Subject: epgt mike : i have terminated about 12 to 13 inactive inter pipe / internal pools effective 12 / 01 / 01 . there are several other inactive pools which i did not eliminate because they had balances in it . i also spoke to jim tobacco at epgt for at least an hour or so , going over every line item which was rejected , please get with me once you are back in the office and i will go over the " correct " pathing procedures . i met with richard and reviewed november transactions for epgt to determine if we could eliminate the external pools but unfortunately we cannot do this . if we transport then we must use the external pool . however , you do not need to use internal pools but must use the imbalance pools which you are currently using , therefore , i have terminated the internal pools . please review the changes and let me know if this will work for you . . i will be in touch with you after i meet with el paso .