate testing be done on this pipeline. Any assistance your community might be able to offer us by adopting a resolution of support would be greatly appreciated as it could be used to communicate to Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole the fact that this matter is not solely an issue of concern to the City of Mounds View. JUL ............