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KINDER MORGAN Guidelines for Design and Construction near Kinder Morgan Operated Facilities Name of Company: CIG The list of design, construction and contractor requirements, including but not limited to the following,for the design and installation of foreign utilities or improvements on CIG (Company) right-of-way(ROW)are not intended nor do they waive or modify any rights Company may have under existing easements or ROW agreements. Reference existing easements and amendments for additional requirements. This list of requirements is applicable for Company facilities on easements only. Encroachments on fee property should be referred to the Land and Right-of-Way Department. Design • Company shall be provided sufficient prior notice of planned activities involving excavation, blasting, or any type of construction on Company's ROW to determine and resolve any location, grade or encroachment problems and provide protection of our facilities and the public before the actual work is to take place. • Encroaching entity shall provide Company with a set of drawings for review and a set of final construction drawings showing all aspects of the proposed facilities in the vicinity of Company's ROW. The encroaching entity shall also provide a set of as-built drawings showing the proposed facilities in the vicinity of Company's ROW. • Only facilities shown on drawings reviewed by Company will be approved for installation on Company's ROW. All drawing revisions that effect facilities proposed to be placed on Company's ROW must be approved by Company in writing. • Company shall approve the design of all permanent road crossings. • Encroaching entity shall, at the discretion of the Company, incorporate Heath ATI "sniffer'Gas Detection Units in the design of paved areas or"Green Belt"areas of Company ROW. The units shall be installed per Company Standard TYP- V-0100-B010—Gas Detection Unit for Pipelines Located under Asphalt or Concrete Parking Areas. • Any repair to surface facilities following future pipeline maintenance or repair work by Company will be at the expense of the developer or landowner. • The depth of cover over the Company pipelines shall not be reduced nor drainage altered without Company's written approval. • Construction of any permanent structure, building(s)or obstructions within Company pipeline easement is not permitted. • Planting of shrubs and trees is not permitted on Company pipeline easement. • Irrigation equipment i.e. backflow prevent devices, meters,valves,valve boxes, etc. shall not be located on Company easement. • Foreign line, gas, water, electric and sewer lines, etc., may cross perpendicular to Company's pipeline within the ROW, provided that a minimum of two (2) feet of vertical clearance is maintained between Company pipeline(s) and the foreign pipeline. Constant line elevations must be maintained across Company's entire ROW width, gravity drain lines are the only exception. Foreign line crossings below the Company pipeline must be evaluated by Company to ensure that a significant length of the Company line is not exposed and unsupported during construction. When installing underground utilities,the last line should be placed beneath all existing lines unless it is impractical or unreasonable to do so. Foreign line crossings above the Company pipeline with less than two (2) feet of clearance must be evaluated by Company to ensure that additional support is not necessary to prevent settling on top of the Company natural gas pipeline. • A foreign pipeline shall cross Company facilities at as near a ninety-degree angle as possible. A foreign pipeline shall not run parallel to Company pipeline within Company easement without written permission of Company. • The foreign utility should be advised that Company maintains cathodic protection on their pipelines. The foreign utility must coordinate their cathodic protection system with Company's. At the request of Company, foreign utilities shall install (or allow to be installed) cathodic protection test leads at all crossings for the purposes of monitoring cathodic protection. The Company Cathodic Protection (CP) technician and the foreign utility CP technician shall perform post construction CP interference testing. Interference issues shall be resolved by mutual agreement between foreign utility and Company. All costs associated with the correction of cathodic protection problems on Company pipeline as a result of the foreign utility crossing shall be borne by the foreign utility for a period of one year from date the foreign utility is put in service. Reference: O&M Procedure 204 Page 1 of 3 OM200-29 2016-05-01