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MEMORANDUM TO: County Commissioners COPIES: John Link, County Manager Geoff Gledhill, County Attorney David Stanch, Director, OCERCD FROM: Paul Thames, PE, County Engineer DATE: March 16, 1999 SUBJECT: Public meeting to present Gordon Thompson report and other Shearon Harris issues It has been suggested that Orange County hold a public information meeting on Apri17~', specifically for the purposes of having a public presentation of the Thompson report and to make public other issues related to the permitting of expanded waste fuel storage capacity at Shearon Harris. It has been proposed that this meeting have expert presentations by Dr. Thompson and by David Lochbaum, a nucleaz safety engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Chapel Hill Town Council meeting room and facilities would be available for the meeting and for video taping the meeting for cable broadcast. It is assumed that elected officials from other local jurisdictions would be formally invited to attend and participate. As of this date, approximately $25,000 in consultant and legal fees and related expenses have been either incurred, expended or committed for the Sheazon Harris permitting intervention process. It is estimated that the County will incur another $6000 (estimated) in consulting fees and expenses for Gordon Thompson's work with Diane Curran to prepaze the contentions and related expert testimony which will be presented at the pre-hearing conference. This total expenditure of $31,000 (estimated) should be sufficient to carry the County through the pre-hearing conference phase of the intervention process. It is probable that the proposed Apri17"' meeting will involve the expenditure of an additional $4000 in consulting fees, travel expenses, etc. It is assumed that current funds allocated to the intervention process total $31,500 ($19,500 from Orange County, $5000 from Durham County, $5000 from Chapel Hill and $2000 from Carrboro), although no funds other than those allocated by Orange County aze actually in hand. The BOCC will have to allocate additional funds (approximately $3500) to pay for the expenses that would be incurred through the pre-hearing conference with the inclusion of the additional costs associated with a public information meeting. If I may provide additional information, please advise.