<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">From an article in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Missoulian:</span><br>"The oil company seeks
permission to haul 207 loads that are taller than a three-story
building, as wide as a two-lane highway and 75 yards long. The
so-called "high and wide corridor" would enter Montana at Lolo
Pass."<br><br>From the description, this picture is probably accurate:<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://wolves.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/tar-sands-protest/">http://wolves.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/tar-sands-protest/</a></span><br><br>Ron Force<br>Moscow ID USA<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Bill London <london@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ringoshirl <ringoshirl@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, June 8, 2010 12:20:19 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Highway 12<br></font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks for your interest in this Highway 12
oil-equipment issue.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I am trying to understand the size of these
loads.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I saw a photo that supposedly placed a loaded
logging truck next to one of the loads --and the oil equipment load was easily
20 times the size of the logging truck. But, it could have been a
photo-shop scam.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Do you have access to any photos that provide a
clear sense of the size of these loads, like placed in comparison to another
vehicle?</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">BL</font></div>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:22
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Highway 12</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Visionaries:</font></div>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">Regarding
the US Highway 12 transport of equipment:</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">According
to Idaho Code, the Department of Transportation decision for issuing a permit
is mostly engineering-based.<span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>The state of Montana has
more restrictive laws with respect to issuing permits.<span style=""> </span>According to the Department of
Transportation, Idaho’s process involves such details as examining loads,
clearance, and dealing with convenience to the public.<span style=""> </span>One major concern would involve
the removal of one of these huge barrels should there be an accident that
would, for example, put it in the river.<span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>I wondered about Idaho
approved routes for heavy trucks, but this does not apply to US
highways.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">According
to the Department of Transportation representative to whom I spoke,
Conoco-Phillips and EXXON-Mobile have agreed to hold public meetings to
discuss the plans.<span style=""> </span>They will
probably be held in Lewiston and Kooskia, and will be announced in the
paper.<span style=""> </span>The Idaho Department of
Transportation has not yet issues the permit.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">Shirley
RIngo</font></p></div>
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