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From: To: Subject: Date: Jorjani, Daniel Steve Davis Re: MD Announcement (state portion of parkway) Friday, October 20, 2017 12:41:43 PM Under Federal law, unlikely that you would qualify as a utility but we'll take a look at the approach. Recommend staying the current course for now. Daniel H. Jorjani U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Solicitor & Principal Deputy Solicitor 'Main Interior Building, Suite 6356 202-219-3861 (Voice) 202-706-9018 (Cell) " daniel.jorjani@sol.doi.gov This electronic message contains information generated by the US Department of the Interior solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Steve Davis <steve@boringcompany.com> wrote: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/potitics/bs-md-hyperioop-in-baltimore20171019-story.html The interesting part of this article is that it discusses how MD is treating us as a utility. If DOI looked at us as a utility, would we be following the same process (i.e. including an appraisal)? Or are utilities treated differently? Thoughts on whether there is anything that could be hepful from that concept, or whether we should stay the course? Thanks!