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5 <br />in terms of three intrusive activities that take place on the site. First <br />is clearing trees, second is drilling holes and the third is digging test <br />borings. Most of site 11 is heavily wooded. He feels there will be a lot <br />of permanent damage.. He asked that the Board take into consideration the <br />problems he will have to deal with later on.when the testing is finished. <br />Vic Knight - clarified fore Commissioner Halkiotis that if anyone <br />called Tony Laws, the- person never identified himself as- being from Joyce <br />Engineering and having any interest in trying to get answers -.to landfill <br />issues. Also, Bob Cheek stated he has not spoken to anyone in Orange County <br />concerning landfill issues in over two months. John Link stated that Tony <br />Laws met with Joyce Engineering on July 30. The letter indicated they had <br />met on July 7. Rod Visser .noted that they met with Joyce- Engineering <br />specifically because of the letter and -other questions they had._. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis stated for the record that it hurts the <br />credibility of Joyce Engineering if in fact a letter -was written with false <br />information. <br />Reggie Gillespie referred to information they have previously <br />provided to the Board about the landfill. He is against the geotechnical <br />work that is proposed. He suggests that the appropriate approach is to <br />identify the best site that has the likelihood of being selected as the <br />landfill and only be intrusive on that site. He understands it is necessary <br />to get technical and scientific information but feels there are other ways <br />to get this information that will not subject the landowners of the four <br />sites to the intrusive and invasive geotechnical investigation that Joyce <br />Engineering has proposed. He referred to a letter dated August 3, 1992 to <br />him from Aquaterra. The letter explained the prospecting geophysical method <br />from which useful information can be used to select appropriate sites for <br />further investigation. One procedure is the magnetic prospecting method. He <br />summarized the four key advantages of using this method with the most <br />important being that it is not invasive -- the site will not be disturbed as <br />far as cutting trees, clearing land, cutting roads or drilling the land. The <br />cost is significantly cheaper than other methods. Another approach is the <br />electrical resistivity soundings which can identify the vertical extent of <br />a site being evaluated for a possible landfill. Another way to identify the <br />vertical extent of a site is seismic refraction technique. This technique <br />uses information gathered of the arrival times of seismic compressional waves <br />to determine depths and competency of definite geologic units. The last <br />technique is the electromagnetic method where a remote transmitter is used <br />as an energy source with frequencies varying between 15 to 30 kilohertz. In <br />conclusion, he feels that the geophysical methods can be a successful <br />screening tool as part of a landfill siting study. The non -- invasive approach <br />with low cost and ease of implementation can be very useful to screen a <br />number of prospective sites to a more manageable number for more detailed <br />evaluation. He urged the Commissioners to not approve a technique that will <br />be invasive. <br />Scott Franklin spoke in support of drilling four sites - not <br />necessarily these four sites but four legitimate sites. He asked that they <br />review the sites again. It is not enough to make a decision by using <br />topographic maps. He is also concerned about the landowners who serve on the <br />Site Selection Committee and their conflict of interest. <br />
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