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Laux. Eric A NWO
Thom pson. Bradley E NWO
FW: Retired Gen Crear Contact- DAPL (UNCLASSIFIED)
Thursday, Novem ber 20, 2014 8:28:00 AM

FYI
Original Message----From: Shelman, Johnathan A NWO
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:26 AM
To: Laux, Eric A NWO
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You and 1 need to talk about this project as soon as you are able.
Original Message----From: Janis, Larry D NWO
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 7:27 PM
To: Wiehl, Christopher D NWO
Cc: Cossette, Brent NWO; Shelman, Johnathan A NWO
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Chris,
The only thing that 1 have seen on NEPA is the scoping letter that John has been working on. 1 guess there is the
NEPA for the borings, but didn't think there were any hot buttons in those? Brent or John could provide your
thoughts on what might have prompted this call. An update would be appreciated, maybe Friday or next Monday?
Thanks,
Larry
Original Message----From: Chieply, Martha S NWO
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:44 PM
To: Streckfuss, Ted H NWO
Cc: Schenk, Kathryn M NWO; Janis, Larry D NWO; O'Hara, Thomas A NWO
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ALCON- Retired Gen Crear (601) 631-4177 contacted me this afternoon and indicated he'll be serving as a
consultant for Energy Transfer who is leading the consulting effort for the DAPL 408 and 404 process
authorizations.
Mr. Crear was an early mentor of mine and was the MVK and later MVD commander when 1 worked both places.
He also worked as Chief of Staff at USACE headquarters and knows COL Press and COL Cross well. He's
wanting to visit with Ted and convey his support for a streamlined approval process. He has a lot of confidence in

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 the COE and sees himself as a 'safety-value' to help consultants (DAPL) and the Corps navigate the approval
process.
Additionally he wants to send me comments on the DAPL NLPA review by Monica Howard. 1 have not seen the
comments but imagine Mr. Crear thinks there's room for better understanding- "Maybe a phone conversation with
Monica and the key team members on this issue would work. Let me know and 1 can make it happen on this end."
1 detailed Regulatory's role and how we are working concurrently the 404/Section 10 process with the 408 process
but that we cannot issue Section 404/section 10 until the 408 process is completed.

Martha S. Chieply
Omaha Regulatory
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