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4r <br /> Davis rev.,-eved t1Ie map locating the ;,-.%-;-o tract u 0r,P*zVC'.,, iE.: <br /> interested in. <br /> Ed Johnson inquired if ONMISA was in the process of 4W <br /> buying the Fleaftaters tract. Davis responded OWASA had an <br /> option on 60 acres contiguous including .lots 6-10. <br /> N-4chael Hartley inquired about. the Neadowcrest tract. <br /> Ron Tliiliamson, OVIAGAj, responded OWMSA had 45 acres of that <br /> tract. <br /> Ron Williamson, OPTASAr presented an informational progra <br /> on the land application program. He indicated the program <br /> was implemented in 1977 and was cooperatively with the <br /> farming community and agencies. <br /> - Dan Edelman inquired what crop would be raised on the <br /> proposed tracts. Williamson and Dr. Rubin, Agricultural- <br /> S..-d-e-nic.n. Service responded a hybrid B.qrmuda grass called <br /> Tifto 44. <br /> Flilliamson indica-Eed sludge is applied at a rate of 25-- <br /> 27,000 gallons/acre. <br /> **art'L ey asked if any land application bites were located <br /> ­ <br /> Outside of the Colli.ns Creesk drainaae area. , Williamson <br /> r-_sponded there was a site on. northern Orange and some <br /> CLatham County. Edal.man inquired if OWASA would consider <br /> S . S in the University Lake and Cane Creek watershGds. <br /> I I i.-a-alson responded no requests had been received for• sites <br /> of a suitable nature. Davis indicated that OWASA had no <br /> pol-lay or regulations restrict-1-ng these opertions -in those <br /> ,IrterS ►eldS. Hartley inquired about County policies. Sir-I i t!I <br /> the County P-011cias addressed p.ackage plants rand <br /> treatAment plants by prohibiting their location in <br /> th- C Watershedr but did not address 'this operation. Hartley <br /> ei_-pressed concern about the emphasis of the program on sites <br /> in the Collins Creek area. <br /> .7mith requested that OTM-SIN be pernit-t-ed to continue with <br /> at ion to assure that all attendees had the same <br /> level of information on the operation. <br /> Williamson Ccritip-leted the oral presentation and cont.inned <br /> with a slide presentation on the progta-m, itz development~ and <br /> the agricultural benefits derived from it. <br /> An audience member asked who monitors the operations. <br /> Mammon responded it is monitored through the inspection of <br /> Y"Icorr' <br /> 6-3 and unannounced sit o visits. Ho continued that the <br /> opera=-ions are inspectc-d 3 to 4 times a yeLar . - <br />