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To: Beatty, Patrick <pwbe@chevron.com>; BURNETT, Don <burnetdm@bp.com>; Carol A Fairbrother <carol.a.fairbrother@exxonmobil.com>; 'michael.d.johnston@usa.conoco.com' (BZ Consort) <michael.d.johnston@usa.conoco.com>; 'pmclegg@shellus.com' <pmclegg@shellus.com> From: Lorraine Twerdok <twerdokl@api.org> Cc: Brenda Hargett <hargettb@api.org>; Linda Kangas <Kangas@api.org> Bcc: Received Date: 2001-08-0321 :24: 14 GMT Subject: confirmation of Benzene consortium funding commitments. To Benzene Consortium Oversight Committee: Please find attached a short memo to confirm your commitments. This memo is intended to clarify your commitments in order to facilitate interim financial coverage by API during consortium start-up (i.e to cover costs until we can invoice and collect from consortium members). Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks, Lorraine ***************************************** Lorraine E. Twerdok, Ph.D., DABT Manager, Health Sciences American Petroleum Institute 1220 L Street, NW. Washington, DC 20005 tel: 202-682-8344 fax: 202-682-8270 email: twerdokl@api.org Attachments: commitment confirmation.doc SH ELL-MCCLU RG-060563 Memorandum American Petroleum Institute 1220 L Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. 20005-4070 Lorraine E. Twerdok, Ph.D., DABT 202-682-8344 202-682-8270 (fax) twerdokl @api.org Date: August 3,2001 To: Benzene Consortium Oversight Committee From: Lorraine Twerdok Re: API Coverage of Interim Consortium Costs In order to facilitate API's coverage of interim consortium expenses during consortium agreement finalization and invoicing, I would like to confirm the terms of your company's commitment to funding this program as follows: Each member company has agreed to fund the Benzene Health Research Consortium to a maximum dollar amount, as specified in respective initial commitment communications to API, or on a share basis, whichever is less. If your initial commitment letter did not specify a maximum dollar amount, we will contact you directly to verify figures provided after receipt of the original letters. Please feel free to contact me with any comments or questions you may have concerning this information. Cc: B. Frick B. Hargett AUTOPATH An equal opportunity employer SH ELL-MCCLU RG-060564