From: Mollie McCarty

Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:21 PM 

To: Representative Tom Trail 

Cc: Brian Ness; Scott Stokes; Linda Emry 

Subject: FW: Requested Information for ITD 

Rep. Trail, please forgive my late reply. Director Ness asked me to look into your concerns and get back to you. Colonel Russell is out for surgery so we weren't able to get his input. However, we were able to track this down with our law enforcement partners and can offer you some clarification. 

The reason ISP can offer officers to escort the heavy loads on U.S. 12 despite the agency's staff cut backs, is because the officers are volunteering to work on their regularly scheduled days off. The contract with Conoco/Philips provides Emmert with 4 ISP troopers per load per shift. Conoco/Philips will pay ISP for their salaries as well as a fixed amount per mile. We are assured this support will take place without compromising ISP's current level of service. 

ISP does not have a contract with Exxon/Mobil at this time. 

Let me know if you require further clarification. Again, we appreciate all your concerns. 

Thanks, 

Mollie McCarty 

ITD Governmental Affairs Manager

-----Original Message----- 

From: Representative Tom Trail

Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 2:01 PM 

To: Mollie McCarty 

Subject: FW: ISP issue 

Mollie (if you are there) or Linda 

I received this e mail today from one of the leaders opposing The Megaloads, and thought Dir. Ness should be informed about it. 

Rep. Trail Jerry Russell, chief of the Idaho State Police, told JFAC last week that the ISP has 39 vacancies at this time. 9 of these positions are open because of budget, 7 because officers are on military leave. And yet ISP can contract to provide over nearly 12,000 hours of officer time to escort 211 megaloads across Highway 12. Below find the calculations that support this statement. 

Idaho Transportation Department records show that 274 megaload shipments are already planned for 2011 (ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Harvest Energy (Korea National Oil Corporation). 

ITD has emphasized the use of uniformed Idaho State Police officers in police cruisers as a major safety feature of the megaload shipments. The oil companies constantly send this same message. 

The transportation plans estimate a 7.5 hour period each night for travel. They also make reference to an ISP inspection of the load prior to departure and a "tool box" meeting of all members of the megaload convoy each evening. ISP officers will of course also spend time returning to their normal duty station or homes after each night's run from Orofino, Kooskia, and even Lolo Pass. Thus a conservative estimate of ISP time required per nightly run is 9 hours, excluding any issues of bad weather, accidents, or other unforeseen circumstances. 

ConocoPhillips 4 loads, 4 nights each, 4 officers per load = 576 ISP hours (16 nights x 4 ISP x 9 hours) 

Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil 207 loads, 3 nights each, 2 officers per load= 11,178 hours (207 x 3 = 621 nights x 2 ISP x 9 hours) 

Harvest Energy 63 loads, 3 nights each, 2 officers per load = 3,402 hours 

Thus a conservative estimate of ISP time required for the megaload shipments, excluding all of the hours required for scheduling, planning with ITD, and dealing with an irate public, is 15,156 hours-just in 2011. That is the equivalent annual work time of 7.5 full-time ISP troopers devoted to serving the needs of international corporations and, in the case of the Korea National Oil Corpooration (Harvest Energy), of a foreign government. 

Russell also said that because ISP are understaffed, the ISP officers are regularly required for overtime duty for serious accidents etc. and that if no officers are available, there will be no help on the highways. And yet they can afford to assign 6 officers per night (once Exxon has 3 shipments on the road on any given night) to megaload escort duty away from their duty stations. 

Just another way in which idaho citizens will pay a big price for the privilege of subsidizing giant international corporations. 

Linwood Laughy