I wanted to let everyone know that the meeting between Southwest Gas and  SoCal concerning presence of PCBs on the Southwest Gas system will be this  tuesday.
I had an opportunity to speak with Ralph Komai today during the PCB  quarterly management conference call  that Transwestern has with SoCal to  discuss PCB related invoices.
As a brief summary, Southwest has had isolated  hits of PCB in liquids (232 and 132 ppm) and in wipe tests (10-100 ug/wipe)   in regulators on their system and they have asked Ralph if he would assist  them in the management and disposal of PCBs on their system.
He wil also be  providing thoughts on how and why PCBs move in a gas pipeline.
I had asked Ralph not to mention about Transwestern's agreement with SoCal  for which Transwestern pays SoCal for 86% of their PCB costs.
I had asked  him to only focus on the Southwest system.
Apparently Southwest is not up to  speed with the PCB regualtions, however, enough so that they do realize that  the mega rule will impact their operations and Ralph will probably provide  input for that as well from an LDC standpoint.
I asked Ralph whether Southwest seemed excited or worried about the PCB  discovery on their system and he indicated that they were more concerned  about compliance with the PCB regulations.
Ralph said he will let me know  the results of the meeting.

SoCal Meeting with Southwest Gas