24.6.6.010 Findings

(a) The New Mexico Gas Company ("NMGC") owns and operates several natural gas transmission and distribution lines within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo.

(b) The Pueblo and NMGC negotiated a comprehensive Right-of-Way Agreement for all of the NMGC pipelines and the Tribal Council approved the Right-of-Way Agreement on November 20, 2014.

(c) The NMGC Right-of-Way Agreement has been submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for review and approval as required by 25 CFR Part 169 and is currently pending approval.

(d) When NMGC started its pipeline integrity activities, NMGC discovered that approximately a 2650 foot segment of the Los Alamos Mainline – West pipeline is located under State Road 502 and that segment reduces from a 12 inch line to a 10 inch line which prevents the pipeline integrity equipment from checking that segment of the pipeline.

(e) NMGC has proposed to change the pipeline to a 12 inch pipeline and relocate the majority of the segment of pipeline within the highway right-of-way with a minimal portion running under the road.

(f) the Council has been fully briefed and has reviewed the attached Addendum No. 1 to the Right of Way Agreement and has determined that it is in the best interest of the Pueblo to approve the Addendum.