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62 <br /> 1 and the salvage value of all that equipment was roughly double the cost of hiring a general <br /> 2 contractor to come and remove the equipment. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Pete Hallenbeck: Did you have a comment, Mr. Harvey. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Michael Harvey: Yes, actually I do. I'd like to remind the Board, and the applicant has a <br /> 7 statement on the site plan, section 5.9.6 (c) (3) deals with decommissioning. The applicant has <br /> 8 a responsibility according to sub-section e. I apologize. "The owner shall provide financial <br /> 9 security in form and amount acceptable to the County to secure the expense of dismantling and <br /> 10 removing said structures." So the County ordinance has a plan in place that if Sunlight folds, <br /> 11 they still have to provide us a financial bond that would cover the cost of removal if necessary. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Pete Hallenbeck: Alright, thank you. We'll continue with the questions. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Commissioner Dorosin: So I want to follow up on I think Commissioner Jacob's question, and <br /> 16 I think this would be for— I can't remember your name, but— <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Mike Wallace: Mr. Wallace <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Commissioner Dorosin: Mr. Wallace, yeah. I wonder if you could specifically answer the <br /> 21 question posed by Mr. Petranka about the noise. So the, in the image that's in the application <br /> 22 that show the circles kind of scattered across the site on the slide that's titled Binks Solar Noise. <br /> 23 There was testimony from Mr. Petranka that actually these noise producing units are going to be <br /> 24 concentrated in one area of the site. So I want to know is that accurate, and if so, what is the <br /> 25 significance of that for having these concentrations of converters or trans — I can't remember <br /> 26 now -? <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Mike Wallace: Yeah, inverters. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Commissioner Dorosin: - of having three of them concentrated on the western edge of the <br /> 31 property, I guess? <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Mike Wallace: Yeah, so what took place in that particular case; initially the project was slated <br /> 34 to have 500 kilowatt inverters scattered throughout the solar array. What ended up happening <br /> 35 was we were able to get units that were 1500 kilowatt inverters, which are essentially just larger <br /> 36 units, to replace those. Which from a cost standpoint, was more —was a benefit to us. So <br /> 37 that's what was done there. So our studies are based off those units from the companies on <br /> 38 studies that they have done, and what they are telling us. And that's where that information <br /> 39 comes from. So the initial study that was given was before that change had been made. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Commissioner Dorosin: And so are you going to provide some revised study that more <br /> 42 accurately reflects what the noise is going to look like. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Mike Wallace: So, we absolutely can. And it—yeah it doesn't multiply from 68 to 77. That <br /> 45 study was done on the unit itself, so it doesn't quite work like that, but yes, we absolutely can <br /> 46 provide you with the necessary information from the manufacturer. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Commissioner Dorosin: Is the 1500 one noisier than the 500 one? <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Mike Wallace: We've been told it's at 68 decibels. That's what we've been given for a number. <br /> 51 <br />