Plaistow_dh.doc

June 6, 2000

VIA FAX

Joseph J. Plaistow
L.E. Peabody & Associates, Inc.
1501 Duke Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314-3449

Re: Traffic Detail Response for Joe’s E-mail of June 5

Dear Joe:

In your e-mail you asked for traffic detail for the shippers on the Grangeville line. Enclosed for your information are copies of the shippers’ survey forms that they provided to me in March 2000. The surveys (in addition to being a month off) do not reveal the destination or origination. In addition, I think that LGG (and probably Columbia) are using 100 ton covered hoppers in the unit trains versus the 70 ton shuttle ton cars maintained by Camas Prairie.

Two shippers’ surveys (Lyman Dust Control and Idaho Lime Company) do not “show” car shipments in the forecast year but CP’s Exhibit F does attribute traffic to them. Exh. F, p. 3 of 3. In 1998 and 1999, Lyman received six and eight cars respectively of magnesium chloride from a point of unknown origin to Grangeville. Idaho Lime Company shipped out three cars of limestone in 1998 and seven cars in 1999.

Enclosed is the remaining car shipping data that I possess. Of the remaining shippers, Idaho County Power & Light receives propane shipments from an unknown point of origin to its facility in Grangeville. Exhibit F (p. 3 of 3) shows 24 cars but the shipper’s survey shows 36 cars for the forecast year. Likewise, U.S. Timber receives carloads of lumber originating in Canada (I think). This lumber is remilled, planed, and dried and shipped to other points from U.S. Timber’s mill in Craigmont. There may be other shippers (note that Union Warehouse indicated that it occasionally receives inbound shipments of fertilizer) that may receive inbound cars.

Based on the survey that was provided to me, Georgia Pacific anticipates receiving 19 cars in June 2000 of “road binder” from an unknown point of origin to Grangeville. I believe that Gary Hanes may have contacted this shipper to find out a little more information.

The shippers which may have multiple points of origin on the Grangeville line are Columbia Grain and Lewiston Grain Growers (Cenex Harvest States). As grain shippers, both LGG and Columbia have multiple elevators in the communities. See Exh. F and Att. A to the Application. As you will note, Columbia Grain provided me with a detailed historical overview of its 1998 and 1999 shipments. After reviewing the historical data, I see that several of the points of origin listed in the “location” column are not on the Grangeville line (e.g., Kamiah, Kendrick, Moscow, Greer, Wilmer, Pullman).

As far as the start time for the hearing, it is 6:00 p.m. I have enclosed a copy of the notice for your information.

Tom said he would follow up with the shippers for more detailed information. Give him a call Wednesday morning.

Sincerely yours,

Donald L. Howell, II
Deputy Attorney General

Enclosures (already Fax’ed to Joe)

cc: Tom McFarland

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Joe Plaistow
June 6, 2000
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