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