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Koblitz, Marcus Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:19:33 +0000 Ackiewicz, Mark; Goudarzi, Tala Forbes, Sarah; Raddatz Bopp, Amanda [EXTERNAL] RE: CarbonSAFE Lone Star NCTE Request (FE032332)
Hi Mark, Just reaching back out to let you know that we submitted the request, per your instruction, to our
project manager (Andrea McNemar) on the 15th. Do you have any sense of when we may hear back on this request? Thank you, Marcus
Marcus Koblitz Government Affairs Manager communications & external affairs bp America Inc.
mobile: (b) (6) 80 M Street SE I Suite 1000 I Washington, DC 20003
From: Ackiewicz, Mark <mark.ackiewicz@hq.doe.gov> Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:49 AM To: Koblitz, Marcus <marcus.koblitz@bp.com>; Goudarzi, Tala <tala.goudarzi@hq.doe.gov> Cc: Forbes, Sarah <sarah.forbes@hq.doe.gov>; Raddatz Bopp, Amanda <amanda.raddatzbopp@hq.doe.gov>; Wilcoxon, Bruce <bruce.wilcoxon@bp.com> Subject: RE: CarbonSAFE Lone Star NCTE Request (FE032332)
Hi Marcus, please work with your NEIL contracting officer and project manager on making the request, and we will subsequently add it to the list for approval. Appreciate the heads up on it.
Mark
From: Koblitz, Marcus <marcus.koblitz@bp.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 11:16 AM To: Goudarzi, Tala <tala.goudarzi@hq.doe.gov>; Ackiewicz, Mark <mark.ackiewicz@hq.doe.gov> Cc: Forbes, Sarah <sarah.forbes@hq.doe.gov>; Raddatz Bopp, Amanda <amanda.raddatzbopp@hq.doe.gov>; Wilcoxon, Bruce <bruce.wilcoxon@bp.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] CarbonSAFE Lone Star NCTE Request (FE032332)
Good Morning Tala and Mark,
As mentioned when we met in your offices at the beginning of March, bp has been busy executing projects under our CarbonSAFE grant in southeast Texas (FE032332). The confusion
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at the beginning of the year created uncertainty for us and we paused some activities until we had clarity on the reimbursement process. During that meeting, I mentioned that we would likely need a No Cost Time Extension (NCTE) to mitigate the pause.
Since reimbursements have resumed, we have restarted those activities. However, these activities will not be completed before the end of Budget Period 1 (BP1), April 30th, 2025. It is
clear now that a NCTE is needed.
We are keen to fulfill our obligations under the grant and help deliver the CarbonSAFE programmatic goals. Therefore, we would are now asking for a NCTE to BPI. Can you please let me know if there is a process to make a formal request, or if this email is sufficient to initiate the request for consideration? In addition, it would be helpful to know what the timeframe may be to receive a decision on this request.
Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide or anything more I can do to advance this request. I would be happy to discuss further at your convenience if helpful.
Thank you,
Marcus
Marcus Koblitz Government Affairs Manager communications & external affairs bp America Inc.
mobile: (b) (6)
80 M Street SE I Suite 1000 I Washington, DC 20003
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