Lower Valley Energy 250915 & 16 LVE Afton Construction Construction

IPUC Construction Inspection
Inspector(s): Galli Date(s): 20250914, 15, 16
Company/Owner: Lower Valley Energy (LVE) Unit/OPID: 31044
Address: Crow Creek Rd City/District: Between Afton,WY and
Montpelier, ID
Contractor/Job#: Foreman: Operator Supervisor: Craig Coles
Todd Lewis
Job Description: Install 12" Transmission Line System Type: ❑ GD ® GT ❑ GG
One-Call Ticket: N/A Total Inspection Days: 3.5
Tasks: Procedure# Rating Comments
1. Materials—Handling, Storage, Labeling SAT
2. Trenching/Boring—Depth, Clearance SAT
3. Bedding/Backfill SAT
4. Pipe Installation (Tracer Wire) SAT Observed in areas that were bored
5. Valve Installation N/A
6. Coating Condition N/A
7. Manuals—Field Procedures, O &M SAT Construction Manual provided
8. Testing—Pressure, Duration, Type N/A
9. OQ Qualifications SAT Observed first fusion of the week
10. Casing Seal/Installation N/A
11. Service Line Installation N/A
12. Tie-In/Hot Tapping N/A
13. Meter Location/Regulator Testing N/A
14. Equipment Calibration Verification SAT Digital and Touch Pyrometers
15. EFV Installation N/A
16. MAOP N/A
17. Purge N/A
18. Safety Equipment N/A
19. Abandonment N/A
20. Line Locating N/A
21. Plastic Pipe UNSAT Dirty heating surface on iron.
- Joiner(s) Qualified
- Fusion Tools
- Squeezing
- Heat Plate
- Joining Procedure
IPUC Form 4 Rev. 12/10/2024

IPUC Construction Inspection
22. Steel Pipe N/A
-Welder(s) Qualified
Pipe/Coating—Inspected/Repaired
- Cathodic Protection
-Non-Destructive Testing
- Welding Procedures
- Removal of asbestos wrap
- Exothermic Welding
Additional Comments:
September 14,2025: Inspector Galli traveled to Montpelier, ID to conduct construction inspection along
Crow Creek Road
September 15 & 16, 2025: Observations included: Pipe stringing, material verification, fusing, inspection
of completed butt fusions, excavating trenches, operator qualification, equipment qualifications and tracer
wire.
September 22,2025: s
Galli wrote the report and NOPV L202502.
Discrepancies:
Galli observed the fast fusion machines with dirty heater surfaces.
Corrective Action Required: ® Yes ❑ No Compliance Letter#: NOPV L202502
Lead Inspector: Gatti Date: Reviewer: Brooks Date:
250922
Signature: �` Signature:
IPUC Form 4 Rev. 12/10/2024